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Five big business groups have asked the government to focus on helping biotech crops, especially since a recent court ruling stopped the selling of genetically modified rice and eggplant. “Biotechnology in food and agriculture has played a…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday signed the New Agrarian Emancipation Act of 2023, condoning the P57.557 billion debt of 610,054 farmers. The law specifically condones the unpaid amortization, interest, surcharge, and penalties of…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu— “Naay kwarta sa pag panguma.” (There’s money in farming.) This is what 24-year-old farmer Jetro Secretaria said as he shared how he chose to work on his parents’ farm instead of looking for a…
Ask any lawyer what he wants to do after retirement and, most likely, he will tell you—farming. And that’s exactly what most of my lawyer friends and I did after semi-retiring from the very busy and tension-filled…
Dr. Romulo Davide, the multi-awarded national scientist, will be the guest speaker in a scientific conference to be held on November 23 at the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. The…
PIG farming can still be an attractive and lucrative industry, especially for the young. With the expected food supply concerns that go with the country’s increasing population, there is also a need for more farmers and those…
Participants of the Asia-Pacific Cooperative Youth Summit that was held from August 18 to 20 were introduced to the integrated organic farming activities of the Lamac Mulit-purpose Cooperative that is based in Pinamungajan town. General Manager Ma.…
Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco urged organic farmers to demand for a strengthened organic agriculture ordinances from their local government units. Evasco, who pioneered the implementation of organic farming when he was the mayor of Maribojoc, Bohol, admitted…
BIOTECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN manufacturing company Prathista Industries Limited introduced a new method of organic farming using affordable biotechnology products that lessen soil degradation and increase production of crops and livestock. Founded in 1995 by Dr. Kvss Sai Ram in…
Tribu Mabolokon dedicates farming dance to Sto. Niño The Tribu Mabolokon dancers of Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City are known for their signature “nganga” (open-jaw) expression sported during their Sinulog dance performances. Behind that facial expression lie the…
Venturing into organic farming has never been part of entrepreneur Gigi Uy’s itinerary in life. It all started in 2014 when her husband underwent a medical operation, which prompted him to switch to a vegetable diet. Her…
ABOUT P3.3 million worth of services and equipment for health, farming and fishing were donated to more than 1,000 beneficiaries in several towns of southern Cebu today. Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III and Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes…
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