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Pro-poor technology developed in Leyte’s Javier town

Posted on October 4, 2013

TACLOBAN CITY, (PNA) — A technology that is expected to provide more income to poorest of the poor here has been developed by the group of Mayor Leonardo M. Javier Jr of Leyte’s Javier town.

Javier said the technology patented under the “Mini-mini Mina Mo” Corporation separates minerals from the soil.

“We don’t know how to classify it; whether mineral separator or a cottage industry,” he said.

He shared that he and his group noticed that there are a lot of idle lands in the province. When they have the soil tested and analyzed it was found out that it has high iron content.

“But the thing is I don’t allow mining in my town because of the environmental impact. But this way there is no environmental impact; as a mater fact, this really is very good for the environment because it makes the soil arable and there is no drilling involved,” he explained.

The technology known as “mini-mini mina mo” is manually operated.

The soil is placed through a funnel situated at the topmost of the machine. Then the handle bar situated at the side of the machine has to be manually rotated following a required pacing for it to start operating.

The soil will automatically drop at the other side of the machine and the minerals on the other side.

The minerals can be sold at 30 centavos/kilo. Javier said that a recipient of the machine can earn up to P2000 a day just by selling minerals that have been produced from out of the machine.

On the other hand, the soil when mixed with vermi-compost and coconut peat will make very good garden soil.

Javier intends to tie up with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as he mulled to provide the machine to indigents through a “conditional machine transfer” scheme.

The conditions include that recipients should send their children to school and avail of health services similar to the requirements under the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps).

Currently, they have produced 7,000 machines. The target is to come up with 10,000, he said.

However, they have to slow down due to budget consideration even as some of the materials are still being imported from China.

He added that they are yet to set a date for the technology to be presented to the public.

Among others, he also intends to link with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) because it is a cottage industry, Mines and Geosciences Bureau because it is a mine processing technology, provincial government of Leyte for the use of sand and gravel.

“Everybody will benefit. Most importantly, people will not be poor anymore,” he said.

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