How to Make Fermented Fruit Juice or FFJ
Fermented Fruit Juice or FFJ is made from sweet ripe fruits, fruit vegetables and root crops. Thoroughly blended with crude sugar or molasses and stored for a short period of time, the fermented...
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Growing Mangosteen for Business
Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn of the family Gutiiferae) is one of the most delicious and best flavored fruits in the world. It is one tropical fruit that is most ready accepted by the Western....
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Bringing back the lost value of ferns
Reintroducing underutilized crops to the Filipino consumers is one of the strategies that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has come up with to help the country achieve the goal of food security and...
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Why eating adlai is good for you?
Standing tall in the wild, adlai (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) can be easily overlooked due to its grass-like appearance that blends well with the other wild plants. But unlike weeds, the stem of adlai could...
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50-hectare hybrid rice model farm to be put up to help rehabilitate Marawi City
A 50-hectare hybrid rice model farm will be put up to help rehabilitate Marawi City in a partnership of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC). Provincial...
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Baby Corn Production Guide
Young cob corn (Zea mays L.), the newly developed corn, has been used by Chinese as vegetable for generations and this practice has spread to other Asian countries. It is used as ingredient in most...
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Cordillera’s heirloom rice: A bright spot in the export market
Mina-angan, hungduan, ulikan, jekot, diket, and tinawon—they can be mistaken as names of people but they’re not. They are actually varieties of heirloom rice from the Cordillera region which are now...
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Papaya Production Guide
Papaya is a luscious fruit that has been taken for granted. The total crop area in the Philippines planted to papaya amounts to only 8,720 hectares or 0.1 percent of our agricultural land. Yet no one...
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CPAR capacitates Leyte farmers on jackfruit technologies
“Ako po’y talagang nagpapasalamat sa CPAR dahil marami kaming natutunan. Kung wala ito, mahihirapan kami sa production ng jackfruit [I am really thankful to CPAR because we have learned a lot. If not...
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Aratilis: A slice of Sweet & Childhood memories
Maybe the young generation is not familiar with aratilis since it is rarely seen in the urban areas nowadays. Unlike before, it was growing like mushrooms in underdeveloped areas of the metropolis. But...
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Genetically modified foods: how safe are they?
The long-standing firestorm of debates, scientific discussions, and media coverage over genetically modified foods obviously revolve around a common issue – safety. It was the same issue that public...
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DOST-TRC to Explore Cheaper Flour Substitute From Sago
DAVAO CITY - After a new round of oil price increases, news of cheaper pandesal from locally abundant flour alternative is a welcome respite. This was the report of Dennis Cunanan, Director General of...
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Bamboo propagation via branch cuttings to assist farmers in production
Bamboo is considered as an alternative to timber. This is one reason why science and technology is applied to further enhance its growth performance and ensure its sustainability. This is being done by...
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Halal certification to expand Muslim market for Philippine Dona Maria rice in...
A newly-granted Halal certification to Philippine brand Dona Maria rice opens up market potential in Gulf countries Jordan and Kuwait. The premium rice varieties just received a Halal certification...
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Farmer profits from shifting to adlay farming
Every progress requires risk. And only those who risk going far are able to know how far they can possibly go. This saying works well for Conchita A. Banguiyao, 48, corn farmer from Maddela, Quirino,...
View ArticleValue-Added Products from Seaweeds
New products from seaweeds were developed by the Marine Bio-Organic Group of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute. Three of products are now being patented, while other...
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Bait traps to control mango fruitfly
Fruitfly infestation has caused great decline in the overall production of mangoes and has lessened the chance of Philippine fruits to penetrate the international market. For sometime, this infestation...
View ArticleProtein-enriched aquaculture feed from sweet potato push
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) locally known as kamote, is an important food crop. In some areas of the Philippines, it is a staple particularly among marginalized families in provinces, as they are...
View ArticleGrowing Oyster Mushroom on Grasses Substrate
Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.) are normally grown either on softwood sawdust or on composted rice straw. The technology described in this leaflet uses three grasses: Flute reed (Phragmites karka),...
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Growing potato without soil
Soil plays a crucial part in farm production but it now becomes ineffectual with the advent of soil-less farming or simply hydroponics . This technique in farming has become so indispensable that it...
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