By Pablito Pamplona
The breeding of plants for higher and/or better quality yield, resistance to pests and diseases, and other desirable characteristics is a... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona
There are many tropical fruit trees grown for high income in South East Asia. These include pummelo, tamarind, guava, durian, longkong... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona
Durian is the king of tropical fruits and Musang King is the king of durian! The official registered name of Musang King is D197. Sinc... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona
The production of seasonal fruits – durian, longkong and mangosteen from August to November 2018 revealed the tremendous potential of ... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona and April Grace D. Pamplona
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Philippines has one of the lowest farm productivities i... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona
The sweet harvest Coconut Multiple Cooperative’s (SHCMC) P25 million project, “Kaanib Enterprises Development Project” (KEDP), was re... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona
Agriculture Experts are convinced that without widespread shifting from the cultivation of low yielding traditional varieties to high ... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D. and April Grace D. Pamplona
The Philippines has 3.56 million hectares (ha) of coconut lands where traditional production practi... Read More...
Case studies that provide hope for the Philippine coconut industry.
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D.
Part 1, which discussed the three Philippine government po... Read More...
Several study tours were carried out by this author in 2015 and early 2016 in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia. Thailand, and Vietnam to identify opportunities in... Read More...
Part Two of “Transform Coconut Farmers from Poverty to Prosperity by Revising Government Policies.”
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D.
1. Hybridization gave birt... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D.
The Philippine coconut industry occupies 3.56 million hectares (ha), which is almost one-third of the cultivated agricultural l... Read More...
Growing oil palm offers a possible model for poverty.
By Pablito P. Pamplona
Overcoming poverty seems to be an elusive dream in the rural areas of the Phili... Read More...
Is Northern Luzon suitable for large-scale rubber tree farming?
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D.
Earlier this year, this author was among those invited by Dr. ... Read More...
The coconut (Coco nucifera linn.) is known as the ‘tree of life’ and also as a “tree which gives all that is necessary for a living.” In the Philippines, coconu... Read More...
A possible model for overcoming rural poverty.
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D.
In a study on how oil palm farming affects farmers , the author made an interes... Read More...
There is the belief that oil palm competes with or threatens the coconut industry in the country. This is one of the reasons why many of our agricultural leader... Read More...
Get to know why goat farming has a great potential to help coconut farmers overcome poverty.
By Pablito Pamplona, PH.D. and April Grace Pamplona
A major w... Read More...
The coconut is still a viable form of income.
Text and photos by Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D. and April Grace D. Pamplona
There is an increasing and renewed i... Read More...
