Fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes and grains are good sources of dietary fiber. It is the component of food that cannot be digested or broken down into energy.
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How To Propagate, Increase Your Yield In Root Crops
Root crops are important in developing tropical countries like the Philippines. They are source of food and income to farmers.
The Benefits Of Intercropping Cotton With Legumes
Cotton farmers would earn 15 percent more if they intercrop their cotton farms with legumes such as peanut, cow pea and soybean, researchers say.
The Benefits Of Radiation To Agriculture
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).
The Health Benefits Of Cassava
A study has been conducted looking into the effects of root crops and legumes in lowering cholesterol levels in the human body, among them was the cassava which thrives in abundance in tropical countries.