In Sam Chism’s personal reflection on bromeliads, he said, bromeliads are one of the best kept secrets in the plant world. They are diverse, fascinating, and relatively easy to grow. […]
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Pest management strategies for organic strawberry and citrus
The agro-climatic condition of a place is often associated with a particular fruit that is abundantly growing in that locality. For instance, the mere mention of the Cordilleras, with its […]
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Fighting pests in organic salad veggies with EPN
People have often associated eating organically-grown salad greens with healthy eating. And since leafy greens and vegetables are eaten fresh, quality of the produce becomes a high-priced assurance both for […]
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Baby Corn Production Guide
Young cob corn (Zea mays L.), the newly developed corn, has been used by Chinese as vegetable for generations and this practice has spread to other Asian countries. It is […]
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Mushroom Cultivation Using Rice Straw As a Culture Media
Rice straw is abundant in most Asian countries where rice is a major crop, and can be purchased for a reasonable price. Rice straw can be used as the basic […]
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Cashew Production Guide
In the Philippines, cashew is called kasoy or balubad in Tagalog or Balogo in Ilokano. It originated from north-eastern Brazil and was brought to the Philippines in the 17th Century. […]
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Grafting effective in producing off-season tomato
Tomato is an important vegetable known for the versatility of its uses both in fresh and processed food preparations. In the Philippines, it is considered as one of the major […]
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Japanese entity adopted BAR’s Edible Landscaping program that encourages households to plant organic vegetable, raise food security
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 imports, enhance the environment, and raise […]
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Cacao Production Guide
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 farmers because local […]
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Calauag’s Saba better and healthier with vermicomposting
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 […]
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The exotic dragonfruit: A hot new fruit
Big, bright red things with interesting flaps and folds in the skin, like some kind of ornamental chinese lantern- is the dragonfruit (Hylocereus undatus). It first caught my eye at […]
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Cabiao marsh land farmers fast expanding hybrid rice area to 100 hectares from only 30 hectares
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 […]
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Genetically modified foods: how safe are they?
The long-standing firestorm of debates, scientific discussions, and media coverage over genetically modified foods obviously revolve around a common issue – safety. It was the same issue that public and […]
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WHO affirms GM foods passed Codex food safety tests; breeders urged CA to review decision stopping Bt eggplant trial
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 […]
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Rice straw maintains soil fertility
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 […]
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