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How do FILIPINO FARMERS fare compared to THAI FARMERS?

Fabricating open-type rice hull carbonizer THE I-BALUAN WAY..

Dennis Miguel Produces 200 Cavans From A Hectare Of Rainfed Farm That Used To Yield Only 50 Cavans

DENNIS MIGUEL, the fellow who wanted to break the world record of 20.2 tons of palay per hectare achieved in India, did not quite make it, but what he has proven is that a rainfed rice farm that used to produce only about 50 cavans per hectare can yield four times that, or 200 cavans.

3 mins

How Dennis Miguel Got Hooked On Sri

WOULD YOU BELIEVE that one tiny rice seedling with just two leaves at planting time can yield 700 grams of grains? That’s what Dennis Miguel proved when he planted rice in black plastic nursery bags following the “System of Rice Intensification” or SRI developed by Cornell University experts.

2 mins

Producing Milkfish Fingerlings In Brackish Water Ponds Is Profitable

THE MILKFISH (Chanos chanos), locally known as “bangus,” is our country’s most important cultured fish. It is grown in about 200,000 hectares of brackish water ponds (Editor’s note: also spelled “brackishwater”), 10,000 hectares of freshwater and brackish water fishpens, and over 5,000 floating cages throughout the country. In 2016, we produced more than 400,000 metric tons of farmed milkfish.

2 mins

A Fast Way To Multiply Rainbow Eucalyptus

COMMERCIALLY GROWN for pulp, paper, and timber, bagras or rainbow eucalyptus will be massively propagated by the ERDB after a micropropagation protocol was developed.

2 mins

New Sensor Eyed To Improve Quality, Price Of Rubber Cup Lumps

THE DEVELOPMENT of a relatively new sensor is expected to improve the quality of rubber cup lumps, which could then be sold for higher prices.

2 mins

Fabricating Open-type Rice Hull Carbonizer The i-Baluan Way

WITH INGENUITY and resourcefulness, the Grade 10 students of Baluan National High School (BNHS) in General Santos City fabricated a simple, open-type carbonizer that farming families can duplicate in their own households.

3 mins

Soya Growers Create Opportunities With Their Success

A SOYA CULTIVATOR who also processes his crop has started gaining recognition for his modest but valuable contribution to the local food industry.

3 mins

Resort Area Can Create Farming Opportunities

WHEREVER there are people going to a certain place, there are opportunities for farmers to make money. We just came from what could become a major tourist destination in the North, and we can imagine the farm products that could become bestsellers there.

2 mins

PH-korea Collaboration To Develop Corn Mill

IT IS ALL SYSTEMS GO for the development of an efficient villagelevel corn mill under a collaborative project between the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Cooperative (Kamico) chaired by Shin Gil Kim, and the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) headed by Dr. Dionisio G. Alvindia, upon the recent signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA).

1 min

Practical Bukidnon Couple Cultivates Inbred Rice Variety

A COUPLE LIVING in one of the interior barangays of Malaybalay City in Bukidnon has chosen to cultivate an inbred rice variety in preference to other hybrid varieties, citing practicality and economy as the reasons for their choice.

2 mins

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Agriculture Magazine Description:

Agriculture Magazine is the most widely circulated magazine of its kind in the country. Every month, it regularly features winning strategies of successful agri-people in various areas of farming, including sustainable technologies in the production of crops, livestock and poultry and fisheries. It also covers food processing, creative marketing, plant and animal nutrition, farm management, research results and many others.