The Genius Behind Year-Round Mangoes | The Story of Ramon Barba — Transcript

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1. 0:02Okay, in the last part of the module, I
2. 0:04would like to share what I found out
3. 0:06about the life and the journey of Ramon
4. 0:10Barba
5. 0:12ba from a person na nagtanong, nakakita
6. 0:15ng isang observation.
7. 0:17Bakit daw yung mga Pilipino
8. 0:19laging nagsusunog ng basura sa ilalim ng
9. 0:22ano ng puno ng mangga o ng kahit anong
10. 0:26namumungang puno?
11. 0:29Bakit daw may kasabihan o may alam yung
12. 0:32matatanda na kapag ginawa mo yun, mas
13. 0:35mabilis na mamumunga yung puno na iyon?
14. 0:39So he was asking, "What sort of chemical
15. 0:43ang present sa smoke that allows for
16. 0:48um
17. 0:49the tree to bear um flowers faster to
18. 0:53bear more fruits. Okay?
19. 0:57So alamin natin yung naging journey niya
20. 1:00from that question to the answer that
21. 1:02gave him the order of national
22. 1:04scientist. Okay? As I mentioned before,
23. 1:07his work was very significant. 'Di ba?
24. 1:10Even you enjoyed this work,
25. 1:13enjoy the um the result of his work.
26. 1:17Nakakain ka ng mangga kahit of season,
27. 1:19'di ba?
28. 1:21Our economy is able to
29. 1:23um enjoy
30. 1:26his his research, the result of his
31. 1:28research. Kasi because of this, Mango
32. 1:32became an international ba international
33. 1:34exfort of the country.
34. 1:36Okay. So that's Ramon C barba for you.
35. 1:39He's called the father
36. 1:42of Philippine horticulture or of
37. 1:45hiculture in the Philippines of the
38. 1:47Philippines. Yung research niya ang sabi
39. 1:50dito, "The most significant breakthrough
40. 1:53in mango research in the country."
41. 1:56Okay. So tingnan natin.
42. 1:59So again nung bata siya yung question
43. 2:01niya no. What kind of chemical is
44. 2:03present in smoke that speeds up growth
45. 2:06of mangoblossom?
46. 2:08So defin definitely right from the start
47. 2:11no um itong si Dr. Ramon he he's
48. 2:15thinking like a scientist ' ba.
49. 2:17Scientist starts with a question.
50. 2:20scientist is skin ang senses kinang
51. 2:23observation skills. Maganda yung
52. 2:25kanilang skills, observation skills and
53. 2:28they are not afraid to ask question.
54. 2:31Dito makikita natin na it was a long
55. 2:34time before
56. 2:37Dr. Raman was able to come up with the
57. 2:40with the answer to that particular
58. 2:41question. So nag-aral muna siya no. So
59. 2:44he started in nag-aral siya ng college
60. 2:47sa UPLB University of the Philippines,
61. 2:49Los. Ang course niya ay agriculture
62. 2:521958.
63. 2:55And then he studied master's degree in
64. 2:58horticulture. When we say horticulture,
65. 3:00ito yyung branch of um agriculture
66. 3:03concerning about study nung sa fruit ano
67. 3:07to fruit and vegetable and flower
68. 3:09bearing plants. Yun yung hiculture.
69. 3:12Nag-aral siya sa University of Georgia
70. 3:15and then he had his PhD in University of
71. 3:18Hawaii where he met a very important
72. 3:21person sa buhay niya.
73. 3:25Nagkaroon siya ng mentor dito si
74. 3:28Professor A Carl Leopold. We can say
75. 3:31that
76. 3:32um in some way ba in a big way it spark
77. 3:36his ano ulit his
78. 3:39question when he was young.
79. 3:41Kasi itong si Professor Leopold ano pala
80. 3:44siya he had he had a book about
81. 3:48ayon yung plant growth regulator.
82. 3:50Researcher siya about that particular
83. 3:52topic.
84. 3:53ba Ramon was interested in knowing
85. 3:57what's what's in a smoke that regulates
86. 3:59a plant growth or the bearing of
87. 4:02a flower of fruit of a mango tree.
88. 4:07after his study, after his PhD,
89. 4:11o nakuha siyang assistant professor in
90. 4:13New PLP kung saan siya nag-college.
