DAT-BAT PROGRAM stories of success
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this issue devie ramos
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romeo gutierrez
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valeriano corales
vicente dela cruz
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DEVIE RAMOS First Batch DAT-BAT Program
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any college graduates tend to seek employment in cities or urban areas after graduation. But this is not the case of Devie Ramos, first batch of the DAT-BAT Program, Deparment of Agricultural Technology, College of Agriculture, Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology (now Nueva Vizcaya State University), Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. She has gone back to her community after graduation to serve her folks. She grew up in this place well knows the difficult life of her folks, which is why she wanted to serve them, even in a limited but important capacity.
Devie is now employed initially as accounting clerk but now a section chief at the Ponggo Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Inc., Nagtipunan, Quirino a remote municipality in the north eastern part of the said province. At first, it was not her plan to be in that kind of job, but because of the importance of the work being offered to her, she accepted the challenge. She further added that her knowledge in Business Management, Animal and Crops Production and Computer application which she learned in the DATBAT Program gave her the edge over the other applicants. The cooperative where she works was
primarily established to serve the constituents in the community. It is basically an agricultural cooperative where members can avail of loans for their farming needs. The important role of Devie is not only focused on her being
she extends technical help in the medication, vaccination, deworming, and castration of farm animals of the farmers. Devie also maintains her own animal production enterprise. At present, she has five-sow level for weanlings
I am grateful for the DAT-BAT – my everlasting foundation. an accounting clerk but also on her being knowledgeable in making feasibility studies and business proposals. She helps applicants prepare their proposals for agricultural loans. Whenever necessary,
production. She ventured into this enterprise after gaining knowledge, skills and experience during the conduct of her microproject during his college schooling. To expand
her enterprise, she plans to add more stocks to cater the needs of prospective growers in the community which is now increasing. She is now the primary source of reliable weanlings in the community. Her townsfolk have developed a high regard for what Devie acquired from the DAT-BAT Program. They not only trust her for the wenlings she grows, but they even follow her advice and example as far as animal production and other farm matters are concerned. Indeed, the DATBAT has left an enduring impact on Devie, which she summarized so well at the end of the interview; I am grateful for the DAT-BAT – my everlasting foundation.
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ROMEO ‘pipoy’ gutierrez Graduate DAT-BAT Program
Romeo GutiErrez, ‘Pipoy,’ as he is fondly called, knew what he wanted to be in the future.
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When he enrolled in the University to take the DATBAT course years back, he told the screening committee members that he really wanted to become a plumber. It had seemed odd to the screening committee members why he enrolled in the DAT-BAT curriculum that is because the Diploma in Agricultural Technology – Bachelor in Agricultural Technology seemed not quite directly related to what he had dreamed of becoming a top caliber plumber. It was not surprising, of course, for Pipoy to pursue his avowed ambition. After all, his grandfather was a plumber and so is his father, who, to this day is practicing his vocation. Pipoy finished his DAT-BAT course in due time, and true to his dream, he put up his own plumbing enterprise. Using the entrepreneurial skills he acquired in the school, it did not take him long to
develop and establish his own clienteles. No doubt, the reputation of his forbears in the plumbing jobs had helped him in his business. However, he also recognizes that his taking the DAT-BAT course had given him tremendous selfconfidence and has taught him to conduct his plumbing business as an honest-togoodness business. Today, he has become the favorite plumber not only in the municipality of Bayombong where he resides but also in the neighboring towns of the province. Because of the quality plumbing work he has established for years, his monthly net income could be compared if not higher than what an ordinary government employee is now earning. Pipoy, a sister attests, is really good at manging finances. He keeps complete records of all his transactions, which was one of the skills he
learned as DAT-BAT student Of course, Pipoy also puts to good use what he learned in his agricultural course. In fact, he is assisting his mother in managing their swine and poultry projects for which he receives a share in the profit. At present, Pipoy was able to develop a farm in Magsaysay, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. In the farm, he was able to plant different fruit-bearing trees like rambutan, chico, langka and others which he is now harvesting. He was able to establish his piggery and poultry project which provided him not only profit but also fresh meat and eggs for food. Over and above these supplementary income-generating projects, Pipoy said that he will always continue pursuing his first love – his plumbing business.
