Agri Trends

AgriTrends: Potential solutions from agriculture to address climate change

Due to human activities such as fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, mining, refrigeration, livestock production, and rice cultivation, among others, the climate of our planet...

AgriTrends: Weather forecasting rollout for Filipino farmers in time for typhoons

The difference between weather and climate is frequently debated, with certain people contending that weather represents the immediate sensations we experience, whereas climate refers...

AgriTrends: Where have all our fish gone?

If you give a man a fish, he will have food for a day, so goes a Chinese proverb. However, if you teach him...

AgriTrends: Where have all our fish gone?

Jeannyline T. Arriaga, from Bansalan, Davao del Sur, is a devoted mother. She typically rises early in the morning to prepare breakfast for her...

AgriTrends: Where have all our fish gone?

Rice and fish are the staple food of Filipinos. Although rice receives considerable attention in the media, fish is not given much prominence. Following...

AgriTrends: Staple rice may help stave off diseases

Rice, rather than meat, serves as the primary source of protein for Filipinos. This point was prominently highlighted by Dr. Eva Goyena, Senior Science...

AgriTrends: Staple rice may help stave off diseases

Malnutrition is one of the country’s biggest health problems, particularly among the young ones. Based on a survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition...

AgriTrends: Staple rice may help stave off diseases

In the Philippines, the production of rice plays a crucial role in the country’s food supply and economy. It serves as the primary food...

AgriTrends: Bright prospects for goat industry

In the Philippines, more and more people are now raising goats -- in their farms, in their backyards, and even other orchards! “We have been...

AgriTrends: echnology promotes integrating trees with agricultural crops

Once upon a time, the Philippines was totally covered by forest. Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, a noted environmentalist and wildlife photographer, wrote in an...