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Group of women farmers in Zamboanga del Sur benefits from Soybean R&D
A women-led farmers’ association residing in Barangay Bigong, Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur is now reaping the fruits of their labor from soybean R&D interventions introduced to them by the Department...
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Culturing Tikod Amo through bottom polyculture
“Tikod Amo” is the local name of an endemic oyster species known to the people living in the Barobo Coastal waters in Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur. This unique oyster got its name because its adductor...
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Mango: up close and personal
Mango is one of the country's high value crops but farmers do not have any standard procedure for identifying different varieties of mango at the early stage. Other than using the variety of the...
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DA to respect farmers’ decision to plant GM corn as PHils is seen to export...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will respect the decision of farmers to plant genetically modified (GM) corn even as the country is seen to export 100,000 metric tons (MT) of corn this year owing...
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Kakawate Leaves Ripen Saba Bananas
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375"] Photo by Starr Environmental [/caption] Kakawate Leaves Ripen Saba Bananas Studies made at the UP Los Baños showed that when raw saba bananas are put in...
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How to Delay the Ripening of Mangoes (Hot Water Treatment)
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo by robert and fabienne [/caption] Retard the Ripening of mangoes (Hot Water Treatment) Hot water treatment (HWT) retards the ripening of mangoes...
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Planting Glutinous Corn
Waxy or glutinous corn is one of the major crops grown in the Philippines with over a million Filipino farmers, depending on it as their main source of income and employment. With the increasing...
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Bamboo Production Guide
Bamboo, used to be called the poor mans' lumber, is considered today by many bamboo enthusiasts as the "green gold." It serves as material for construction, handicraft and furniture making, fishpen...
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Culturing Tikod Amo through bottom polyculture
“Tikod Amo” is the local name of an endemic oyster species known to the people living in the Barobo Coastal waters in Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur. This unique oyster got its name because its adductor...
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Mango: up close and personal
Mango is one of the country's high value crops but farmers do not have any standard procedure for identifying different varieties of mango at the early stage. Other than using the variety of the...
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DA to respect farmers’ decision to plant GM corn as PHils is seen to export...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will respect the decision of farmers to plant genetically modified (GM) corn even as the country is seen to export 100,000 metric tons (MT) of corn this year owing to...
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Kakawate Leaves Ripen Saba Bananas
Kakawate Leaves Ripen Saba Bananas Studies made at the UP Los Baños showed that when raw saba bananas are put in kakawate leaves (Madre cacao / Gliricidia sepium), its ripening is hastened. Photo by...
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How to Delay the Ripening of Mangoes (Hot Water Treatment)
Retard the Ripening of mangoes (Hot Water Treatment) Photo by robert and fabienne Hot water treatment (HWT) retards the ripening of mangoes without affecting its taste; makes the color of ripening...
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Planting Glutinous Corn
Waxy or glutinous corn is one of the major crops grown in the Philippines with over a million Filipino farmers, depending on it as their main source of income and employment. With the increasing...
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Bamboo Production Guide
Bamboo, used to be called the poor mans' lumber, is considered today by many bamboo enthusiasts as the "green gold." It serves as material for construction, handicraft and furniture making, fishpen...
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Leading the way for better, safer seaweed and fish products
During the 7th Agriculture and Fisheries Technology Forum and Product Exhibition organized by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) in August 2011 at the SM MegaMall in Mandaluyong City, a curious...
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Jackfruit Production Guide
Jackfruit scientifically known as Artocarpus heterophyllius, lam, locally known as "nangka" or "langka" is a favorite dessert of Filipinos. It is one of the most widely grown fruit crops in the...
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How to Make Fermented Plant Juice or FPJ
Fermented Plant Juice or FPJ is made from axillary buds and young fruits, fast growing plants, young leaves of plants and grasses. Mixed with crude sugar or molasses, the juice is extracted and...
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Ilocos garlic growers to market garlic to Jollibee, Splash Foods at 13.5 tons...
Ilocos garlic growers are optimistic of the prospects of the garlic industry as they are about to market peeled and powdered garlic to Jollibee and Splash Foods Corp at 13.5 metric tons (MT) per...
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Ensuring rubber’s high yield through DNA fingerprinting and analysis
Researchers from the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) conducted a study to validate the varietal integrity of the country’s promising rubber clones. The study became imperative as the Philippines...
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