91. 4:16Okay.
92. 4:19Before he before he went home from the
93. 4:21United States, bumili muna siya nung
94. 4:23ethel. Ether is a chemical
95. 4:27na sikat or effective na
96. 4:32flan growth regulator. So dinala niya
97. 4:34yun sa Pilipinas because he was
98. 4:35interested in doing a study about
99. 4:38Etherel.
100. 4:40He even proposed na suportahan siya or
101. 4:43he he was proposing a study sa UPLB
102. 4:46Freel but he was rejected kasi may isa
103. 4:49ng isa ng individual na gumagawa ng same
104. 4:54study about um plant growth regulator.
105. 4:58Okay.
106. 5:00Studying other chemicals. So he was
107. 5:03rejected. He even he even asked that
108. 5:06person kung pwede silang
109. 5:07mag-collaborate. Unfortunately,
110. 5:10nag-decline yyung tao na iyon, yung
111. 5:12naunang researcher.
112. 5:15Fortunately, um, he was able to he found
113. 5:18another chance nung naging consultant
114. 5:21siya sa isang mango farm
115. 5:24in Bulacan. Okay.
116. 5:27Gusto kasi nilang mapadami yung
117. 5:29production ng mango sa farm na yon. So,
118. 5:31they consulted Dr. Ramon.
119. 5:36So during um ang nangyayari ba he was an
120. 5:40assistant professor in UFLP so weekdays
121. 5:44and then during Saturday susunduin siya
122. 5:45ng driver nung family owner owner nung
123. 5:49farm para can work on the farm during
124. 5:52Saturdays ' ba
125. 5:55medyo katagal-tagal na nagtanong si Dr.
126. 5:59Ramon if pwede siyang mag-conduct ng
127. 6:01study on the mango trees. So pumayag
128. 6:04naman yung mga may-ari. Yun nga lang daw
129. 6:07ay gawin niya tuwing Sunday kung saan
130. 6:08wala siyang work on the farm.
131. 6:12So naghanap siya ng mga chemicals na
132. 6:14pwedeng spray doun sa mga mango trees '
133. 6:16ba. Isa yung ethel na binili niya sa US.
134. 6:19And then bumili din siya ng
135. 6:22um
136. 6:24yung potassium nitrate nga ba yung yung
137. 6:26sa litre.
138. 6:28Sabi niya bumili lang daw siya sa ano sa
139. 6:30Mercury Drug nung isang kilo non.
140. 6:36So during that time 50 centavos daw 50
141. 6:38cent a kilo from Mercury Drug.
142. 6:42Okay? Ginagamit kasi yun for um pangcure
143. 6:46ba food preservative. Pwede siyang
144. 6:47gamitin as food preservative sa mga
145. 6:50tocino, sa mga ham. So nag-spray siya sa
146. 6:53mga branches ng mga puno.
147. 6:56Tipid-tipid siya kasi isang litro lang
148. 6:58yung binili niya na na
149. 7:00sa litre o na potassium nitrate. And
150. 7:03then after 2 weeks, na-observe niya na
151. 7:07nag-flower agad, namung agad ng o
152. 7:10bumukadkat agad yung flowers nung mango
153. 7:133. And sinabi niya 'yun sa mga owner. So
154. 7:16natuwa 'yung mga owner. Pinayagan siya
155. 7:18ngayon na mas malawak 'yung mas
156. 7:21madamingung puno 'yung sprayan niya ng
157. 7:23potassium nitrate. Kasi nakita niya na
158. 7:25out of the chemicals na ini-spray niya
159. 7:28sa mga mango 3, nakakita siya ng best
160. 7:30result. Mas maraming flowers yung mga
161. 7:32puno na na-sprayan nung salitre o ng
162. 7:34potassium nitrate.
163. 7:36So nag-spray siya on 100
164. 7:39and naging consistent yung result. Even
165. 7:41the UPLB ay sinuportahan iyung white
166. 7:44scale application nung um sa literate
167. 7:49finally
168. 7:51sinuportahan iyung research niya. Okay?
169. 7:54So again that's that's a success story.
170. 7:57It was proven na effective
171. 8:00flant growth regulator o yung ano yung
172. 8:04potassium nitrate such that kaya ng
173. 8:06mamunga o mamulaklak ng ating mga mango
174. 8:08tree all year round.
