Archive for March, 2012
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Saturday, March 31st, 2012Banana fruit is a horticultural commodity that can be processed and preserved to expand its marketing value. Various processed banana products have already been developed, such as, sun-dried banana and banana crispy. A new product with a potential commercial value is the banana flour made from fresh and ripe banana. Benefits Banana flour can be [...]
Forecasting Sales and the Future of Your Business
Saturday, March 31st, 2012Forecasting sales is vital to all business. Far from being just guesswork, it is a scientific technique that predicts future sales by analyzing past and current sales trends and the variables that affect it. However, since forecasts are often wrong, many people tend to downgrade its worth. This betrays a gross ignorance of the role [...]
Asian corn borer still no match for Bt corn
Saturday, March 31st, 2012BACILLUS thuringiensis (Bt) corn has proven to be a tough nut to crack for the dreaded Asian corn borer (ACB), a major pest that ruins up to 80 percent of traditional corn varieties. Dr. Edwin Alcantara of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Biotech) at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños [...]
Study shows white rice link with Type 2 diabetes
Saturday, March 31st, 2012PHILRICE, Nueva Ecija – Health researchers had found a troubling link between higher consumption of rice and Type-2 diabetes, a disease that in some countries is becoming an epidemic. A news statement from the Philippine Rice Research Institute said further work is needed to probe the apparent association and diets notoriously high in sugar and [...]
Green Mussle (Mollusc) Culture
Friday, March 30th, 2012The green bay mussel or tahong (Perna viridis) is a popular and delicious food item. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrates. Green mussels were originally regarded as pests before World War II because they competed with food and space in oyster farms. In 1950, it was recognized as a primary bivalve food. [...]
Mortadella Sausage
Friday, March 30th, 2012Try and see for yourself why this special sausage is making ripples in the culinary world. Chorizo or sausage is a term encompassing several types of pork sausage originating from Iberian Peninsula. Spanish chorizo is made from coarsely chopped fatty pork (70% lean and 30% fat) usually seasoned with chili, paprika and garlic. The mild [...]
Rice Grain Bug Pest Threatening the rice granary of Region 7
Friday, March 30th, 2012An ordinary lygaeid bug that feeds on legumes is now the latest pest threatening the rice granary of Region 7. Bert Barrion, Doctor of Entomology of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), however says that what is believed to be a new pest initally called ‘rice grain bug’ is not really new at all. It [...]
The Benefits of Saluyot
Friday, March 30th, 2012Scientific Name: Corchurus olitorious L. Common Names/Local Names: Jute Mallow or Jew’s Mallow; Jute (English) Saluyot (Tagalog); Tugabang (Bisaya) Botanical Description: Jute is an erect, grabrous, annual plant or shrub, growing up to 2 meters high. The leaves are ovate, laceolate, toothed margins. Flowers are solitary with yellow petals on the axils. The fruit is a capsule with [...]
Lanao del Norte Is Land of MILK, not MILF
Thursday, March 29th, 2012The biggest problem that Lanao del Norte is facing today is the perception of outsiders that the province is war-torn so that businessmen from outside the province are hesitant to invest in commercial projects there. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo, the 29-year-old governor of the province, will tell you, however, that Lanao del Norte is very peaceful. [...]
Carabao’s Milk : The Most Complete Food
Thursday, March 29th, 2012It’s richer, creamier and contains protein, fat, lactose, vitamins and minerals, and water. But there’s more! During the height of the milk crisis caused by melamine contamination of dairy products from China, the sales of carabao’s milk from the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) at the Science City of Munoz soared. “The melamine scare could be [...]
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