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A global pandemic makes my depression seem like small potatoes. I have fought this for over 43 years, and the last bout finally landed me in the hospital. Yet, depression and I have n… Read More

Citrus is one of the fruit crops commercially grown in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, particularly concentrated in the highlands of Kasibu. Contributing to the province’s economic deve… Read More

Fortunately we picked this spot as our first destination. Cause the following day. Malaysia was on lockdown and Entopia would have been closed. We didn’t get the opportunity to go to t… Read More

Many Filipinos find swine raising lucrative among other livestock ventures. Aside from providing raisers with additional income, investment return also happens in a short span of time. In… Read More

Raising sheep in the Philippines can be as profitable as raising goats in local farms. Sheep contributes to food production, rural employment and gross national product by converting roughag… Read More

Manila, April 18, 2020 – These are unprecedented times: millions of people are working around the clock battling the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected families across the Philippine… Read More

Torrential rains, floods, and blackouts may have been battering the city of Zamboanga but it did not dampen the spirit of the festivities of the Sardines Festival 2014. As a cue to the c… Read More

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The Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has ruled that its funding should never be used for “criminal activities” amid admission of Filipino entity Masipag that it su… Read More

Sweet sorghum planter Bapamin Enterprises eyes to produce popular American snack granola bar using nutritious sweet sorghum grains possibly under a Department of Agriculture (DA) technology… Read More

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Why Oil Palm is Easy and Profitable to Plant By: Pablito P. Pamplona, PH. D. Recently, many farmers asked me what is the best crop to plant. With my experience as a farmer and agri… Read More

In conversation with Digpu, agripreneur Achyuth Reddy speaks about his ventures, the inspiration he finds in simplicity and the vision he has for the youth and his zeal for empowering the I… Read More

Low Cost Veterinary Treatments for Livestock Includes traditional herbs and other treatments. Readers should note that these traditional medicines have not been scientifically tested. The… Read More

How to make big in Mongo production? Mongo production is an added income for farmers while waiting for two months to start another season of corn or rice production. The value of this produc… Read More

By adding rice straw to the soil before planting the next crop, you can return nutrients to the soil, make the soil fertile and in the long run, cut down on fertilizers and improve the yield… Read More

Every local or foreign tourist should also experience in going to various Philippine Festivities. If you want to experience what it's like to be in the Philippines, aside from the white… Read More

The Philippines’ agricultural industry has been facing several challenges in recent times. From an environmental standpoint, growing produce and poultry has generated at least 12,872… Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has affirmed that genetically modified (GM) foods in the market have passed Codex food safety assessments and have not had records of adverse effect on hu… Read More

“Sir, did you know you were going 62 in a 35 MPH zone? That’s got to be reckless driving, I thought to myself. What I said back to the officer was, “No.” He as… Read More

A farmers’ group is fast expanding its hybrid rice area to 100 hectares from only 30 hectares after experiencing a yield that gives them a two-cropping’s harvest from a swamp lan… Read More

Calauag, a municipality located in eastern Quezon, rears an abundance of coconut that covers more than 22,000 hectares. With the predominance of coconut in town comes the rising of yet anoth… Read More

Philippines can be a potential producer of cocoa. The climatic conditions and soil characteristics are conducive to growing cocoa. There is presently an increasing interest from local farmer… Read More

A Japanese humanitarian agency has adopted Bureau of Agricultural Research’s (BAR) edible landscaping (EL) program that encourages home-based organic vegetable planting to help reduce… Read More

This simple procedure adds value as well as extending the shelf life of duck eggs. Century eggs are a very popular traditional Chinese delicacy, served as an appetizer or as a condiment for… Read More

Did you know that you can actually buy live fish on Amazon?! Real, live Koi fish for your pond! Amazon truly is an online marketplace with just about everything for sale. So it may come as n… Read More

Initially underutilized and left to waste, the banana peduncle is now considered as an agricultural innovation with various potentials that can significantly improve farming, health, and inc… Read More

Native chicken plays an important contribution to the economic wellbeing of rural farming communities in the country. In spite of being inferior in terms of productivity compared with comme… Read More

Is there such a thing as healthy, processed meat? The Department of Agriculture – Southern Tagalog Integrated Agricultural Research Center (DA-STIARC) in Lipa City gives a resoundin… Read More