Fernan
Natalac
Graduate DAT-BAT Program Fernan K. Natalac is a graduate of the Diploma in Agricultural Technology and Bachelor in Agricultural Technology, respectively. He finished his BAT program on SY 20142015 with a specialization in rice seed production. Fernan was one among the very persistent students in their batch. He excelled in his academics as well in the handson activities. This led to his finishing the course on time. Because he was so interested in rice production, he chose this field of specialization during the conduct of his microproject. His interest was bolstered in this field because they too have rice farm in their community which was the main source of income of the family. Moreover, it was the income from their rice farm that provided the bulk of finances for his schooling including that of his brothers and sisters. He said that the DAT-BAT course enabled him to attain the initial success of his life:
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Through the course he learned the basic knowledge and skills in rice seed production. Rice is one of the staple foods in Kayapa which is why many of the rice farmers grow this plant throughout the year. One basic problem of farmers is the variety of rice which could stand the extremes of environmental conditions in the area. Producing certified seeds for the farmers is a prospective an enterprise that offer many advantages; The DAT-BAT course gave him a descent employment. Because of the expertise he gained in the course, he was hired as research assistant in the Research, Extension and Business for Development of the Nueva Vizcaya State University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. With his hiring as research assistant, he expects to gain more knowledge and skills in rice seed production; The course developed in him the necessary values to make him a good person. Among the values he has developed through his course includes diligence, punctuality, low profile, consistency and excellence. These were instruments that enabled him to pursue his DAT-BAT course; and, With the aforementioned advantages he gained from his course, he said that he is now confident to train farmers and students in this field of endeavor especially those from Kayapa – his native community which he longed to serve.
Concludingly, he said that it is his dream to acquire a rice farm in his community for him to develop into a model farm in the future where he can demonstrate all the technologies he acquired from his DAT-BAT course and his employment. This is all for the benefit of the rice farmers in his community in particular and in the province in general.
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vicente dela cruz Graduate DAT-BAT Program
One of the many graduates of DAT-BAT who turned a millionaire is Mr. Vicente dela Cruz of Purok 5, Casat, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. He is proud to tell that he is selfemployed and has utilized the knowledge and skills he acquired from the DATBAT course to develop an integrated farm in his community. He proved that there is money in farming. He said that after graduation from the DATBAT course, he developed an idle land of his parents. He converted the land into an integrated farm that included crops, animals and fish production. Slowly but surely, he was able to maximize production from
the said idle land and converted this into an income-generating enterprise. He is now harvesting different varieties of rambutan, pomelos, and other fruit bearing trees. He is producing finisher pigs as well as weanlings. He produces goats for breeding and for meat. He is also doing feedlot cattle fattening. With the initial profit from these productions, he was able to purchase different farm equipment, machineries and farm implement such as thresher, hand tractors, pumps, sprayers and other necessary materials. He was also able to purchase hectares of land that he is now tilling. As his part time activity, he is on call for castration, vaccination, deworming, delousing and other animal production activities. He also have boar for hire. The bulk of his profit is from his rice production since he was able
to accumulate vast hectares of land for this endeavor. For rice production alone, he averages Php 500,000.00 gross per production period aside from what he derive from his other sources of income. He said that it is better to be self-employed in farming than going into employment in government and private institutions. This he said is with the condition that you have the necessary resources such as land and capital – but most important is the knowledge and skills you acquired from your course. Finally, he said that he is thankful for the DATBAT course for indeed it has developed him to become a successful farmer.
I have finally proven that there is money in farming.
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Valeriano T. Corales DAT-BAT graduate– 2000
One of the graduates of the DAT-BAT course who is doing and enjoying well in his professional career is Mr. Valeriano Corales, a graduate of School Year 1999-2000. He rise from the rank of Raiser Recruitment Officer to Agriculturist II of the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 02 (Nueva Vizcaya Experiment Station, NVES). Val as he is fondly called by his classmates, excelled well in his academics being in the top 10 of his class. He is also a student leader, who represented the DAT-BAT student organization in the Supreme Student Council. During his freshman year, he was shy-type student but with his experiences in his class
especially in experiential learning during his DATBAT years, he was able to transform into an outgoing and active student. At NVES he was deputized as Plant Materials Inspector. He inspects planting materials and groves developed at the station. These planting materials are those given to farmer-recipient and other government as well as non-government agencies.Val is also the Focal Person for Organic Agriculture. He organizes farmers involved in organic farming and introduces technologies and other interventions to uplift or improve
production results of farmers. Moreover, he also presents completed researches of NVES in different in-house reviews conducted by the department in the region. Val said that he is very thankful for the foundation that the DATBAT course has given to him. This knowledge and skills he acquired from his course enabled him to get a decent and well-paid employment. He is still learning many things from his work up to the present but without the fundamentals and values he learned from the DAT-BAT course, he should not be successful in his present career.
As Deputized Plant Material Inspector of the Bureau of Plant Industry performs inspection of planting materials and foundation groves.
As NVES Organic Agriculture Focal Person
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