Aggie Journalists On Self-Lockdown Of Creativity, And I Have Been Thinking Of The Sweetest Sweat

Don’t contribute to the lockdown of 

aggie journalism in the Philippines:
instead, Write!

Even before the coronavirus lockdown, our aggie journalists had unknowingly locked out themselves from “The New Thinking for Agriculture” that is encapsulated in Eight Paradigms. (images: Lockdown from Shutterstock[1], grunge image 8 from OnlyGFX.com[2])

The New Thinking was brought out by Secretary of Agriculture William Dar/Manong Willie even before his appointment by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on 05 August 2019.

Some 8 months later, about 1600 hours today, Monday, 06 April 2020, I wake up from a reverie with this single thought: “The sweetest sweat, from Mechanization.”

Ha, ha! I have never had a lockdown in my creative thinking since 1974 when working for Pacifica Publicity Bureau under Nonoy Gallardo as Creative Director, my friend Orli Ochosa gifted me with Edward de Bono’s book Mechanism Of Mind, which proposes and propagates the mental stratagem – gem! – that De Bono calls Po, which is the Power of the Positive in brainstorming alone or with a group:

Saying Yes even to the Negative

which is how to turn an Obstacle into an Opportunity.

Optimism, not Pessimism. Now you know that even in my stupor, I have been thinking of “The New Thinking for Agriculture” with its 8 mantras to create the reality of a Progressive Philippines Inclusive of the Poor:

(1)  Modernization

(2)  Industrialization

(3)  Promotion of exports

(4)  Consolidation of small- and medium-sized farms

(5)  Infrastructure development

(6)  Higher budget & investment

(7)  Legislative support

(8)  Roadmap development.

Explain each of the 8? Exactly. We need to expound on those 8 paradigms some more.

I have been thinking of producing a Bible of Community Agriculture understandable by a high schooler. Bible because it is a guide to godly behavior; Community because it is the whole community in location in the villages that must commonly work out their agriculture towards inclusive development. We learn from the Coronavirus Pandemic:

We are all in this together!

Now, to start the ball rolling, since I am a writer, teacher, desktop publisher, photographer, book producer, that is, a one-man band – and fully digital in skills, to boot:

I propose to produce that Bible of Community Agriculture within 30 days – if any individual or institution, friend or family, is willing to shoulder the expenses.

I will need of course a battery of experts as brothers in popularizing The New Thinking, 8 apostles. (We can talk details in private, digital; PM me at Facebook, Frank A Hilario.)

The Community Bible will be written primarily to assist the state colleges and universities, SCUs, as well as the aggie journalists, in understanding “The New Thinking for Agriculture” and the 8 paradigms relating with each other.

The Bible of Community Agriculture will descend as if from a celestial place of enlightenment to the terrestrial place of selfish habits of thinking and doing.

The Community Bible will deliver us from evil – if the SCUs educate, journalists deliver knowledge, and the whole community do what is good for all!@517

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[1] https://www.shutterstock.com/search/world+countries+icons?sort=newest&image_type=photo&page=2

[2] https://www.onlygfx.com/8-grunge-yes-no-icon-png-transparent/