AGRITRENDS: ABACA: STRONGEST NATURAL FIBER REDISCOVERED (Second of Two Parts)
Abaca used to be called “Manila hemp,” but it is not actually a hemp. Unlike the Russian hemp or American hemp, both of which are...
ABACA: STRONGEST NATURAL FIBER REDISCOVERED (First of Two Parts)
When people talk about farm production, these crops come to mind: rice, corn, banana, mango, cacao, coconut, and coffee. Most farmers don’t think of abaca,...
AGRITRENDS: GREEN GOLD OF THE FOREST (Second of Three Parts)
“A number of bamboo species are potential tools for carbonsequestration and combatting climate change,” Hans Friederich of theInternational Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR) reports.
The lowly...
AGRITRENDS: GREEN GOLD OF THE FOREST (First of Three Parts)
18So much studies have been done on rice, the country’s staple food. But there’s another grass that deserves equal attention since it doesn’t only help...
CHOCOLATES COULD HELP ARREST CLIMATE CHANGE
Chocolates are not only good for your heart, but they are also good for the environment.
“Good news for chocolate lovers: your sweet tooth could...
FISH: GOING, GOING, GONE?
(Second of Four Parts)
“We’ve pushed the seas perilously close -- and in some cases -- past their natural limits. Ingrained wasteful behavior must be overcome...
AGRITRENDS: FISH: GOING, GOING, GONE? (First of Four Parts)
“The trouble is simple: There are too many fishermen and not enough fish. This is not yet a crisis in the dire terms to...
AGRITRENDS: GROWING RICE THE ORGANIC WAY
Mention Bohol and what comes to mind are the 1,776 Chocolate Hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers, the endangered...
AGRITRENDS: There’s money in growing jackfruit
“The world has always been like this: one man feasts on the jackfruit and the other gets stuck in the sap,” says a familiar saying. Another...
Seagrasses can help mitigate climate change
The Philippine may help mitigate climate change by sequestering significant pollutant carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-run vehicles. This can be done by tapping its...