Agriculture Magazine - November 2018
Agriculture Magazine - November 2018
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Getting To Know Yara's Premium Crop Nutrition Solutions
YARA is the world’s largest fertilizer company. The products are fertilizers all right but they are not the ordinary type. That’s why they are best called Crop Nutrition Solutions because they are very much different from the ordinary traditional fertilizers that local farmers are applying to their crops today. Crop nutrition solutions because of the complete and balanced nutrition they provide to crops.
3 mins
The Tilapia Hatcheries Of Calauan, Laguna
CALAUAN is a second-class municipality in the province of Laguna about 75 kilometers south of Manila. It has a population of more than 80,000 people and elevation of 65 meters above sea level. While it is known as “The Home of the Sweetest Pineapple in Laguna,” the town is also a major producer of Nile tilapia fry and fingerlings for culture in the floating cages of Taal Lake in Batangas, which produced over 22% of the total farmed tilapia production (261,210 metric tons) in the country in 2015.
2 mins
Brown Rice Vs. White Rice
THE GOVERNMENT should provide incentives to farmers who would plant low-amylose rice as a means to improve rice supply in the country. This is the belief of Alfonso G. Puyat who has done personal research on the advantages of producing low-amylose varieties for milling into brown rice. He is the president of Philor, a company that is engaged in manufacturing plant growth enhancers and other farm inputs.
2 mins
Price Policies That Penalize Agriculture Hinder Development
ONE OF THE SALIENT FINDINGS of a research by two international agencies is that among 117 countries, agricultural development took off when they removed price policies that penalize agriculture.
1 min
I Practice Multiple Cropping In My Rubber Farm
I AM A WEEKEND FARMER, employed as a college professor at the Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon. I want to show that I don’t only know how to teach but also how to practice in the farm what I teach.
3 mins
Beat Rising Prices Of Veggies Thru Urban Gardening
FOR THOSE RESIDING in urban areas like Metro Manila who would like to have their own gardens but don’t have the land or space to plant vegetables, urban gardening is the answer.
3 mins
May'S Organic Garden Bags Best Tourist Attraction Award
FOR INTEGRATING the benefits of good agricultural practices together with fun and relaxation, May’s Organic Garden bagged the 2018 Best Tourist Attraction Award during the first-ever Bacolod City Tourism Hospitality Awards.
3 mins
Lake Sebu Biodiversity To Be Assessed
THE BIODIVERSITY OF LAKE SEBU, one of the most popular tourist attractions in South Cotabato, will be assessed in a Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Grants in Aid (GIA) funded project.
1 min
U.S., Philippines Celebrate Milestones In Protecting Philippine Forests And Biodiversity
THE U.S. EMBASSY in the Philippines and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated the success of USAID’s six-year, 1.35 billion partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in strengthening the country’s forest and biodiversity conservation.
1 min
Indigenous Farmers To Produce World-Class Coffee
ZERO EXTREME POVERTY 2030 (ZEP 2030) recently organized the first-ever Coffee Fest 2018, gathering indigenous peoples (IPs) who have taken up coffee farming, with the goal of increasing their production in preparation for commercial demand. This way, ZEP 2030 aims to build a sustainable source of livelihood for IPs, IP families who comprise a fifth of the 1 million extremely poor families targeted by the coalition.
2 mins
Agriculture Magazine Description:
Publisher: Manila Bulletin Publishing Company
Category: Business
Language: English
Frequency: Monthly
Agriculture Magazine is the most widely circulated magazine of its kind in the country. Every month, it regularly features winning strategies of successful agri-people in various areas of farming, including sustainable technologies in the production of crops, livestock and poultry and fisheries. It also covers food processing, creative marketing, plant and animal nutrition, farm management, research results and many others.
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