Agriculture Magazine - January 2020

In this issue

Milagros Yee: Up and about at 88
Doing pleasure farming

Silkworms generate income in Negros Occidental

Foodshed Project aims to make partner communities food secure while earning a profit

FROM WASTE TO WEALTH: DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS FROM ONION LEAVES

MANAGING AGRICULTURAL WASTE continues to be one of the key challenges in the agriculture sector; it accumulates as more crops are being grown to produce food for the growing population.

5 mins

FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER FOUNDED ONE OF THE BIGGEST SEA WEED EXPORTING FIRMS IN THE COUNTRY

FILIPINOS have always prided themselves on being an agricultural country, with numerous land and marine resources. And yet, only a select few know about the bounty that can be harvested from our waters.

8 mins

SUCCESS COMES FROM CONVERTING LANDS AND TRANSFORMING LIVES

AS A SAGITTARIUS born on November 23rd, Jonathan “Joni” Sanchez is well known for being adventurous, positive, and direct. By doing many sorts of blue collar jobs – that is from being a janitor, messenger, tricycle driver, “pulot” boy in a tennis court, cigarette vendor, and kitchen boy during his younger years, this 50-year old did not wane on hope that someday, he will become successful in life.

7 mins

ANGIE KING'S CASTLE: HOTELIER TURNS BATANGAS REST HOME INTO A FARM

ANGELINA “Angie” Mead King is a woman with many titles. She’s a hotelier, restaurateur, car shop owner, race car driver, vlogger, TV host, and model. She’s also a farmer.

9 mins

LOOK! A GARDEN CALLED LITTLE AMSTERDAM IN THE CEBU CITY HIGHLANDS

EVERY SATURDAY and Sunday, one to two thousand people line up and pay R100 each to be able to enter what they call Sirao Garden Little Amsterdam up in the hills of Cebu City. The same number also visit the place during holidays. During ordinary days, 300 to 500 flower-loving enthusiasts troop to the place, according to Merlyn Maque, general manager.

2 mins

RIZAL COMMUNITY MAKES A PROFIT SELLING ORCHIDS

PLANTING CROPS and raising livestock and their products aren’t the only ways to make money in agriculture. For a Gawad Kalinga (GK) Federal Land community in Pililia Rizal, cultivating orchids are a good way to make a living.

4 mins

UPSCALING WILD GRASS INTO QUALITY HANDWOVEN ACCESSORIES

WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSORIES like bags, we tend to opt for those made from quality material so the item can survive the inevitable wear and tear. However, a social enterprise based in Leyte uses natural materials such as a special reed grass to create products that are both eye-catching and durable.

4 mins

SILKWORMS GENERATE INCOME IN NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

SERICULTURE, also known as silk farming, has a long and colorful history. It is said to have begun in China around 4,000 years ago. The process involves rearing silkworms and harvesting the fibers they produce.

4 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.