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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 [...]
Cutting trees is not bad?
Saturday, March 12th, 2011Cutting trees is not really a bad thing. That’s what our friend Dave Deppner, the founder of Trees for the Future, says. Trees, he said, are an important resource for everyone on earth. What is bad is when people cut trees but do not replant them. Trees are cut for many reasons. Valuable wood is [...]
Promoting pigeon pea coffee as a nutritious alternative beverage explored
Friday, March 11th, 2011As the national agriculture research and development (R&D) continuously discovers potential agricultural crops like pigeonpea, a lot of nutritious products are being developed. Pigeon pea, locally known as kadyos, functions both as food and forage crop. It is also used as cover crop for controlling soil erosion due to its strong woody tap root that [...]
Underestimate not the lowly camote
Friday, March 11th, 2011The camote or sweetpotato is more important than you think in ensuring food security. It is providing a decent source of income even for the lowly farmers who don’t have much capital to spend in their farming. A few weeks back, we wrote about what’s new in sweetpotato after visiting the PhilRootcrops at the Visayas [...]
DA, AFP to invest in rubber-plantation project
Thursday, March 10th, 2011THE Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are set to invest in a rubber-plantation project in Bukidnon to provide additional funds for soldiers’ training and acquisition of military equipment, among others. In a statement, the DA said that, together with the AFP, it will convert a 10,000-hectare idle portion [...]
Ratooning rice is advantageous
Thursday, March 10th, 2011Following a large scale rice ratooning project in Ormoc City where some 500 hectares of irrigated rice farms last March to May, the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program is bent on pushing the adoption of the technology up to the year 2013. Dr. Frisco Malabanan, GMA rice program director, said that the ratooning project pushed [...]
Sustainable Energy – Tidal Power
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010ENERGY FROM THE TIDES Rance Tidal Power Station in Brittany, France This form of energy has been harnessed from Roman times for small milling operations on coastal sites. No part of the UK is further than 70 miles from tidal water. The gravitational energy from the Sun and Moon move sea water up and down [...]
Technical Paper – Understanding Wind Energy
Monday, March 8th, 2010PREFACE This paper is one of a series published by Volunteers in Technical Assistance to provide an introduction to specific state-of-the-art technologies of interest to people in developing countries. The papers are intended to be used as guidelines to help people choose technologies that are suitable to their situations. They are not intended to provide [...]
Collect Rainwater from your Roof
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Did you know that your roof could catch plenty of water for you? Most parts of South Africa do not get much rain. If you can catch all the rain that falls on your roof, you will have water for your gardens and fields, livestock and household later in the season. It does not matter [...]
Garden Silage & Intensive Gardening
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Intensive Gardening Intensively cultivated vegetable gardens can supply a great deal of a family’s food from very little land. However, to maintain their productivity, these gardens require a lot of fertilizer and some special techniques, which are discussed below. As one crop is finished, another is put in its place throughout the growing season. Without [...]
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