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Dyes from Philippine Plants
Dyeing using different plants has been a traditional practice. However, with the invention of artificial dyes and modern dyeing practices, such use of dyes from plants was soon abandoned. There are...
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Strengthening local macadamia production in Luzon through R&D
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) and the DA-Bureau of Plant Industry-Baguio National Crop Research Development and Production Support Center (BPI-BNCRDPSC) are...
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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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S&T-based control strategies vs cocolisap infestation in action
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna -- The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) is working closely with the...
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Use of green fertilizers pushed
MANILA, Philippines An expert from the University of the Philippines in Los Banos (UPLB) Friday said farmers need not spend a fortune in fertilizing their crops since a number of fruits, plants and...
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PUP recognizes technology’s role in food security, confers Doctor of Science...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo by mdid [/caption] The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) is recognizing the pivotal role technology takes in the country’s food...
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Soil less technologies: The way to the future
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo by FoxTravels [/caption] “The world will lead to hydroponics as the future of agriculture,” said Dr. Chito F. Sace, associate professor of the...
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Fungi vs. fungi: The quest for biocontrol in sweet pepper
I like sweet peppers in my salads. I like it in my chopseuy and atchara. A lot of people like sweet peppers for its taste and it is highly prized by people fond of preserving food, especially pickles....
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Cheapest coffee roasting machine now in the market
Coffee is never complete without the rigorous roasting process. Roasting adds significant value to coffee. Newly-harvested coffee beans start green when removed from the fruit of the tree. It is the...
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Propagating cacao by nodal grafting
Cacao is a crop of great commercial value and has a competitive advantage both in the domestic and international markets. Cacao processed beans are used mainly by manufacturers of chocolates, cocoa...
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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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S&T-based control strategies vs cocolisap infestation in action
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna -- The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) is working closely with the...
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Use of green fertilizers pushed
MANILA, Philippines An expert from the University of the Philippines in Los Banos (UPLB) Friday said farmers need not spend a fortune in fertilizing their crops since a number of fruits, plants and...
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