Arjay Buned is a graduate of Agrostudies and a dedicated agriculturalist. He is a great example of what knowledge and initiative can lead to.
He returned home to the Philippines where is working hard to create a mushroom farm and utilize the experience and knowledge he acquired in Israel whilst interning at the Chaminyon farm.
Knowledge is important but many economic challenges stand between each farmer and the realization of his dream. It requires dedication, hard work and more than a little creativity.
Luckily, Mr. Buned has learned from the best. On his small farm in Makilala, which he says is not much larger than a room he has started growing Oyster mushrooms successfully. In order to minimize costs he has decided to use vertical bed types instead of fruiting bags.
Building on his experience in Israel in addition to his own trial and error experimentation he has found that using only black polyethylene cellophane cuts his costs and his need for extra manpower. This method revealed itself as cheaper, easier to implement and it also yielded more compared to the fruiting bags.
His objectives are not only to increase the yield with lower production costs, but also to minimize wastes, and as he says “preserve mother nature”, a cause no less important.
Article By: Agrostudies