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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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Batanes’ Arius wine is cited as a promising product
A new product, Arius fruit wine, developed by the Batanes State College (BaSCO), received a special citation for being one of the promising products exhibited during the 9th Agriculture and Fisheries...
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How to Start a Sweet Sorghum Farming Business
Sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is similar to grain sorghum with sugar-rich stalks. Being a water-use efficient crop, sweet sorghum has the potential to be a good alternative feedstock for...
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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...
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Fatten your swine cheaply and effectively with sakwa
Many Filipinos find swine raising lucrative among other livestock ventures. Aside from providing raisers with additional income, investment return also happens in a short span of time. In 1995,...
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10 Philippine Herbal Medicines Approved By DOH
Here are the ten (10) Philippine medicinal plants that the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) through its "Traditional Health Program" have endorsed. All ten (10) herbs have been thoroughly tested...
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Guyabano (Soursop) Production Guide
Guyabano or soursop is one of the minor crops that is gaining popularity because of its economic uses. It is a nutritious fruit, rich in ascorbic acid, potash, phosphorous and calcium. The edible...
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Jute: A versatile, durable vegetable fiber
Imagine a natural fiber that is 1-4 meters long, golden and silky. No wonder, the jute fiber is dubbed as the “golden fiber”. It comes from the skin (bast) of two jute plants, Corchorus capsularis and...
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Swedish agency rules its funding should never be used for illegal activities...
The Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has ruled that its funding should never be used for “criminal activities” amid admission of Filipino entity Masipag that it supports the destruction...
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Gabi is one of the major rootcrops grown throughout the country. It can be grown almost anywhere, upland or lowland. Land preparation and planting: 1. Plow the field twice to loosen the soil. 2. Harrow...
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Sweet sorghum planter Bapamin eyes to produce popular American snack granola...
Sweet sorghum planter Bapamin Enterprises eyes to produce popular American snack granola bar using nutritious sweet sorghum grains possibly under a Department of Agriculture (DA) technology incubation...
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How to Make Soil Conditioners for Urban Gardening
Don't you know that you can grow vegetables and herbs even if you only have a small space? With the application of soil conditioner, you can grow healthy vegetables and herbs in small plots or in...
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Study examines genetic diversity of Arakan Valley’s indigenous upland rice
Rice is and will always remain as one of the most important staple foods among Filipinos. For most of us, it is the one thing that satisfies and completes our every meal. However, the agriculture...
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Oil Palm Farming
Why Oil Palm is Easy and Profitable to Plant By: Pablito P. Pamplona, PH. D. Recently, many farmers asked me what is the best crop to plant. With my experience as a farmer and agricultural technician...
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Cacao genes improvement to speed up development of the country’s chocolate...
Cacao’s genes and physical characteristics are being looked into in a study by applying the latest technology in functional genomics in a bid to improve the country’s cacao industry. Photo by...
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How to Start a Mongo Production Business
How to make big in Mongo production? Mongo production is an added income for farmers while waiting for two months to start another season of corn or rice production. The value of this production is...
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Rice straw maintains soil fertility
By adding rice straw to the soil before planting the next crop, you can return nutrients to the soil, make the soil fertile and in the long run, cut down on fertilizers and improve the yield of your...
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WHO affirms GM foods passed Codex food safety tests; breeders urged CA to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has affirmed that genetically modified (GM) foods in the market have passed Codex food safety assessments and have not had records of adverse effect on human health....
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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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Cabiao marsh land farmers fast expanding hybrid rice area to 100 hectares...
A farmers’ group is fast expanding its hybrid rice area to 100 hectares from only 30 hectares after experiencing a yield that gives them a two-cropping’s harvest from a swamp land that only allows...
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