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AgriTrends: Filipino scientists make artificial skin from bangus

If Brazil has done it with tilapia skin, the Philippines is following suit by using the skin of bangus or milkfish, the country’s fish...

AgriTrends: Coconut industry ready for takeoff

If there’s an agricultural crop that Filipino farmers and entrepreneurs ought to persist in planting, it’s coconut. While the Philippines ranks second to Indonesia...

AgriTrends: Technology shows producing more tilapia from a limited pond is possible

Filipino farmers engaged in tilapia cultivation now have the opportunity to enhance fish production while markedly minimizing environmental impact, thereby optimizing operational costs. This...

Aquaculture: Answer to dwindling fish caught in the open seas?

Fish production in the Philippines is in serious decline. “Where have all our fish gone?” Filipino consumers asked. The major fishing grounds in the...

AgriTrends: Flower industry gets boost during first Mindanao international floriculture gab

Floriculture, the practice of growing and marketing of flowers and ornamental plants, received a big boost during the first Mindanao International Floriculture Congress held...

AgriTrends: MBRLC addresses pressing problems in the uplands

There will soon be no primary or virgin forests left in the country, according to several forestry experts. This is scoffed by skeptics who...

Agri Trends: MBRLC addresses pressing problems in the uplands

There exist various training centers throughout the country, yet not all have withstood the test of time. In Davao del Sur, one particular training...

AGRITRENDS: The sweeter side of coconut

From the air, the Philippines looks like a country filled with coconut trees. After all, about 347 million coconut trees are planted throughout the...

AGRITRENDS: The economic importance of seaweeds

The Philippines – with a land area of 30 million hectares and comprises about 7,641 islands of which only 2,000 are inhabited – has...

Agritrends: Innovations that can help boost the mango industry

Next to banana and pineapple, mango is the third most important fruit crop of the Philippines based on export volume and value. The country’s...