AFRICAN SWINE FEVER NOW IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO
While Filipinos are frantic about the proliferation of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that...
BT CORN TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY
Borne of its golden ears, corn is a most welcome crop anywhere it grows. So, it’s not...
GROWING RICE ORGANICALLY
Mention Bohol and what comes to mind are the 1,776 Chocolate Hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers,...
GROWING RICE ORGANICALLY
Rice is the staple food of Filipinos. In fact, studies show each person eats more than half a kilogram...
SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Ricefield
Global warming makes fall in rice yields worse. This was what Dr. Shaobing Peng, then crop physiologist of...
RICE: THE GRASS THAT SUSTAIN LIFE
For thousands of years, rice has been part of the human diet. Historical evidence suggests that rice may...
RICE: THE GRASS THAT SUSTAIN LIFE
Despite rising per capita income that had led to a more diversified diet in neighboring Asian countries, rice...
MOVING PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE FORWARD
“The new thinking” for agriculture. That is how Dr. William D. Dar, the new secretary of the...
AGRITREND: SAVING HOG INDUSTRY FROM AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
What many swine raisers in the country feared has finally been confirmed.
More than...
AFRICAN SWINE FEVER A THREAT TO P191-BILLION HOG INDUSTRY
The swine production is a whopping P191-billion industry, the largest among the livestock and poultry industries in...
