Mighty Corp helped out fish pond owners

Filipino-owned tobacco company, Mighty Corp donated tobacco dust, a fish pond conditioner that protects local ponds from predators. This will help millions of Filipino fish pond owners and operators as well as tobacco farmers nationwide.

“We are going to help the National Tobacco Administration promote the use of tobacco dust by donating to our thousands of fish pond owners and operators all over the country,” Mighty Corp. executive vice president Oscar Barrientos said.

“In doing so, we are helping both tobacco farmers and fish pond owners and operators increase their yield,” he said, adding the company previously sold tobacco dust to fish pond owners and operators.

Barrientos also said the authority promoted tobacco dust to control the population of snails and other fish pond predators. He added that it was an effective and economic option to replace highly toxic and cyanide-based chemicals used in the preparation or sterilization of fishponds.

Mighty aimed to increase the income of the tobacco-growing industry by buying 10 million tobacco leaves from local farmers all over the country.  The company allotted P700,000 for the purchase of green leaves.

The tobacco dust which promotes the growth of lablab, an algae and natural fish food, and serves as pond floor conditioner. Meanwhile, pond owners and operators use it to prepare or sterilize fish ponds before stocking fingerlings.

The studies conducted by a team from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in Tigbauan, Iloilo under the leadership of Joebert Toledo which confirmed the tobacco dust efficacy.

Mighty Corp which aims to help local tobacco farmers earn more with a projected increase in the production of tobacco leaves and tobacco dust while helping pond owners and operators and the environment as well.