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Saturday, February 4th, 2012While the global crisis is reducing consumption across nations and social classes, causing massive unemployment and constricting the world economy to a precarious extent, other sectors are cashing in on some of its unexpected beneficial effects. Among them is the herbs and other plants sector, which is experiencing immense growth, -according to Edsa Garden House [...]
Sheep Raising; A Profitable Venture
Saturday, February 4th, 2012A former banker resigned from the corporate world and found joy and profits from raising sheep If insomniacs mentally count sheep to be able to fall asleep, former banker Nilo Casas literally do that in his two farms in Cavite and Masbate to be able to calculate his profits. For 23 years, Casas, who is [...]
Facts About Ampalaya
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Ampalaya is one of the most widely-cultivated vegetables in the Philippines. Despite its harsh bitter flavor, Filipinos are very fond of eating this vegetable. In the Philippines, it is usually sauteed with pork and egg and is considered as a main ingredient in pinakbet, a special cuisine among Ilocanos. Its bitter taste is attributed to [...]
Corn Coffee
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012We often think that illness brings nothing but problems and discomforts. Sometimes, the conditions that it caused lead its to healthier diet and promising agribusiness. This is exactly what happened to Alicia S. Paglinawan, general manager and producer of Sunrise Roasted Corn Coffee from Maygatasan, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. She said that she was frequently [...]
Saluyot Into High-fashion Fabric
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012The lowly saluyot will debut on the fashion ramp last December as a premium, earth-friendly fabric. The Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) will unveil the new fabric during a national conference in celebration of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) International Year of Natural Fibers. “We have weaved 80 percent polyester with 20 [...]
New Products from Calamansi Wastes Introduced
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Calamansi Fruit is composed of 30 to 31 percent juice, which is used as flavoring, beverage and source of vitamin C. How about the remaining 69 to 70 percent? Void of juice, the peel, pulp and seeds are considered wastes, which are thrown away by households, food establishments and juice processor. These wastes, if not [...]
Philippine’s Agriculture Sector Grew by 2.34% in 2011
Saturday, January 28th, 2012PHILIPPINES – The Philippine agriculture industry grew by 2.34 per cent in 2011, bannered by the crops, livestock and poultry subsectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday. The DA said the combined positive performance of the three subsectors served as a cushion, as the fishery subsector registered negative growth due to dwindling fish population [...]
Interesting Facts About the Fern Leaf
Saturday, January 28th, 2012The most common ferns are tropical, living in wet, shady spots, but the wide range of fern species reaches into just about every habitat. There are aquatic ferns, and there are ferns that grow on the bark of trees. There are ferns that grow in the wettest rainforests, and ferns that cling to rocks in [...]
Biomass Power for Bantayan Island, Cebu
Saturday, January 28th, 2012PHILIPPINES – Island folks of Bantayan Island, in the northern tip of Cebu, may soon enjoy the benefits of a renewable energy source abundant in the locality – biomass. Local officials of the island are tying up with some Chinese investors to explore the possibility of building a biomass plant to produce biogas from chicken [...]
Manufacturers plan to hike animal-feed prices by P20/kilo
Friday, January 27th, 2012LOCAL manufacturers of animal feeds are set to increase the price of their product by around P20 per 50-kilogram bag due to the recent hikes in the price of raw materials used for making animal feeds which include yellow corn. Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (Pafmi) President Norman Ramos said most feed millers can [...]
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