Nutritious and safe for one's health. These best describe coconut sap sugar—coconut's latest proof of its being the "tree of life." Coco sugar is derived from coconut sap or toddy… Read More

It is a well-known fact that conventional coffee is one of the most chemically treated products on the market. Of course, due to the pulp that covers coffee beans and the roasting process, t… Read More

FRANKFURTERS (mixed beef/pork product) (Raw-cooked sausage type, finely chopped batter) [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"]Photo by Spencers Brook Farm [/caption] INGREDIENT… Read More

Put that smile in the faces of your loved ones when one of the things in the bucket list is ticking off. Start-up cash for a new business venture. Education fund for the kids. Dream wedding… Read More

Many people are used to honey hunting of wild bee colonies in the forest. But due to over-exploitation of the forest resources, there is a decreasing trend in the quantity of colonies in man… Read More

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) has a positive effect on milk yield, researches show. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"]Photo by willy_ochayaus [/caption] Through the Philippine… Read More

The Philippines is poised to achieve a high average rice yield of 10 metric tons (MT) per hectare as it collaborates with China on the development of a Super Hybrid Rice that can potentially… Read More

Whether you’re a first-time event planner or familiar with event planning, companies are always looking for the ideal dining room, especially in the new norm where privacy and intimac… Read More

The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is adopting the DNA marker technology to improve its breeding program. That should contribute over the long term to r… Read More

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="364"]Photo by Royalty-free image collection [/caption] Almost half of the pre-weaner pigs suddenly excrete yellowish watery diarrhea. The same… Read More

Problems of authenticity confronting the country’s halal goat industry should be addressed promptly to avoid huge business opportunity losses and ensure participation to international… Read More

‘A big business starts small’, says Richard Branson. Well, does that sound hard to believe? How about quitting your nine-to-five laborious job and starting up a new venture from… Read More

The government has awarded 30 enterprising groups that successfully adopted technologies on reforestation while promoting industries and jobs in bamboo, Falcata, talaba (oysters), “tik… Read More

Tilapia farmers claim that the biggest slice in their production cost is spent for commercial supplemental feed. This is because intensified tilapia production has resulted in growers’… Read More

Backyard cattle fattening has gained popularity as an important business project of the livestock industry in the Philippines. Raising cattle in the backyard gives the farmer year-round work… Read More

Recently, Asian catfish has become a popular gastronomic addition to the Filipino diet because of its tender and delicious meat. This encouraged more farmers and entrepreneurs to venture int… Read More

A 50-hectare hybrid rice model farm will be put up to help rehabilitate Marawi City in a partnership of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC). [ca… Read More

In 2010, the duck industry was very profitable and vibrant, with an estimated population of 10.8 million head. Now, challenges are weighing it down. Decline in the number and quality of bree… Read More

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has approved the patent for five Filipino-original “Suksuk” silk design whose production is being raised by a La Union agency to capture li… Read More

The rapid development in recent years of Asia’s livestock industry has been matched by the huge increase in the importation of livestock feed. Feed costs are not only a burden on the… Read More

Chicken broiler production is one of the most progressive animal enterprises in the Philippines today. The poultry industry began as a backyard enterprise but has shifted to the formation… Read More

At the moment, there is a very small dairy goat inventory, which is barely 6,379 head or 0.17% of the total goat population. Of this meager herd, only about 600 head are in the milk line, 70… Read More

The goat industry in the Philippines is considered a sunrise industry dominated by backyard raisers, but slowly becoming popular among commercial investors. In January 2015, it stands at a m… Read More

Standing tall in the wild, adlai (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) can be easily overlooked due to its grass-like appearance that blends well with the other wild plants. But unlike weeds, the stem of a… Read More

In the barangays, nearly every household keep some native chickens. Usually being left alone to fend for themselves, a hen produces 30-50 eggs per year as compared to imported stocks which c… Read More

You are probably busy with other aspects of running the farm and need an extra pair of hands to help you around. You may find it challenging to juggle between researching and finding reliab… Read More

A module titled "Profitability Analysis: Coconut Sap Sugar Production," published by PCARRD explains the process of producing coconut sap sugar. The module was based on information adopt… Read More

The Philippines needs to put policies needed to bring to the poor genetically modified (GM) crops like the Vitamin A-rich rice to help solve worsening hunger problem globally. Food pro… Read More