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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Introduction Ampalaya, amargoso or bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia Linn) is one of the most important commercial and backyard fruit vegetables in the country today. It has both nutritive and medicinal use. The fruit and leaves of which are used as vegetable and the latter are further used as a laxative for new born babies while [...]
Baby corn production guide in the Philippines
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011BABY CORN PRODUCTION GUIDE Young cob corn (Zea mays L.), the newly developed corn, has been used by Chinese as vegetable for generations and this practice has spread to other Asian countries. It is used as ingredient in most food preparations. It has nutritive value similar to that of non-legume vegetable such as cauliflower, tomato, [...]
Lanao farmers train on coco sugar production
Monday, March 14th, 2011TUBOD and Sultan Naga Dimaporo farmers underwent one-day training at the Lanao Aquamarine Fisheries Center for Community Development (Lafccod) office in Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte. Tubod, Lanao del Norte Coconut sugar production has been found to be a viable source of income for coconut farmers aside from the natural and nutritional value coconut sugar [...]
Medicinal Plant: Kakawate – Cacao (Gliricidia sepium)
Monday, March 14th, 2011Gen info Name “gliricidia” derives from the Lain ‘glis’ (dormouse) and caedere (to kill). The Spanish name “mata-raton” refers to the tree’s rodenticial properties. As the tree pods hang-dry in the sun, they curl and explode, making a popping cracking sound. A cluster of trees with their pods snapping and popping and falling to the [...]
Coco sugar a hit at trade fair
Monday, March 14th, 2011Coco sugar and other organic products from Lanao del Norte sold like the proverbial hotcake at the 2009 National Livelihood Trade Fair at the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City under the auspices of the Philippine Chamber of Handicrafts, Inc. and the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. Besides coco sugar, the other organic products from Lanao del [...]
The farmer in the net
Sunday, March 13th, 2011If you own a Facebook account, which I’m sure you do, you might have come across several applications that may have either intrigued or annoyed you. Among the many interactive games available on Facebook, Farmville deserves a place of honor because of its fun graphics and originality, something that’s definitely more amusing that irritating like [...]
Scientists develop a practical way of storing fresh tomato
Sunday, March 13th, 2011Tomatoes can be kept field-fresh for three weeks without using cold storage, according to the researchers from the Laguna-based Philippine Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC). One economical alternative is to use the Evaporative Cooling and Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) Technology which prolongs the storage life of fresh tomatoes under ordinary condition using locally available [...]
New product corrects soil acidity
Sunday, March 13th, 2011Soil acidity is a common problem in many crop areas in the Philippines, especially among growers of crucifers (cabbage and the like) in upland vegetable areas. For soil nutrients and fertilizers to be effectively taken in by plants, a certain level of the soil’s acidity or alkalinity is required. Most crops thrive on slightly acidic [...]
Medicinal Plant: Bunga-bunga (Alternanthera sessilis)
Sunday, March 13th, 2011Botany: · An erect, more or less branched, glabrous, succulent herb, 0.4 to 1.4 m high. · Leaves: simple or pinnately compound, the leaflets elliptic, crenate, usually about 10 cm long, thick and succulent. · Flowers: paniculate, pendulous. Calyx brownish or purplish, 3.5 to 4 cm long, cylindric. Corolla about 4 cm long, inflated at [...]
Medicinal Plant: Dalandan – Sour Orange (Citrus aurantium)
Sunday, March 13th, 2011Botany Small, erect tree with smooth, greenish white shoots with spinescent thorns. Leaves are oblong to subelliptic, about 4 cm wide to 10 cm long, with narrowly winged petioles. Flowers are white, solitary or few clustered, smooth, and growing from the uppermost leaf axils. Fruit is spherical, 5 to 9 cm in diameter, the skin [...]
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