AgriTrends: Growing trees with agricultural crops now possible
There is now a technology that enables Filipino farmers to grow trees on their farms while simultaneously planting agricultural crops. The Davao-based Mindanao Baptist...
AgriTrends: The pioneers in transforming the Philippine agricultural landscape
Is it possible to grow temperate fruit apples in a tropical nation like the Philippines? Can a female tilapia be turned into a male?...
AgriTrends: Helping coffee farmers and abandoned children simultaneously
David killed Goliath with just one stone, according to the Bible. But Casey Burnett did the unthinkable: hitting two birds with one stone. His...
AgriTrends: Farmer shows growing organic rice is profitable
Rice is the staple food of Filipinos. So, it should come as no surprise that rice farming plays a significant role in the country’s...
AgriTrends: Encouraging today’s young people to go into farming
Masanobu Fukuoka was a renowned Japanese farmer and philosopher, recognized for his innovative approaches to natural farming and the restoration of desertified areas. In...
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...