Search For Biggest Breadfruit Offers P50,000 In Cash Prizes

From Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, farmer Richard Esparagoza submitted his entry to the Search For The Biggest Breadfruit showing a single fruit which weighed 3.2 kilos.
So far, this is the second biggest entry with two entries which we earlier posted weighing 3.7 kilos and 2.7 kilos.
I launched the Search for the Biggest Breadfruit as part of our advocacy to promote the planting of this tree which produces the “Super Food.”
A follower of this page suggested that for us to be able to identify a good source of planting materials of the Breadfruit, known locally as “Kolo” and “Rimas,” there should be a search for the biggest fruit.
A tree with a big fruit means an outstanding source of clonal materials because it follows that the fruits of the seedlings would also produce large fruits.
It was a brilliant idea submitted by FB follower Batoy Hernando which I liked very much so until the end of October, we will be conducting the search for the biggest fruit of the Breadfruit (sn: Artocarpus altilis).
Here are the rules for the Largest or Heaviest Breadfruit:
1. Farmer must take a picture of the hanging fruit before picking it;
2. As soon as the fruit is picked, the farmer must proceed to the Municipal Agriculture Office to request for the weighing of the Breadfruit after which the MAO will certify the weight;
3. The actual weigh-in must also be documented using phone cameras and all photos (when fruit is hanging and during weigh in), including the certification of the MAO, must be emailed to mannypinol53@yahoo.com.
4. The winning farmer must agree to share scions of the outstanding Breadfruit Tree for which he will be properly remunerated.
Farmers must be reminded that “Kolo” or “Rimas” is not the same as “Camansi” although they belong to the same family.
Entries submitted after Oct. 31 will no longer be considered.
The prizes are: P25,000 First Place, P15,000 2nd Place and P10,000 3rd Place.
The prize money was donated by a supporter who requested anonymity.
Remember, this is a private initiative as part of our advocacy to promote the planting of Breadfruit, an endemic tree species which produces seedless fruits considered as the “Super Food.”
In the International market, Breadfruit trading amounts to an estimated $2.4-B, roughly P170-B, every year.
While the Philippines is one of the three Pacific countries where it had grown naturally, to include Maluku Islands in Indonesia and Papua, Breadfruit is not propagated at commercial quantities.
Since it is an endemic tree species, “Kolo” or “Rimas” could also boost our re-greening program in the country.
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