Hi Neo the philippine had greallty support organic farming in Philippine because they is big money to make at the end of the day. In fact around our place in Guibang Pyoga a company is going in to produce organic fertilizer to supply to local market. As for your request to supply Bat guano as organic fertilizer we are still in the process of ironing out few processes, certification and quality of the products before supplying to Singapore.
We are working with the local supplier to use Bat guano can be safely used as an organic fertilizer, both indoors and outdoors, and its primary ingredients are roughly 10% nitrogen (plants' healthy green color and their rapid growth), 3% phosphorous(promotes root growth and flowering), and 1% potassium(strong stems). Slow release fertilizers that continues to work for the soil and plant and it rich in bioremediation microbes, which clean up toxic substances. This stem up of logic is that bat eats insects so bats deposit dung on cave floor which is than consumed again by beetles and microbes and the end results are a natural fertilizer. They are also real problem here is that some claim that the bat dung is 100% organic, however some artificial chemical is added to increase the Phosphate and nitrogen content. To my own opinion 100% organic mean the process and end process of production involved taken directly from cave, sun dried,screened without adding any Chemical content and have it analysis by the lab to give a detail breakdown of content.
SO WHAT ARE THE RULES ?
They have to be made of plant or animal materials that have not been chemically processed or treated
and any chemical reaction to produce a new compound is not allowed. These are general rules. The detailed text is at the USDA website as an international acceptance standard
How high of an analysis can be achieved ?
Maximum: 10% Nitrogen economic Range: 6-7% Nitrogen
Technical Information: Bat Guano varies greatly depending upon the source. Bat Guano rarely has much soluble Nitrogen. A high analysis Bat Guano would require enzyme hydrolysis and subsequent concentration
A few questions to determine if a product is legitimate?
1.What are the raw materials?
2.Does the raw material have enough Nitrogen to support the claim?
3.Does the manufacturer have inventories of the raw materials?
4.Is there publicly available technology to support the claims?
5.Is the process under patent protection?
6 Is the value consistent with competitive products?
7 Has the product been evaluated by local or international certifier ?
8. Is it a By-Product? Of what?
9.Is the basic chemistry or bio-chemistry sound?
10.What does a third-party lab test divulge? What else is in the product?
Bat Guano
They have to be made of plant or animal materials that have not been chemically processed or treated
and any chemical reaction to produce a new compound is not allowed. These are general rules. The detailed text is at the USDA website as an international acceptance standard
How high of an analysis can be achieved ?
Maximum: 10% Nitrogen economic Range: 6-7% Nitrogen
Technical Information: Bat Guano varies greatly depending upon the source. Bat Guano rarely has much soluble Nitrogen. A high analysis Bat Guano would require enzyme hydrolysis and subsequent concentration
A few questions to determine if a product is legitimate?
1.What are the raw materials?
2.Does the raw material have enough Nitrogen to support the claim?
3.Does the manufacturer have inventories of the raw materials?
4.Is there publicly available technology to support the claims?
5.Is the process under patent protection?
6 Is the value consistent with competitive products?
7 Has the product been evaluated by local or international certifier ?
8. Is it a By-Product? Of what?
9.Is the basic chemistry or bio-chemistry sound?
10.What does a third-party lab test divulge? What else is in the product?
Bat Guano
Posted by Frederic D. Schwarz at 03:00 PM EST
The era of American imperialism began 150 years ago today, on August 18, 1856. That’s when Congress passed a law enabling the United States to seize territory overseas to secure its supply of a commodity that was vital to America’s industry and military. The commodity in question was the excrement of birds and bats.
Guano, as this substance is called, is rich in nitrates and phosphates, making it an excellent fertilizer as well as a fine source of saltpeter for gunpowder. In the early 1850s, reports began to arrive of uninhabited islands in the Pacific that were rich in guano. To a nation that was expanding rapidly onto increasingly marginal farmland, they were an irresistible target for acquisition.
