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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cavite Coffee Farmers Encouraged To ‘Pick Red Cherries' For Fine Robusta

EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Philippine Coffee Board, together with the Amadeo, Cavite local government, launched Pick Red ‘Fine Robusta,’ a campaign to encourage farmers to only pick red coffee berries with the aim of reviving and refining Cavite’s coffee industry.

Cocktail Of Plant Growth Stimulants Gives High Yields

A CHEMICAL ENGINEER who calls himself an innovator has come up with a cocktail of plant growth stimulants that has been proven to produce high yields in various crops. The fellow is Caysing Tan, 76, who has been doing his own research and experiments in his four-hectare farm in Cavite.

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.