by Eldan Sambatyon | Apr 21, 2020 | Good Balita
To help provide and supplement the people’s food and nutritional needs during the lockdown, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has increased its call and campaign for urban agriculture/gardening through the distribution of free vegetable seeds and planting materials...
by Blesilda Dela Cruz | Feb 20, 2020 | Good Tech
Sugarcane field waste leaves and stalks will soon be used as animal feed and an alternative fuel for cooking based on a research project of the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PHilMech). The...
by Io Carpiso | Feb 16, 2020 | Good Balita
The status of the Philippine bamboo has been upgraded to “high-value crop” following an announcement by the Department of Agriculture. The high-value crop status enables the bamboo industry to be given support and its production of the crop maximized for...
by Eldan Sambatyon | Feb 11, 2020 | Good Balita
Fruits and veggies a day help keep infections and nCoV away – borrowing from the familiar Western saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” – thus says the Philippines’ agriculture chief who recommended locally available agricultural products to...
by Ronarose Mae Vicencio | Jan 6, 2020 | Good Tech
The genetically-modified and Vitamin A-nutrient rich Golden Rice has been found to be as safe as conventional rice after a rigorous biosafety assessment. The Philippine Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry gave the biosafety permit for Golden Rice to be...
