By Zac B. Sarian
In farming as in any other business, you need friends for various good reasons. Friends you can depend on when challenges confront you or fr... Read More...
Rica Anne D. Victoriano
Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) originated from the islands of Southeast Asia. It is a perennial flowering plant that has narrow leaf bl... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
In part one, we featured the story of how Jay Cabutihan Jr., a businessman from Antipolo, Rizal, managed to grow vanilla plants... Read More...
One of the practices on proper pig management includes the use of creep box, which keeps them safe and warm by housing them in a customized wooden box. This pra... Read More...
Receiving flowers are wonderful, until you have to clear out fallen petals and dirty and smelly vase water. But what’s worse is when your flowers don’t last lon... Read More...
Cash crops are grown because of their profitability in the market rather than for personal consumption. Some examples of these are rice, coffee, sugar, and frui... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
Since El Niño, which developed during the last quarter of 2018, is still present in the tropical Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Atmospheri... Read More...
By Paula Zayco Aberasturi
We have lost 80 billion tons of carbon from our soils. This lost carbon is now hovering over our atmosphere and warming the planet.... Read More...
Planthoppers and leafhoppers are serious insect pests of rice. They damage the plants directly by sucking the plant sap, resulting in complete drying of the pla... Read More...
By Rica Anne D. Victoriano
Because of rising food costs, as well as health risks associated with consuming fast food, more and more people are looking to swi... Read More...
In agriculture, there are many fields that one can venture into such as vegetable production and livestock raising. However, the task of raising livestock can b... Read More...
East-West Seed has come up with a new strategy that will make home gardening easy and convenient. This is through its Farm Ready Store, the first one of which w... Read More...
Over time, more city dwellers are discovering the benefits of urban gardening. These advantages include finding a new hobby to enjoy, earning a profit and, of c... Read More...
By Arsenio "Toto" Barcelona
"Kamahal Gid! Sobra! Grabe!" That's what you will hear from your Ilonggo friend exclaimed when buying truly “high value” vegetabl... Read More...
By Rita T. Dela Cruz
Fermin Anog, 61, has been a farmer all his life. Prior to the introduction of a Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) pro... Read More...
According to research, the world continues to experience the massive destruction of trees. Although the planet houses trillion of trees, these have been disappe... Read More...
Eggs, a staple in most households, are one of the few foods that consumers never forget to include in their grocery list.
Unless you’re someone who is well-... Read More...
Rica Anne D. Victoriano
Irrigation plays a huge role in the agriculture system as an increase in agricultural production and productivity depends heavily on ... Read More...
By Sahlie P. Lacson
In a recent gathering of members of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), all of them echoed the need to transform the e... Read More...
By Randy V. Urlanda
The Philippines is the 9th largest rice producer in the world, accounting for 2.8 per cent of global rice production. Rice is the staple ... Read More...
