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It’s our responsibility as human beings to care for the earth we live in. Reforestation and other projects with an ecological thrust ensure that younger generations have a beautiful earth to inherit.

Appreciating climate change

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By Frank A. Hilario Climate change is the world’s Number 1 science topic today, and it relates to crops in Agriculture such as rice, corn, and wheat. Actuall... Read More...

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From arms to farms: How agriculture helps in peacebuilding

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By Mary Grace Nidoy They were called upon to defend the camp, their bastion of political and arm struggle. And then they found themselves in the field, fight... Read More...

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Turning ‘agri-trash’ into treasure: Rice straw as a potential energy source

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By Kaymart Gimutao Benjamin Laviña, a farmer from Laguna, has been planting rice for more than 40 years now. Come harvest time, Laviña gets only the grains a... Read More...

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A practical, yet aesthetic way to grow food

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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao Landscaping is known as the art of altering existing natural features to create a structured result. Add farming practices to t... Read More...

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Holland bus stops turned green: hopes to completely clean public transport by 2028

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In their bid for a green revolution, Utrecht, Netherlands started transforming a total of 316 bus stop roofs into bee-friendly haven. Roofs were planted with mo... Read More...

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Mexican scientist turns cactus juice into biodegradable plastic

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A breakthrough experiment was made by a Mexican scientist named Sandra Pascoe Ortiz, who discovered cactus as an ingredient for plastic. Ortiz wanted to replace... Read More...

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You can now fly with aircrafts fueled by plants

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Feeling guilty of causing too much greenhouse gases by riding the plane? Regret no more! Several airline companies in the United States and South Africa are now... Read More...

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Dogs on-the-job: sniffers to detect invasive species and plants

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Twenty years ago, the dogs, which has been regarded as a man’s best friend, become assets by training them to use their sense of smell in the name of science. W... Read More...

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Plant genes are being altered to combat climate change

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With the inevitable changes that is happening now with regards to our climate, it is important for us to know how to adapt, improve, survive, and help in combat... Read More...

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First UPRI-NOAH talk on disaster resiliency encourages multi-hazard preparedness

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By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao During the first talk on disaster resiliency made possible through the collaboration of the University of the Philippines Dili... Read More...

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Rediscovering the hidden terraces of Negros Occidental

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By Julio P. Yap Jr. The province of Negros Occidental has been known as the sugarland of the Philippines for producing more than half of the country’s sugar ... Read More...

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Being surrounded by green foliage and plants reduces junk food craving

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Studies claim that being surrounded by greenery has a lot of positive effects to one’s health, particularly in a person’s mental state. However, the University ... Read More...

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Can you set-up a garden in space? NASA wants you!

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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, together with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration – the federal agency that is responsible for aerospace rese... Read More...

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Building something from trash: this company in Davao recycles plastics into furniture and more

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A company in Davao found a way to make use of single-use plastics that are thrown out as garbage. Envirotech Waste Recycling, headed by Winchester Lemen, collec... Read More...

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Using edible rice straw is one step into saving the Earth

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Ditching plastic straws could be one of the simplest ways one can help lessen the everyday plastic consumption. A company in Malaysia, the Mistraws Manufactu... Read More...

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High school canteen in Negros Occidental practices zero-waste

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By Nikky F. Necessario Ever heard of the term ‘Wala-Usik’? Wala-Usik in Hiligaynon means zero-waste or nothing is wasted. The Bulata National High School (BN... Read More...

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There is life amid the catastrophe at Chernobyl

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It appears that there is life after three decades of the worst nuclear disaster that happened at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. The Cher... Read More...

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The roofs of the buses in Singapore go ‘green, green, green!’

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A company that specializes in urban green structures installed green roofs on a number of buses in Singapore. GWS Living Art launched “Garden on the Move” to kn... Read More...

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‘Forest man’ helps in fighting air pollution

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Karachi, Pakistan’s most populated city, experiences increase in temperature and poor air quality. Urbanization and industrialization causes the cutting down of... Read More...

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Wastewater treatment with vermi-filtration

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By Rafael D. Guerrero III Our world today has two major water crises - the lack of clean water for drinking and the pollution of water bodies (seas, rivers a... Read More...

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3 days ago by agriculturemagazine Be sure not to overwater your plants with bad weather around.
1 day ago by agriculturemagazine LOOK: Farmers enjoying their harvest of yard-long bean or sitaw. See this and more in Agriculture Monthly’s September 2019 issue! The latest issue is available at leading bookstores and newsstands nationwide! To subscribe, email the Circulation Department at subscription.mb @gmail .com or call them at 527-75-22 or 26 (direct) or through the trunkline 5273089 loc 369. You can also subscribe to e-magazines via Magzter, Press Reader, or Buqo. Also check out our website at agriculture.com.ph where we post articles from past issues as well as new ones available exclusively online. #agriculturemagazine #agrimag #agriculture #farmlife #farm #farmer
4 days ago by agriculturemagazine Off to buy more plants then.
2 days ago by agriculturemagazine Happy Sunday, everyone! Hope you’re all getting the rest you deserve.
5 days ago by agriculturemagazine “Ber” months are here! Before we bust out the carols and the parols, here’s Agriculture Monthly’s September issue. The latest issue is available at leading bookstores and newsstands nationwide! To subscribe, email the Circulation Department at subscription.mb @gmail .com or call them at 527-75-22 or 26 (direct) or through the trunkline 5273089 loc 369. You can also subscribe to e-magazines via Magzter, Press Reader, or Buqo. Also check out our website at agriculture.com.ph where we post articles from past issues as well as new ones available exclusively online. #agriculturemagazine #agrimag #agriculture #farmlife #farm #farmer