Dealing With Various Themes And Issues
Agribusiness
The Benefits Of Radiation To Agriculture
Aug 30th
Researchers from the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) have been developing improved crop varieties through mutation a non conventional method of plant breeding which uses mutational agents (mutagen) such as radiation or chemicals (i.e. ethyl methyl sulfonite (EMS).
Loofah From Patola A Good Source of Livelihood
Aug 13th
Patola or sponge gourd are produced by some farmers for vegetable consumption while others allow it to mature on the vines for few more months before harvesting, to make it ready in processing for its fiber known as loofah.
Developing Economies Need To Strengthen Agricultural Research Management
Jul 26th
According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) there should be unprecedented shifts in income distribution.
“Half to one billion people who are currently underfed largely they are too poor to buy sufficient food, will continue to go hungry.”
Chlorine Enhances Coconut Trees To Be Drought Resistant
Jul 22nd
Coconut farmers are advised to apply chlorine as fertilizer to their coconut plants as a safeguard against drought.
Chlorine as it is known is used in water purification and also an essential in improving the growth, yield and minimizing leaf infections in coconut palms.
New Research Finds A Better Tobacco Use
Jul 10th
What is more known to us about tobacco is that it is the main raw material and ingredient in making cigar and cigarette which health aficionados eventually shunning away from it.
Unknown to many people, there are other tobacco use that has been developed, revolutionized and tap its potential benefits other than of what has been a controversially known as the nicotine addiction tobacco.
Do Proliferation Of Superweeds Pushed Farming Twenty Years Back?
Jun 3rd
As antibiotic has contributed to the rise of drug resistant super germs so with the use of herbicides has led to the existence of herbicide resistant super weeds.
To get rid of super weeds, farmers are adopting the use of more toxic chemicals, by manually pulling the weeds or by returning to the old method of regular plowing which was the farmer common practice 20 years back or to a labor intensive farming which can be very expensive.
Wal-Mart Has Made Its Mark In India’s Market
Jun 2nd
India is one of the emerging economies of the world that developed countries would want to venture because of the availability of its cheap labor and a politically stable climate to do business with.
Wal-Mart in India has been here for two years now, doing agriculture, tapping its efficient practices to improve productivity and eventually reduce production cost.
Establishing good relation to farmers is the main objective of Wal-Mart plan. Wal-Mart needs high quality produce at low price to draw customers in volume.
Is Carbonized Rice Hull Beneficial To Farmers?
May 15th
In the Philippines where rice is the staple crop, rice hull “ipa” or “tahop” as they are locally known for, is a common sight. To rice millers who don’t know of other uses, they just dump them that form a big pile at their backyard and consider them discards while awaiting for takers.
Some people use rice hull as a litter for brooding chicks in their poultry houses. Others used them as insulated covering for a block of ice in order not to get easily melted away. Some people use them in egg incubation for making “balut” a delicacy in the Philippines that they boiled the eggs after it has incubated them for 18 days. However, the majority of people used them as filling materials to level it off and elevate the contour of their land.
More Agricultural Investments Needed to Alleviate Hunger
Sep 28th
The International Research Institute (IRRI) called for sustained global reinvestment in agriculture to cut soaring food prices that it said have made seventy five million more people hungry.
After the end of a three day meeting at the institute, the head of the IRRI board had said that “growth in agricultural productivity is the only way to ensure that people have access to enough affordable food. Achieving this is along term effect.
Excessive Veterinary Drugs In Animal Feeds Can Be Hazardous To Consumers
Aug 27th
Swine are among the farm animals that are usually given excessive veterinary drugs by raisers who don’t know any better.