Cheapest coffee roasting machine now in the market
Coffee is never complete without the rigorous roasting process. Roasting adds significant value to coffee. Newly-harvested coffee beans start green when removed from the fruit of the tree. It is…
Fungi vs. fungi: The quest for biocontrol in sweet pepper
I like sweet peppers in my salads. I like it in my chopseuy and atchara. A lot of people like sweet peppers for its taste and it is highly prized…
Soil less technologies: The way to the future
“The world will lead to hydroponics as the future of agriculture,” said Dr. Chito F. Sace, associate professor of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) and resource speaker in seminar…
Use of green fertilizers pushed
MANILA, Philippines An expert from the University of the Philippines in Los Banos (UPLB) Friday said farmers need not spend a fortune in fertilizing their crops since a number of…
S&T-based control strategies vs cocolisap infestation in action
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) is working closely with the Office of the Presidential…
Bamboo Production Guide
Bamboo, used to be called the poor mans’ lumber, is considered today by many bamboo enthusiasts as the “green gold.” It serves as material for construction, handicraft and furniture making,…
Planting Glutinous Corn
Waxy or glutinous corn is one of the major crops grown in the Philippines with over a million Filipino farmers, depending on it as their main source of income and…
How to Delay the Ripening of Mangoes (Hot Water Treatment)
Retard the Ripening of mangoes (Hot Water Treatment) Hot water treatment (HWT) retards the ripening of mangoes without affecting its taste; makes the color of ripening brighter and evenly, and…
Kakawate Leaves Ripen Saba Bananas
Kakawate Leaves Ripen Saba Bananas Studies made at the UP Los Baños showed that when raw saba bananas are put in kakawate leaves (Madre cacao / Gliricidia sepium), its ripening…
DA to respect farmers’ decision to plant GM corn as PHils is seen to export 100,000 tons of corn this year due to increased production from GM corn
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will respect the decision of farmers to plant genetically modified (GM) corn even as the country is seen to export 100,000 metric tons (MT) of…
Mango: up close and personal
Mango is one of the country’s high value crops but farmers do not have any standard procedure for identifying different varieties of mango at the early stage. Other than using…
Culturing Tikod Amo through bottom polyculture
“Tikod Amo” is the local name of an endemic oyster species known to the people living in the Barobo Coastal waters in Lianga Bay, Surigao del Sur. This unique oyster…
