AGRITREND: DURIAN CAN HELP CURB CLIMATE CHANGE
If Filipino farmers are looking for a tree that will not only
address the problem of climate change but also give them a decent income,...
AGRITRENDS: SALT 3 staves off global warming, deforestation, erosion and hunger (Second of Two...
What’s low technology, sustainable and possibly the most
effective method the world can do to fight climate change? Planting
trees, that’s what.
Trees play a crucial role in...
AGRITRENDS: SALT 3 staves off global warming, deforestation, erosion and hunger (First of Two...
Wouldn’t it be great if there’s a technology that can fight
erosion, arrest hunger, encourages tree planting, and capture carbon emissions
into the atmosphere?
The good news...
Durian 500 Project caters to growing export market
The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-XI) and the
Davao City Agriculture Office launched Wednesday (May 29) the Durian 500
Project to meet the huge...
PHILIPPINES: IN DEEP TROUBLE
“Climate change is taking place before
our eyes and will continue to do as a result of the concentrations of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which...
AGRITRENDS: ACTIVATED CARBON: “NEW” PRODUCT FROM COCONUT
“(Coconut)
is the biggest agricultural export, yet there is way more we can do especially
in higher value product exports.” – Dean Lao Jr., chairman of...
AGRITRENDS: HOW UPLAND FARMERS CAN COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
“By planting more crops in one area, farmers can rely on several streams of income and food sources. If one kind of crops gets damaged...
AGRITRENDS: THERE’S MORE TO COCONUT THAN JUST COPRA (Second of Two Parts)
Coconut has been touted as a “lazy man’s crop.” According to an old legend, coconut is God’s gift to the lazy man. “He sleeps...
AGRITRENDS: THERE’S MORE TO COCONUT THAN JUST COPRA (First of Two Parts)
Coconut is known as the “tree of life.” And it’s not called as such for nothing.
“The
amazing thing about the coconut palm is that it provides...
AGRITRENDS: GOING NUTS OVER BUKO JUICE
If you don’t know what “BJ” stands for, then you are not doing your homework lately. It is simply the acronym for buko juice which...