Mighty Corp reaching out for fish pond operators

Bulacan-based tobacco manufacturer, Mighty Corp had pledge to donate tobacco dust for the tobacco farmers from the northern part of the country.

The fish pond conditioner protects local ponds from predators that will help millions of Filipino fish pond owners, operators and 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 added.

The NTA was promoting tobacco dust to control the population of snails and other fish pond predators, as this was “an effective and economic option to replace highly toxic and cyanide-based chemicals used in the preparation or sterilization of fishponds.”

The company targeting to level up the income of the tobacco-growing industry by buying 10 million tobacco leaves from local farmers all over the country as they allotted P700,000 for the purchase of green leaves.

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

Fish stocking is the practice of raising fish in a hatchery and releasing them into a river, lake, or the ocean to supplement existing population, or to create a population where none exists.

Mighty Corp’s continuing efforts 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.