Balan, Kc Hersheailynne S.

Answer the Following question:

 Research and find who is a successful Filipino  Agriculturist.

Dr. Dolores A. Martinez

a) what her/him best experience of being an agriculturist?

- Her work on plant genetics, particularly concerning food crops, Dr. Dolores A. Ramirez
has been empowering the scientific community and agricultural sector in the Philippines.

b) who is her/his inspiration?

- She was convinced by Dr. Dioscoro Umali to who was then head of the Department of
Agronomy Plant Breeding Division, enticed her to specialize in Plant Breeding instead.
Indeed, she did more than well in Plant Breeding.

c) what was her/his product?

- Her research results on rice, coconut, sugarcane, ornamentals, fruit crops and many
more have been used by plant breeders, botanists and agriculturists in their efforts to
produce improved varieties of these crops

d) What was her/his motto?

- I didn’t found her motto but these lines from her is so remarkable for me and she said,
“You have to adjust to those limitations because that is the reality,”