By Yvette Tan
Many things are more fun in the Philippines. Food, beaches, and for a growing number of people, farm tourism.
“Tourism is being recognized a... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
Three pure lines derived from what is often called the “Pateros duck” or mallard (native itik) have been developed by researchers of the Nat... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
There’s a farm in southwest Scotland whose farmers have made it their mission in life to make ethical dairy products.
Tradi... Read More...
By Kristelle Bechayda
The younger generation is less interested in pursuing careers in agriculture because of the less-than-stellar prospects and the backbre... Read More...
By Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III
The integrated farming of rice and ducks in irrigated fields has long been practiced in China, Japan, and Korea. In the Philipp... Read More...
By Rose Anne M. Aya and Garie Z. Centeno, DOST-PCAARRD S&T Media Service
Carrageenan Plant Growth Promoter (PGP), extracted from red edible seaweeds, pro... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
There is a new radish variety that grows very well in the vegetable terraces of Mount Timbak in Atok, Benguet, which is much larger than ... Read More...
By Dr. Antonio O. Ogbinar
She might as well be called the “Taro Woman” of La Union.
Edna Bucales, a 54-year-old widow of Barangay Arosip, Bacnotan, of thi... Read More...
By Julius Barcelona and Aubrey Villablanca
Lito Tablega of Barangay Tuyom, Carcar, Cebu is not the owner of a large plantation, but a humble farmer who simpl... Read More...
By Kevin Joshua G. Rebultan
Made from petrochemicals, plastics lead non-biodegradable waste by-products that take 450 to 1,000 years to decompose.
But the... Read More...
By Sharon Durham
We all hate buying bagged salad only to find brown edges on the lettuce. Fresh-cut lettuce sold in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) is a ... Read More...
A farmer from Muñoz City in Nueva Ecija has found that with the use of a plant booster called Supravim, he was able to make an additional profit of P28,980 from... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
There’s a new disease that’s slowly gaining traction in several parts of the world--African Swine Fever. As of September 2018, ... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
In a tropical country like the Philippines, where relative humidity ranges from 71 to 85 percent and the average year-round temperature i... Read More...
By Milagros B. Gonzalez
His name rings a bell—but the Romeo Vasquez of this article isn’t the 1960s matinee idol. This Vasquez is the Department of Agricultu... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
A farmer in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, who usually has a modest harvest decided to use an organic foliar fertilizer; it almost doubled the o... Read More...
By Julius Barcelona and Aubregyn V. Ancheta
How much land does one need to make good money from agriculture? Conventional wisdom often tells us we should “go... Read More...
By Milagros B. Gonzalez
She is the mother of celebrity Drew Arellano and the mother-in-law of another celebrity, Iya Villania; she is also the daughter of fo... Read More...
As a long-term solution to the yearly dry spell due to El Niño, the government, in partnership with farmers’ groups, should construct and develop community wate... Read More...
The ‘talangka’ or river crab (Varuna litterata) is a small crab belonging to the family Grapsidae. It is related to the bigger and more familiar mud crab or “al... Read More...