The Ateneo Graduate School of Business Advantage
I biked this morning to Loyola Retreat House to take pictures of the hazy skyline brought about by last nights fireworks welcoming of 2012.
There I saw my uncle cutting branches of madre cacao (kakwate). And when I inquired, he said he plants them at interval of 2 ft, and it grows very quickly in 2 weeks. It does not need a lot of watering and care. Then he plants in between. It is a cheap way to fence unprotected private lots/land (My uncle is doctor of vet medicine and a CEO of two agribased company)
I immediately recalled that a British engineer lectured on "BioMechanical Slope Protection" Aside from our cogon grass, he recommends this tree grown from cuttings ie. madre cacao. It has soil compaction power up to 250 psi and holds its own vs. mechanical slope protection: riprap, rebars, reenforced concrete, gabion, etc. fibre, at much much less cost. He said the Mega Dike could have been built cheaper by planting lahar embankments with madre cacao. But then again it has little value added for contractors, engineers and......
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