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Friday, February 12th, 2010Part V : Deer and Antelope Several types of tropical deer’ and antelope are no bigger than an average-size dog. These “microdeer” and “microantelope”2 are the smallest of all ruminants. Although there is considerable experience with rearing and utilizing the larger species, little is known about these miniature ones. Given research, mouse deer, muntjac, musk [...]
Micro-livestock: Little-known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future – Rodents
Friday, February 12th, 2010Part IV : Rodents Rodents are the world’s most widespread, adaptable, and prolific group of mammals. They reproduce well, grow fast, learn quickly, and adapt to a wide variety of local conditions. Many convert vegetation into meat efficiently, digesting some fiber, even though their stomach, like man’s, is a simple one. It seems probable, therefore, [...]
Micro-livestock: Little-known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future – Rabbits
Friday, February 12th, 2010Part III : Rabbits Contrary to popular opinion, the domestic rabbit is a substantial part of the world’s meat supply. Annual production of rabbit meat is estimated to be one million metric tons, and the total number of rabbits is approximately 708 million.’ However, rabbits are now intensively raised for food only in temperate, mostly [...]
Micro-livestock: Little-known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future – Poultry
Friday, February 12th, 2010Part II : Poultry Chickens, ducks, muscovies, geese, guinea fowl, quail, pigeons, and turkeys epitomize the concept of microlivestock. Throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America they are (collectively) the most common of all farm stock. In many – perhaps most – tropical countries, practically every family, settled or nomadic, owns some kind of poultry. In [...]
Micro-livestock: Little-known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future – Microbreeds
Friday, February 12th, 2010Part I : Microbreeds Cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs supply millions of people around the world with the bulk of their cash and animal products. Yet scores of breeds – especially in the tropics – are left out of livestock development projects merely because they are considered too small. These “microbreeds”‘ have sometimes been considered [...]
Kangkong becoming a hot market item
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009KANGKONG (scientific name: Ipomea aquatica) is a very common leafy vegetable in the Philippines. You will find them floating on open muddy fields, stagnant pools and fish ponds. Farmers grow it as a regular crop in lowland rice fields but only on a small-scale basis. Interestingly, kangkong, also known as swamp cabbage, water spinach and [...]
What Is Organic Farming?
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Organic Farming is a technique used in farming without the use of any chemicals or synthetics. Aim of organic farming is to produce crops which have the highest nutritional values with least impact on nature. Crop rotation, green manure, use of natural fertilizers and biological pest control form the crux of organic farming. It is [...]
There’s Money in Growing Calamansi
Monday, July 27th, 2009There’s money in growing calamansi, whether in your backyard or in your farm. After all, it bears fruits throughout the year and there is always a ready market for the crop. The edible fruit is small and orange (when ripe), about one inch in diameter, and resembles a small tangerine. In the Philippines, it is [...]
Medicinal Value of Okra
Friday, July 10th, 2009Garlic, onion, malunggay, ampalaya, and carrot. These are just some of the vegetables that are known for their therapeutic qualities. Okra is another one that should be taken into consideration by those who are heeding away from drugs. Recently, I got this e-mail that was forwarded to me. The original author was a diabetic who [...]
Organic Farmers Deny Low Output, Report Higher Rice Yields
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009MANILA, Philippines – It is not true that only the cultivation of hybrid rice would enrich farmers. This claim is false, organic farmers had argued, as they revealed that the harvest of traditional varieties cultivated without using chemical-based fertilizers and agricultural inputs has increased. Farmers from Bulacan, Bataan and Pangasinan who have shunned the use [...]
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