Livelihood inventions for the Filipinos
Just like the other Filipinos, we, the inventors of the country, have also been affected by the pandemic, and we also need the support of our fellow ‘kababayans’ to patronize our Filipino-made products and inventions
In support of the government’s effort to put food on the table, a Filipino inventor has produced a pre-packaged vege-grow planting kit which h™e called “Gamit Pang-Kabuhayan.”
According to Filipino Inventors Society Producer Cooperative (FISPC) chairman Francisco “Popoy” Pagayon, the affordable and all-in-one assembly of 10 kinds of gardening tools and implements, which are especially fabricated for durability, is complemented with various vegetable seed packets, organic fertilizer and a planting manual, which are all contained in the heavy-duty all-steel “porta-box.”
“The urgent need for green food supplements and the augmentation of our national vegetable production to the fullest extent has now become absolutely imperative as a matter of survival,” he said.
Pagayon said that since the country is blessed with such fertile soil, planting in any available space will not be a problem.
“We can virtually plant anywhere. All we have to do is just plant,” he stressed.
He added that his invention, which is already patented, will help facilitate and provide the impetus for the successful implementation of the new “green revolution.”
Pagayon told the Daily Tribune that his especially designed and patented all-steel fabricated green food and reforestation cultivating tools and implements will help hasten the implementation of home, school and barangay food and livelihood projects.
He said that the conveniently packaged carry-all “porta-box” contains a square-head shovel, two kilos of organic fertilizers, a combination of rake and backhoe, a pair of spades convertible to posthole digger, six packets of vegetable seeds, a pick-mattock, a copyrighted gardening manual, a scythe, a hand trowel, and two types of soil-forks.
Pagayon explained that with his invention, families can cultivate their gardens in any available space at their backyards.
“This activity will likewise become a valuable bonding time for the family. Usually, some or all members of the family can help cultivating their gardens during their spare time,” he said.
“If ever a family has a larger space to plant, more vegetables will be produced, allowing them to sell the surplus, or even give some to those who are in need particularly at this most trying times where food has become difficult for many people,” he added.
Pagayon likewise said that if ever this pandemic should have been controlled and once schools start to physically reopen, the “Gamit Pang-Kabuhayan” kit is very suitable and appropriate to help establish school gardens in support of the Department of Education’s school gardening and food production program.
“We can even plant on borrowed lands or spaces in the community,” he pointed out, adding that that through this effort, “we might even influence others or just maybe, inspire them to plant vegetables for their own families.”
Aside from food production through the use of Pa ga yo n’ s“G am it Pan g-K a bu hay an ,” he said that the people will likewise be encouraged to patronize the products of the Filipino inventors.
“Just like the other Filipinos, we, the inventors of the country, have also been affected by the pandemic, and we also need the support of our fellow kababayans to patronize our Filipino-made products and inventions,” he said.
The “Gamit Pang-Kabuhayan” kit is on display and now available at the FISPC oneSTore Hub located at the G/F of Cortes Building, 821 EDSA, South Triangle in Quezon City.