“Dalikan” is Igorot/Ilocano for “stove” or “fireplace.” Where
there’s fire, find fine food! ANN says “Igorot Entrepreneur Won 1st Nat’l
Kabataang Agribiz, Received Half Million Grant” (Author Not Named, 11 Jan 2022, WowCordillera.com).
That’s Harry. With Dalikan, finally Harry has stopped being a loser and begun
being a winner. To win, you have to believe in yourself.
Perhaps, Harry learned from famous Vince Lombardi,
who coached the Green Bay Packers
to 7 American football league championships, who said, “A winner never quits, a
quitter never wins.” He also said, “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to
win is.” Well, Harry never stopped wanting to win – and he won the 6th
time as #1!
Above photo was taken during the Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) National Summit and Awarding
ceremony; from left to right are Harry Osboken (YFC National Awardee), Ramon Yedra (Director of AMAS), and Shawnie Dale Bitso (YFC Regional
Awardee). AMAS is the Agribusiness & Marketing
Assistance Service of the Department of Agriculture (DA). AMAS is the
sponsor of Kabataang Agribiz (youth
in agribusiness), where Harry won. According to the PH Youth-Building Act
(1994), youth is aged 15-30 years.
Harry said during the awarding in Calasiao, Pangasinan:
I’d like to thank DA
for this wonderful opportunity. From the highlands, we (the youth) seek
opportunities in agriculture. We are very grateful for the chance given to us
to develop our business and to be able to express our ideas.
AMAS was launched in April 2021. ANN says the DA’s Kabataang
Agribiz program “aims to encourage the younger generation to put up ventures in
line with agricultural development and food production.”
Why choose Calasiao as venue for the Kabataang Agribiz national
awards? No explanation is given, but here’s something interesting: The word
“Calasiao” (Pangasinense) means "a place where lightning frequently
occurs” (Pangasinan.gov.ph). The Agribiz
awards were for sparks of genius from
the youth proven productive. Although
incidentally, inspirationally Calasiao was a perfect venue. In nature, National
Geographic says, “Lightning Makes Mushrooms Multiply” (10 April 2010, Nationalgeographic.com). Sparks of
inspiration bring fulfilment.
ANN says Harry was also given an additional P300,000 grant. Now I add it all up: He received
P50,000 as provincial winner; in the
next stage of the competition, as regional winner he received P150,000. Therefore, Harry has so far
received from AMAS a total of P500,000,
or half a million pesos. Bonanza! He said in Calasiao, “We thank you hugely (my
free translation) for giving us the chance to be able to develop our business
and to be able to express our ideas.”
The
source of funds is the Grant Assistance
Program (GAP) of the DA’s Kabataang Agribiz. I see that this is the HUGE
GAP that fills a HUGE NEED! In the Philippines, it has happened only in the
time of Secretary of Agriculture William
Dar.@517
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