Over the next several decades American companies found, claimed, and sometimes mined guano on more than 50 islands. Some were simply abandoned when the guano played out; others were settled and remain U.S. territory to this day. In the latter group is Midway Atoll, which played an important role in trans-Pacific transportation for decades and was the scene of an immensely important, momentum-shifting battle with Japan in 1942.
In fact, as an article in our sister publication Invention & Technology recently noted, guano has been responsible for many major events in world history, including Civil War naval clashes and an 1879 war between Chile and Bolivia that the Bolivians are still sore about. In the 1950s, long after the guano boom was over, one company built a tramway a mile and a half long across the Grand Canyon to extract centuries’ worth of bat droppings from a cave. Even in the space age, bat guano was important enough as a propellant that NASA made a special requisition for it during the Mercury and Gemini programs.
To be sure, America’s first venture into empire building was fairly benign, being restricted to uninhabited islands that were not under any nation’s jurisdiction. Later, when people and disputed territorial claims entered the mix, things got stickier. Yet even today, nations contest possession of barren rock outcroppings in order to establish ownership of underwater oil fields, occasionally firing shots in the process. Whether it’s wood, fish, crude oil, beaver skins, or any other indispensable commodity, people have always been willing to travel long distances and use all the machinery of national sovereignty to secure it. The droppings of flying creatures are just one of the more unlikely examples of this rule.
Guano, as this substance is called, is rich in nitrates and phosphates, making it an excellent fertilizer as well as a fine source of saltpeter for gunpowder. In the early 1850s, reports began to arrive of uninhabited islands in the Pacific that were rich in guano. To a nation that was expanding rapidly onto increasingly marginal farmland, they were an irresistible target for acquisition.
Over the next several decades American companies found, claimed, and sometimes mined guano on more than 50 islands. Some were simply abandoned when the guano played out; others were settled and remain U.S. territory to this day. In the latter group is Midway Atoll, which played an important role in trans-Pacific transportation for decades and was the scene of an immensely important, momentum-shifting battle with Japan in 1942.
In fact, as an article in our sister publication Invention & Technology recently noted, guano has been responsible for many major events in world history, including Civil War naval clashes and an 1879 war between Chile and Bolivia that the Bolivians are still sore about. In the 1950s, long after the guano boom was over, one company built a tramway a mile and a half long across the Grand Canyon to extract centuries’ worth of bat droppings from a cave. Even in the space age, bat guano was important enough as a propellant that NASA made a special requisition for it during the Mercury and Gemini programs.
To be sure, America’s first venture into empire building was fairly benign, being restricted to uninhabited islands that were not under any nation’s jurisdiction. Later, when people and disputed territorial claims entered the mix, things got stickier. Yet even today, nations contest possession of barren rock outcroppings in order to establish ownership of underwater oil fields, occasionally firing shots in the process. Whether it’s wood, fish, crude oil, beaver skins, or any other indispensable commodity, people have always been willing to travel long distances and use all the machinery of national sovereignty to secure it. The droppings of flying creatures are just one of the more unlikely examples of this rule.
According to IFOAM & FiBL (2006), there are 35,000 organic farms on 14,140 hectares of land under organic management, with a share of total agricultural land of 0.12%. Although organic agriculture in the Philippines is still in its emergent or incipient phase, the discourse of organic agriculture is fast gaining ground in the country. Organic agricultural production is limited though steadily growing, reportedly between 10-20 percent annually (FAS/USDA, 2000), but reliable statistical data are hardly available. The organic market in the country has been described as a “niche market”. A number of organic products are increasingly being sold in major supermarkets, with a price premium reportedly ranging from 20-30 to 30-50% over non-organic products (Yussefi & Willer, 2003). In 2005, the President of Philippines approved a document on the "Promotion and Development of Organic Agriculture in the Philippines", recognizing the potential of organic agriculture in the country and providing government supporting the development of the sector.
References
IFOAM & FiBL (2006): The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2006. International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), Bonn & Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, pp. 108-117.
Yussefi, M & Willer, H,(2003), `The World of Organic Agriculture Statistics and Future Prospects´in International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
