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Wheatgrass Production Guide
Wheatgrass, the young grass of the wheat plant that is sprouted from wheat grains, is fast becoming popular in the Philippines because of its many health benefits and curative properties. It is...
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Japanese entity adopted BAR’s Edible Landscaping program that encourages...
A Japanese humanitarian agency has adopted Bureau of Agricultural Research’s (BAR) edible landscaping (EL) program that encourages home-based organic vegetable planting to help reduce imports, enhance...
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Beneficial microorganisms makes soil healthier and increases yield
Recent studies show that live or latent cells of efficient strains of microorganisms enhance growth and yield of crops, and help remediate soil fertility problems. These microorganisms are prepared as...
View ArticleBlack Pepper Production Guide
Black Pepper – (Piper Nigrum Linn) is a viny perrenial plant producing berry-like and aromatic pungent fruits. It is locally known as “pamienta” or “paminta” which belongs to Family Piperaceae. Leaves...
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50-hectare rubber expansion eyed for Oriental Mindoro community that now...
A 50-hectare rubber plantation expansion is eyed in a promising Oriental Mindoro community that now earns P65,000 per month from latex that can potentially be processed into higher-valued products....
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Farm tourism to enhance sustainable agricultural and rural development,...
Farm tourism will open up new perspectives for inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) and will revitalize the farm tourism sector as a sunrise industry in the Philippines...
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Value-added Products from Sweet Potato
Sweet potato tubers can be processed into other products and recipes to improve its added value and later could increase the profits and welfare of local farmers. The Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)...
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Peanut seen as the next big thing in Cagayan Valley
Marginal corn farmers in Cagayan Valley are now considering going into peanut production with the introduction of big-seeded peanut varieties such as Asha and Namnama. The introduction of these...
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Collaborative sustainable mangrove management amid climate change to be...
Collaborative sustainable mangrove management in Southeast Asia amid climate change will be tackled by ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries in a Mangroves Congress on September...
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Patola (Luffa Gourd) Production Guide
Ridged gourd or angled Luffa gourd (Luffa acutangula) and smooth gourd (Luffa cylindrica) are commonly called patola among the Tagalogs and locally known as kabatiti among the Ilocanos and Ibanags. A...
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Soon to hit the market: An anti-diabetic, natural sweetener from sweet sorghum
A natural sweetener from sweet sorghum syrup will be hitting the market soon. And it comes in fine, milky-looking powder form. When asked how different the sweet sorghum sweetener is from the...
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Amaranth / Kulitis Production Guide
Amaranth / Kulitis I.Scientific Name: Amaranthus tricolor L; A. viridis L.; A. dubius C. Martius; A. cruentus L. II. Common Names/Local Names: Amaranth, Chinese spinach, tampala, pigweed (English)...
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How to Grow Ubi (Yam)
Ubi (Dioscorea alata L.) or yam is a vine which produces both aerial tubers called bulbils and underground tubers or roots. The bulbils weighing a few grams and to over a kilogram come out from the...
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CPAR boosts Atis production in Lobo
Lobo, Batangas has over 500 hectares of farmland planted with sweet sugar apple trees. The tree’s fruit, popularly known as “Atis”, is tended by over a thousand farmers. It’s no wonder why Lobo has...
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DA eyes Southern Leyte seaweed project to give jobs to skilled natives,...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing to boost seaweed production in Southern Leyte to maximize seaweed’s niche to give jobs to highly-skilled seaweed growers and eradicate poverty in potential...
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A Golden Future for the Golden Fruit
The Philippines ranks 12th among the top producers of mango in the world, with 2% share in production (FAO, 2012). It is also the third most important fruit crop based on export volume in the...
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More GM products with nutrition enhancement and medical uses to be...
More genetically modified (GM) products with nutrition enhancement and medical uses will potentially be released in the market up to 2017 including vaccines and enzyme-rich corn that results in...
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Sweet sorghum feeds eyed as cheap alternative to corn feed, to raise farmer...
State-run Pampanga Agricultural College (PAC) has started partnering with the private sector in a pilot use of sweet sorghum which can potentially lower feed cost to P20.49 per kilo and raise net...
View ArticleMicroorganism offers hope of raising tree survival in reforestation
The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ERDB-DENR) had developed a promising plant microorganism that can help trees to survive hostile...
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Govt awarded 30 enterprising groups that advanced nature preservation and...
The government has awarded 30 enterprising groups that successfully adopted technologies on reforestation while promoting industries and jobs in bamboo, Falcata, talaba (oysters), “tikog,” and...
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