Yolanda ravaged only 2% of Phl agricultural lands

November 25, 2013 - 12:00am

While Central Philippines produces up to a third of total rice output, the Department of Agriculture on Friday said there's no basis for the populace to panic as only a fraction of rice lands were damaged by killer...

Freeman Cebu Business

Warning out vs opium poppy seeds

By Reinir Padua | August 29, 2013 - 12:00am

The government has warned supermarkets and groceries against selling a popular food dressing and dip product containing opium poppy seeds.

Science and Environment

Big dreams start from tiny rice seed

Big dreams start from tiny rice seed

May 27, 2013 - 12:00am

Rice cultivation is deeply rooted in Nueva Ecija. When agricultural engineer Ricardo “Tilah” E. Magdangal and...

Business As Usual

Traditional upland rice in Maguindanao enhances rice processing opportunities

September 9, 2012 - 12:00am

A traditional upland rice project in Maguindanao will be doubled to 40 hectares next season to enhance rice processing opportunities for the province’s One Town One Product (OTOP) rice delicacies like the...

Tea Match: Fried Sesame Ball

September 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Jian dui is a fried Chinese pastry made from glutinous rice flour. It is crispy, chewy and coated with sesame seeds.

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

Missing the days without GMO crops in my town

By AT GROUND LEVEL | By Satur C. Ocampo | August 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Soon after the heavy rains stopped and the flooding ebbed in Pampanga, I visited my centenarian mother at our farm house in Dampul, my birthplace in Sta. Monica, Sta. Rita town.

SL Agritech extends hybrid rice seed grants

July 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Nueva Ecija farmers who were victims of last year’s typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” have become beneficiaries of high- yield hybrid rice seeds grants from SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC).

DA-7 to increase rice sufficiency

By Garry B. Lao | February 24, 2012 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture-7 under the agricultural roadmap aims to increase rice sufficiency level in Central Visayas by 29 percent by the end of the year as it currently stands at 25 percent.

Native tree of the month: Bitaog Calophyllum Inophyllum (Bl.)

January 9, 2012 - 12:00am

Bitaog is a medium-sized tree that grows up to 25 meters tall, sometimes as large as 35 meters. It has sticky latex that is clear or opaque and white, cream, or yellow.

Seed collection propagation urged to perpetuate forests

January 9, 2012 - 12:00am

Most trees grow from seeds. Given this premise, imagine how greener the world would be if all these seeds will germinate, grow into trees, and create forests.