May Pera Sa Itlog: How this Negros Egg Farmer Earn More than P172k a Month
Rene Descalsota and his family grew up working in the sugarcane fields. When his father was awarded 2.8 hectares of land through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in 2003, the family thought they could finally escape poverty. Still, the economic crises only worsened as they had no financial capability to plow their land. His father rented the land out of other better options to their neighbor. Rene left his hometown Silay City, Negros Occidental, in 2005 after graduating high school and started working in Batangas. In this article, we will discover how this Negros egg farmer earns more than P172k a month,
From 2005 to 2020, Rene jumped from one job to another. He worked in construction, feed mills, and other back-breaking jobs until he worked on an egg farm in San Jos...