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In 1986 Professor Charuphant “Noi” Thongtham of the Agriculture University of Kasetsart finished his BS in Agriculture at the Central Luzon Agricultural College (CLAC) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. For four years in Nueva Ecija, he felt he learned very much. Today, as our consultant at the 16-hectare Sulsugin Alfonso farm on the border of Tagaytay, he wondered why the Thais who are not as advanced, can do much more than Filipinos.

In 1986 Professor Charuphant “Noi” Thongtham of the Agriculture University of Kasetsart finished his BS in Agriculture at the Central Luzon Agricultural College (CLAC) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. For four years in Nueva Ecija, he felt he learned very much. Today, as our consultant at the 16-hectare Sulsugin Alfonso farm on the border of Tagaytay, he wondered why the Thais who are not as advanced, can do much more than Filipinos.

Married to a Filipina, Normita Bunao who is a former Bangkok Post editor, Prof. Noi remembered years ago when he drew a plan for his brother-in-law who owns a rice field and onion farm in Nueva Ecija. He proposed to fence the land with Bangkok bamboos since these sell well in the market. The onion can be crop-rotated with other vegetables. A four meter by eight meter pond can be dug and filled up with catfish from Bangkok. He reminds his brother-in-law not to think of bangus. Thais prefer hito and dalag since they are not bony.

The Professor was disappointed when his brother-in-law rejected the idea for “he cannot reprogram his farming anymore.” Prof. Noi did not foresee that 30 years later he would set up this model in our Operation Brotherhood Montessori school farm in BF Las Pinas.

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