“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 Packersto 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 6thtime 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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