Category Archives: Agriculture

Choice nut shines across Bicol peninsula

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Sorsogon — Bicol pili industry is processing more pulps and kernels to keep up with the demand of the market. The sector was pioneered by an agriculturist and entrepreneur, the provincial high-value crop commodity coordinator, said. “It was started by … Continue reading →

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Pulling Bicol up from poverty with coco fiber ropes

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

The story of Dr. Justino Arboleda By: Ralph Fajardo Philippine Daily Inquirer 11:05 pm | Saturday, April 14th, 2012 In the early 90s, when the then dean of Bicol University’s College of Agriculture, Dr. Justino Arboleda, first heard of a … Continue reading →

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NFA told to open buying stations, start purchasing farmers’ fresh palay

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Sunday, April 15, 2012 MANILA — Farmers’ organizations in various parts of the country said that local traders are manipulating the market price of freshly harvested palay as they called on the government to immediately open its buying stations to … Continue reading →

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Women empowered through peace and dev’t projects in Sorsogon

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

Friday, April 13. 2012 MANILA — The scorching afternoon sun illuminates her bronze skin as she walks a mile or two to the newly built irrigation area. Today, she is going to check if everything in the site is in … Continue reading →

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DA asked to lift ban on cutting coconut trees

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 19:05 Manly M. Ugalde / Correspondent E-mail Print PDF LEGAZPI CITY­—Barely two weeks after Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala ordered a total ban on the cutting of coconut trees in Albay, his officials in Bicol want … Continue reading →

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Better weather info for PHL agriculture urged

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

February 7, 2012 7:20pm The weather office should start fine-tuning its weather report for agriculture to aid farmers who are grappling with extreme weather events, a crop scientist at the University of the Philippines Los Banos said. Dr. Lucille Elna … Continue reading →

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DA Bans Cutting Coconut Trees

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

By MARVYN N. BENANING January 29, 2012, 9:44pm MANILA, Philippines — Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has banned the cutting of coconut trees in Bicol region. Alcala instructed Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Euclides Forbes and PCA … Continue reading →

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DTI, DAR partner for “Plant a Tree Program”

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

PIA Press Release Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by Irma A. Guhit SORSOGON CITY, November 23 (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) have forged partnership for the massive planting of the … Continue reading →

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DAR discloses national convergence accomplishments in Sorsogon

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

PIA Press Release Wednesday, November 09, 2011 by Irma A. Guhit SORSOGON CITY, November 9 (PIA) — The National Convergence Initiative (NCI) launched April this year has implemented several development projects in Sorsogon City, Castilla, and Casiguran, the three selected … Continue reading →

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DA-PhilRice posts R&D breakthroughs

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

By Rudy A. Fernandez MANILA, Philippines – Thirty-three modern, high-yielding, and post and disease-resistant rice varieties. About 200,000 extension workers, farmers, and others trained in scientific methods of rice production. Many viable and “farmer-friendly” technologies generated and transferred to the … Continue reading →

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