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Rice Straw, To Be Utilized As Raw Material For Power Generation
Aug 29th
Rice is the chief staple crop of the Philippines and annually the country harvests an average of 15.2 million metric tons of rice, leaving 11.3 million tons of rice straw to spare for productive use.
Tagged as: rice straw in the philippines, rice straw indonesia, feasibility of collecting rice straw for power plant generation, feasibility study for rice production in the philippines, feasibility study straw
Spain Suffers Worst Drought In Decades As Farmers Leave Their Land Untilled
Mar 11th
Spain has experienced with no rain since October of last year, the drought has affected the entire country.
Is Genetically Engineered Corn Loses Its Effectiveness Against Pests?
Jan 1st
The genetically engineered corn or Bt corn was introduced to the farmers in the United States in 2003.
Tagged as: BT corn, bacillus thuringiensis
Bats Are Most Valuable To Farmers & US Agriculture
Apr 8th
The existence of the nightly bug munching bats saves the United States agriculture between US$ 3.7 billion dollars to US$ 53 billion dollars annually on pesticides and crop losses.
How To Propagate, Increase Your Yield In Root Crops
Feb 27th
Root crops are important in developing tropical countries like the Philippines. They are source of food and income to farmers.
Tagged as: gabi root plant, root crops in the philippines, how to propagate gabi, lutya crop, LUTYA
Mushroom Can Now Be Grown In Corn Cobs
Jan 17th
Corn cobs can now be a better substitute in lieu of the usual materials of rice straw and banana leaves used in mushroom culture according to the research team from the Sultan Kudarat Polytechnic State College in Mindanao.
Tagged as: benefits of kakawate, Banana wood planting mushroom, mushroom uing substrate are corn cob, mushroom can now be grown in corn cobs from sultan kudarat, kakwate image
Stove That Uses Farm Waste As Fuel, Are Very Economical To Use
Nov 12th
A stove aims to maximize the use of farm waste as fuel utilizing rice hull, corn cob, sawdust or other agricultural wastes is developed by the Affiliated Non-conventional Energy Center (ASNEC) in collaboration with the Isabela State University and the Department of Energy.
Tagged as: biofuel, rice hull fueled stove, stove use rice hull, uses of rice hull stove, rice hull as stove fuel
Native Rice To Save Deteriorating Ifugao Rice Terraces
Sep 28th
The growing demand of glutinous rice in the US has encouraged more farmers to propagate and go into commercial production of various native varieties of rice in the different provinces in the Cordillera region.
Tagged as: ifugao rice terraces, Demand for native rice in the Philippines, ifugao GDP
Genetically Engineered Canola Flourishing As Weeds
Sep 25th
Canola, whose seeds are pressed to make the popular cooking oil, is a type of oilseed rape developed by breeders in Canada. In the US, it is grown mainly in North Dakota and Minnesota through cultivation, is spreading.
Half Billion Trees Lost By Storm In The Amazon
Sep 5th
There are between 441 million to 663 million trees were killed by storm that swept the region in January 2005, based on a satellite data, on site observation and computer models calculation at Tulane University by researchers.