175. 8:11So because of his significant
176. 8:12contribution he was awarded many
177. 8:16awards ba
178. 8:19o actually before before that before the
179. 8:21awards may meron pang nagtank na kawin
180. 8:25yung ano niya yung kanyang yung kanyang
181. 8:27patent kumbaga inuunahan siyang
182. 8:30inuunahan siyang angkinin yung idea na
183. 8:33effective 'yung potassium nitrate na
184. 8:36pampabukadkad ng bulaklak ng Mango 3.
185. 8:41Fortunately, nanalo siya don sa patent
186. 8:44war kasi mayro'on siyang ebidensya.
187. 8:46'Yung ebidensya niya ay 'yung research n
188. 8:48siya 'yung naon na nakaisip non'n. So he
189. 8:49was able to protect the intellectual
190. 8:51property.
191. 8:53Katulong pa nga pala si Senator Jose
192. 8:55Jokno.
193. 8:58So pero hindi niya pinurso yung patent.
194. 9:02Kumbaga kasi pag may patent
195. 9:05kailangan bayaran mo siya kapag
196. 9:07gagamitin mo yung potassium nitrate.
197. 9:09Okay? Because he wasn't interested in
198. 9:11making money. Sabi niya he want to help
199. 9:14local farmers
200. 9:17na may mga ano na to make a living dun
201. 9:20sa mga mango trees.
202. 9:22Okay? Because of his discovery ng he was
203. 9:25awarded several several awards. Sunding
204. 9:28young men 1974
205. 9:30Rizel Propatria Presidential Award 1980
206. 9:37Sharka DLI Achievement Award in
207. 9:39Agricultural Development and then
208. 9:40finally during 2014 he was recognized as
209. 9:45a national artist by President
210. 9:47Noayakino.
211. 9:50Okay.
212. 9:52So right now he's around 80 years old.
213. 9:56So siya ay nakatira na sa Losibisita
214. 10:02bumibisita siya minsan sa eskwelahan
215. 10:05visiting professor. And then um he also
216. 10:08visit Institute of Plant Breeding
217. 10:12okay kung saan tumutulong din siya.
218. 10:14Mayro'on siyang proteg.
219. 10:17Ito si Lilian Patenya. Kilala
220. 10:2030 years na. More than 30 years na 'yung
221. 10:22relationship nilang dalawa as um kumbaga
222. 10:26ay
223. 10:28siya yung siya yung nag-train kay Lilan
224. 10:31kay Lilian Patenya. Also a renowned um
225. 10:33scientist.
226. 10:35Okay.
227. 10:37So sabi niya ganito daw mag-isip si
228. 10:39ganito daw yung philosophy ni Dr. Ramont
229. 10:42in terms of working. Huwag kang kukuha
230. 10:45ng pay na hindi commensorate sa job mo
231. 10:47pero hindi ka gagawa ng pipit
232. 10:50pipitsuging trabaho.
233. 10:52Okay? So Dr. Ramon Barba talaga is an
234. 10:54example of hard work din no? Saka I want
235. 10:58to do excellent job. ayaw niyang
236. 11:00gumagawa ng kumbaga mema em lang na
237. 11:04trabaho.
238. 11:06Sabi niya
239. 11:08umm
240. 11:09always parang always do your best in
241. 11:11your job
242. 11:13and sometimes not all people can give
243. 11:16you a good pay dun sa sa
244. 11:20trabaho mo. Sometimes you have to work
245. 11:22for free. But all the same you have to
246. 11:25do a good job. You have to do an
247. 11:26excellent job.
248. 11:29Okay. Ako personally, I'm happy after
249. 11:31reading about this article. I I feel I
250. 11:35feel satisfied that I know him as a
251. 11:37person
252. 11:40and I want to I want to read more about
253. 11:42other national scientists honestly and
254. 11:46I'm giving you the chance in your
255. 11:48activity. So you read about national
256. 11:51scientist or up and coming scientist na
257. 11:54meron tayo sa Pinas and you find a way
258. 11:58to communicate ano yung naging
259. 12:01artistically ano yung mga naging
260. 12:03contribution nila in science and
261. 12:05technology and in our country. Okay,
262. 12:09that would be all. I will see you next
263. 12:11week. a