Agriculture Magazine - January 2019
Agriculture Magazine - January 2019
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In this issue
Known-You Seed
Seedling Production: An Opportunity For Small Farmers
IN ORDER to attain the proper growth and optimum performance of different varieties of vegetables, the use or planting of quality seedlings should always be considered.
2 mins
Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro: Emerging As The New “Tuna Capital Of The Philippines”
These aborigines usually exclaimed this phrase in the olden days whenever they found gold nuggets on the sandy riverbank near their settlement at the edge of a mighty river. Lowlanders from mainland Luzon and the Visayas who first settled at the edge of the Maybulao River also called their village by that name. Years later, the name became Mamburao.
5 mins
What Is Happening To Our Farmed Tilapia Industry
THE INTRODUCED TILAPIA is the second most important farmed or cultured fish in the country next to our native milkfish. In 2016, we produced 300,720 metric tons (MT) of tilapia (mainly the Nile tilapia) from farms (86%) and fishing from inland waters (14%) with a value of R24 billion. Our production of farmed tilapia in 2015 was 260,966 MT with 54% coming from freshwater ponds, 30% from freshwater cages, 8% from freshwater pens and 7% from brackishwater ponds. Most of the farmed tilapia production was from Luzon (92%), with Mindanao and the Visayas contributing only 6% and 2%, respectively.
3 mins
ESIP Project Creates Sustainable And Inclusive Growth In Eastern Samar's Agricultural Sector
INVESTORS, business owners and government leaders came together for the first National Harampang (Visayan for “meeting” or “open forum”) entitled “From the Tree to Your Tray: A Market-led Approach Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Development”, an investment platform and partnership building event held at the Marco Polo Hotel last November 14, 2018.
2 mins
Resiliency Of The Native Pig Industry
Through The Years, The Country’s Native Pig Industry Has Been Affected By Varied Factors.
4 mins
Coffee Industry In The Eyes Of An Academician
How important is coffee as an agricultural commodity? And how relevant is coffee industry in the lives of the Filipinos?
6 mins
Bothered By What The Fortune Teller Told Him
Carmelo “Milo” Ramos was a member of a crew of a rescue ship that sailed around the world tasked with rescuing boats in distress. Like most seamen, he enjoyed a big salary in dollars. He didn’t say it himself but someone suggested that he was making at least $1,700 a month. That was a big amount that the salary from a local employment could hardly match.
2 mins
Appreciating Organic Farming
After Appreciating Climate Change (1st of a series), we are now tackling Organic Farming because, scientists tell us, and I, as a disciple of organic farming for 50 years, am convinced myself, that organic farming has a big, big role to play in what citizens can do to fight climate change, and in a manner, that is very much intelligent.
4 mins
Crop Roadmaps Poorly Implemented
Roadmaps for various crops and animals in the Philippines have been crafted by experts of the government as well as from the private sector, either in collaboration with each other, or purely by experts from the private sector.
2 mins
They Dared To Be Different And Won
In our coverage of agriculture, we sometimes come across unusual strategies that can make their proponents big winners. In Taiwan, for instance, the leisure farm that comes to mind is the Flying Cow Ranch in the county of Miaoli.
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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