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The Importance Of Sustainable Fishing In Food Security

RARE INC. PHILIPPINES, together with Balangay’s Best by Fishers & Changemakers, Inc. (FCI), and Slow Food Youth Network Philippines (SFYN), conducted a workshop about sustainable seafood/slow fishing, followed by a food tasting cooked by three well-known chefs using the products of Balangay’s Best.

Alaminos Goat Ties Guinness World Record, Gives Birth To Sextuplets!

Superior genetics, good nutrition, research and good management are the ingredients in successful goat dairying.

A Retired Couple Runs A Successful Aquaculture Business With Their Millennial Son

8 TREASURES is a bangus (milkfish; Chanos chanos), alimasag (mangrove or mud crab; scylla serrata), and sugpo (tiger prawn; Penaeus monodon) farm located in Lubao, Pampanga. The area is comprised of fishponds that span different municipalities, some of which can only be reached by boat. The ponds are separated by dikes—strips of land where people can cross, some of which are equipped with wooden slats that, when piled on top of each oother, can be used to control how much water gets in and out of a pond.

Farmers Experience ‘a Whole New World' With The Help Of A Disney-inspired Startup Company

Joselito “Jun” Ocol, the CEO and co-founder of an agritech startup company in the Philippines, has a goal of bringing the concept of accessibility and availability from the fictional market into reality to benefit Filipinos, especially the farmers.

Leyte Rice Processing Center Is Most Advanced In The Region

RICE is an important part of the Filipino diet. It is also a crop whose supply, over the years, has become problematic, as the Philippines, once one of the top rice producers in the world, now struggles to meet its own demand.

Diligence Paved The Way For This ULAT Sipag Top Awardee For Two Consecutive Years

IT’S A SECOND TIME in a row for Agriculture Magazine contributor, Julio P. Yap Jr.

The 'Bamboo Lady' Of Los Banos

THE BAMBOO is the fastest growing grass and the most important non-timber commodity in the forest ecosystem of the world. Its wood has many uses including construction of buildings, furniture, and handicrafts. It is planted in denuded areas for soil and water conservation as well as for ornamental landscapes. Bamboo groves are more efficient than tree forests in sequestering carbon dioxide for mitigating climate change or global warming.

Winning Traits Of Successful Agri People

DURING OUR SEMINAR/FORUM which we hold every Sunday in our farm, one lady wanted to know what some of the traits that make agri people succeed in their farm projects are.

Managing Backyard Swine Disease

THE PIG is one of the most widely utilized livestock animals around the world. It has been domesticated for several thousand years and is primarily used as a food source. As a result, many farms incorporate pigs in their setup for additional income and for personal consumption.

Millennial-Led Hydroponic Farm Grows Vegetables Right In The Middle Of New Manila

BEHIND A NONDESCRIPT GATE in the middle of bustling New Manila is a lot that contains a bunch of container vans, some stacked on top of each other. One of these vans houses a hydroponic farm setup where arugula, basil, and kale grow at a constant 18°C every day of the year while the rest wait to be converted to similar indoor farms.

A Floating Tilapia Hatchery In Sampaloc Lake

A FISH HATCHERY is a facility where the breeding of mature fish (male and female) and the rearing (nursery) of the young (fry and fingerlings) are done. In most countries, including the Philippines, the hatcheries for the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), the second most important farmed fish in the world, are done in land-based ponds and tanks. The commercial breeding and nursery of tilapia in a lake-based floating hatchery were probably first done in the Philippines in Lake Bunot (one of the seven lakes of San Pablo City in Laguna) by Nony Guia in the 1970s for the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).

Introducing Tiffany, The Yellow-Fleshed Watermelon

MOST OF US are familiar with the popular watermelon with red and yellow flesh. Plenty of farmers nowadays combine planting both red and yellow fleshed watermelons, since they are two of the consumer’s favorites. But did you know that each color contains a slight difference in nutrients?

9 Tips For Keeping An Urban Garden Well-Watered Despite El Niño

SOMEONE who becomes an urban gardener will inevitably adopt sustainable practices, if it weren’t to those practices that drew them to gardening to begin with. In my case, I first wanted to grow a few herbs, until I wanted to grow my own food by planting leafy vegetables like pechay and lettuce, and fruiting vegetables like gourd, squash, tomato, and pepper.

Urban Garden In Pampanga Grows Fresh Herbs For The Culinary Scene

IN THE CULINARY INDUSTRY, it is important to use fresh ingredients to make sure that dishes are both appealing and healthy.

