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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012LOCAL manufacturers exported $8.7 million worth of various abaca products in the month of January, according to figures released by the Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fida). Fida said earnings from the shipments of various abaca products were six percent higher than the value of abaca fiber products exported in January 2011. The attached agency of [...]
Tuna ban on PHL fishers off Pacific partially lifted
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012FISHERS from the Philippines can start fishing for tuna after the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) effectively allowed limited access to a portion of the high seas in the Pacific, an official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR Assistant Director Benjamin FS Tabios Jr. said the Philippines’s proposal [...]
The adverse effect of climate change in agriculture can be abated
Monday, April 2nd, 2012The erratic weather condition has been cited as one of the reasons affecting productivity in the rice sector. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reveals that two extreme weather conditions are expected in the country this year. Currently a mild La Niña is being experienced. Fabio Enriquez, Regional Rice Coordinator, revealed that [...]
3 provinces in PHL where you can buy the cheapest fish
Monday, April 2nd, 2012AS many Filipinos take a break to celebrate Lent, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said the provinces where consumers can buy the cheapest fish are Occidental Mindoro, Sulu and South Cotabato. In its latest edition of Sexy Statistics, the NSCB said based on 2011 prices, the cheapest bangus can be bought in Occidental Mindoro [...]
An Institute For Organic Farmers
Sunday, April 1st, 2012MANILA, Philippines — The ongoing trend is production of healthy foods, which means naturally-farmed food products that are not sprayed with chemical pesticides or meat products that are laced with antibiotics. The problem is that there are no well established institutions where interested individuals can learn the fine points of organic agriculture. Most of the [...]
Mayor Goes For Organic Farming
Sunday, April 1st, 2012MANILA, Philippines — One municipal head who is really serious in propagating organic farming in his own town is Mayor Leoncio “Jun” Evasco of Maribojoc, Bohol. We met him at an organic agriculture presentation at the Natural Farming Institute in Panabo City last March 19. The presentation was attended by the head of the Agricultural [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DAR prepared to help coco farmers become entrepreneurs via technology
Thursday, March 29th, 2012THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is confident of turning coconut farmers into entrepreneurs as it steps up various support services to help transform agrarian-reform beneficiaries (ARBs) into entrepreneurs. Agrarian Reform Undersecretary for Support Services Jerry E. Pacturan said through the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS), ARBs will be equipped with [...]
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