Mina-angan, hungduan, ulikan, jekot, diket, and tinawon—they can be mistaken as names of people but they’re not. They are actually varieties of heirloom rice from the Cordillera region which are […]
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Developing High-Yielding Pole Sitao Cultivars for Organic Production
Pole sitao is also known as long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, or Chinese long bean. In other dialects it is known as dau gokin Cantonese, thua fak yao in […]
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How to Delay the Ripening of Fruits
How to Delay the Ripening of Fruits According to researchers at the UP Los Baños, the ripening of fruits can be delayed from one to two weeks under the following […]
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Quality Protein Maize (QPM): A high-protein corn for swine and poultry
Yellow corn plays a vital role in animal nutrition. It is one of the most important feed grains in feed milling and accounts for 50-60% of the total mixed feed […]
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Top 100 Most Profitable Agribusiness Ideas
The most profitable agribusiness ideas in which you can invest including but not limited to crop cultivation, production and processing, aquaculture, animal health and feeds, agro-bio products, biotechnical service, energy-saving […]
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Soil less gardening made possible with vermiculite
Soil less agriculture is now possible with hydroponics. Using only a mineral nutrient solution, water can now be a medium to grow crops. As the concept of “grow-your-own-food” has become […]
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Cassava Production Guide
Cassava Production Guide for Beginners Cassava can be a long term plant, from six months to two years depending upon the use it is intended for. Although this grows anywhere […]
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Wag that fish-tail fern
The name wouldn’t probably catch one’s attention but the plant really attracts. The fish-tail fern (Microsorium punctatum L.)is a natural mutant of the species commonly called the “climbing bird’s nest […]
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Discovering mabolo
In a tropical country like ours, fruits unavailable to western nations come abundantly and without much effort in our nutrient- enriched and sun-drenched soil. Fruits like the Philippine mango, pineapple, […]
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Carrageenan from seaweeds: A breakthrough that boosts rice productivity
Carrageenan plant growth regulator (CPGR) has recently been found to increase rice yield by more than 65%. In a multi-location project, the trial conducted in Bulacan by the team led […]
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US-based US Agriseeds puts up rice breeding station, releases a hybrid variety that enables farmers to plant during disease-infested rainy season
US-based US Agriseeds has put up a rice breeding station in the Philippines in line with government’s call to become rice-sufficient even as it releases to the market a variety […]
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Alugbati (Malabar) Production Guide
Alugbati (Basella alba L., B. rubraL.) or Malabar spinach also known as Ceylon spinach, Vietna-mese spinach (English); Saan Choy, Shan Tsoi, Luo Kai, ShuChieh, Lo Kwai (Chinese); TsuruMurasa Kai (Japanese); […]
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Market research for adlay underway
Initiatives on market research for adlay are now being undertaken. Following a series of national reviews and planning workshops conducted in view of the Adlay R&D Program that pushes for […]
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Phils to hit 400 MT of fancy rice export by end-2013 as it sent off 100 MT Dona Maria rice to Dubai last October 24
The Philippines is hitting 400 metric tons (MT) of fancy rice export by the end of 2013 as it just sent off 100 MT of the Dona Maria hybrid rice […]
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Research to improve fruit size, fiber quality of Red Spanish pineapple underway
The Red Spanish Pineapple is one of the four varieties of pineapple that are being grown in the Philippines, along with Smooth Cayenne or Hawaiian, Queen or Formosa, and Cabezona. […]
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