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need to have ends meet, he made the hobby a full time source of
income in 1997.
Continuing advocacy
Santander’s skills in constructing a modified biogas digester
gained prominence not only in Davao City but also in Davao del
Sur, Compostela Valley Province, Davao del Norte, Bukidnon,
Capiz, and in other parts of the country. He did this by conducting
technology clinics and fora through the help of Southern Mindanao
Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium
(SMARRDEC). Further, he advocated for agri-waste management and
sludge utilization from biogas as organic fertilizer with SMARRDEC
and B-Meg Philippines. Santander also founded the Mandug Peoples’
Cooperative with his neighbors who established their own pigpens
and went into biogas technology as members.
At the recently concluded 8 th Philippine Food Expo held at the SM
Megamall Trade Hall in Pasig City, Santander’s biogas digester was
also showcased through the auspices of SMARRDEC and PCARRD.
(Vanessa G. Villegas and Lorelyn A. Poblete with reports from Noel
Provido and Jocelyn A. Amarante, S&T Media Service)
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PFN No. 6718 January–March 2009
Source:
Villegas, Vanessa G.; Poblete, Lorelyn A.; Provido, Noel T.;
and Amarante, Jocelyn A. “From stench to sweet-smelling
success: A farmer’s passion for biogas technology.”
PCARRD Monitor 35(2):8-9,15 April-June 2007.