Former Police Officer Is Now A Square Foot Garden Advocate

A LOT OF PEOPLE discover agriculture after retirement. They find that tending to plants keeps them active, and turning what usually starts as a hobby into a business keeps their minds sharp as well.

Oldest Thai Seed Company Is Newest Player In The PH

A NEW COMPANY that will distribute seeds of vegetables and other high-value crops was officially launched at the company’s head office in Tarlac City and at the Marriott Hotel in Clark Pampanga on June 10, 2019.

Farm Resort Complex Boasts Of Ecotourism Park And Profitable Piggery

It Is Rare that you will find an Ecotourism Park and a huge piggery together in a farm resort complex. That’s because most people think that the usual foul smell of a piggery is not compatible with a resort which visitors on leisure trips patronize every day.

Bright Prospects For Prawn Farming In The Philippines

It’s little known that locally farmed prawn could be a vital foreign exchange earner for the country.

Masantol Is Pampanga's Crab Capital

Masantol, through which the big Pampanga River passes, is the province’s undisputed crab capital. Mangrove crabs (formerly called “mud crab”) are a major product of fishpond operators who manage no less than 12,000 hectares of ponds, according to Crisanto N. Lapaz of the provincial agriculture and fishery council (PAFC).

Dost Eyes Salt Industry Enhancement In Occidental Mindoro Using New Technology

Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato de la Peña recently made a two-day trip to Occidental Mindoro, taking the time to meet local government officials and salt farmers in the municipality of San Jose to express his utmost support for the province’s goal of moving towards the development and sustainability of the local salt industry.

Megatonic: The New Approach To Mango Production

Popularly Known for their delicious taste, the Philippine mangoes are considered as being among the best in the world. Aside from their taste, the abundance of mangoes and the high demand for them has made mango production in the country a fast growing industry.

New Techniques And Inputs For Better Harvests

An Enterprising Farmer in Calauag, Quezon can now be considered exceptional after he was able to almost double the yield of his corn plantation in Barangay Mulay.

Sustainable Household- Level Production Of Muscovado Sugar

Muscovado is defined as a type of partially refined to unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses content and flavor.

Jeffferson Laruan Finds Wood Vinegar Very Useful in Organic Farming

ASK JEFFERSON LARUAN, a very successful organic farmer, and he will tell you that wood vinegar is very important in organic farming. He and his wife Elisa are the owners of the Lily Valley Organic Farm in La Trinidad, Benguet.

Why We Need A Department Of Fisheries And Aquatic Resources

IN THE FIRST Regular Session of the 17th Congress of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, there were three Senate bills and three House bills filed for the creation of a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR).

Farming Innovation Benefits Remote Corn Plantation In Bukidnon

A SOFT-SPOKEN FARMER who is nonetheless a successful entrepreneur in Barangay Iba, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon was able to maintain the productivity of his vast corn field by applying an organic foliar fertilizer.

Researchers Develop Two Ways To Convert Inorganic Farms Into Organic

BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE – Researchers of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in this town have developed two ways to convert inorganic farms into organic.

Disease- Free Potatoes From Research Center

THE NORTHERN PHILIPPINES Root Crops Research And Training Center, based at the Benguet State University in La Trinidad, is doing a great service for potato planters in the Cordilleras by providing the farmers with disease-free planting materials that result in better yields.

May's Organic Garden: A Paradise In The Heart Of Bacolod

LOOKING FOR A PLACE to relax and experience countryside organic farming…in an urban setting? It’s possible at May’s Organic Garden and Restaurant in Bacolod City.

Laguna De Bay As A Water Source Of Metro Manila

THERE WAS a water shortage recently in the eastern part of Metro Manila due to the lack of water supply provided by Manila Water, a concessionaire of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). Manila Water gets 1.6 billion liters of water per day (BLD) from Angat Dam in Bulacan along with the Maynilad, the other concessionaire supplying water to the western part of Metro Manila which gets its 2.4 BLD from the same dam, the main source (97%) of water of Metro Manila, to supply more than 16 million people in the metropolis. In March of this year, the Manila Water had a deficit of 1 BLD due to the low level of its water source in La Mesa Dam (Quezon City) supplied by Angat Dam. Maynilad did not have any water shortage for its customers in 17 cities and municipalities of Metro Manila not only because of its bigger water allocation from Angat Dam (which it is now sharing with Manila Water as of this writing) but also because 7% of its water comes from Laguna de Bay.