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                    [Title] => USM researchers develop 6 new corn HY varieties
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                    [Title] => R&D brightens potential of pili nut in int'l mart
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                    [Title] => Forest species in Davao Oriental endangered
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                    [Title] => Corn productivity raised
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Years back, farmers in Barangay Sto. Niño, Capoocan, Leyte, harvested an  average of only 2.05 tons per hectare of corn.


Their low yield had been attributed to lack of funds to purchase farm inputs, use of traditional varieties and cultural practices, occurrence of pests and diseases, and inadequate transport facilities.


That time is past.


Today, corn farmers in the barangay produce an average of 5.05 t/ha of corn and 1.03 t/ha of peanut from the usual 0.8 t/ha.


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                    [Title] => Yemane a good carbon dioxide absorbent
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Looking for a free species that can efficiently absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere?


One such species is yemane, scientifically named Gmelina arborea.


Yemane, now popularly called Gmelina, has been found to be effective in sequestering carbon dioxide. It stores the CO2 that it absorbs in its roots, trunks, branches, and foliage through the scientific process of photosynthesis.


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                    [Title] => Charcoal from bamboo
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A kiln furnace (even) developed by government researchers in Los Baños, Laguna, can produce good quality charcoal and light distillate from the bamboo species  kauayan tinik  and  botong.


The kiln is the product of the collective efforts of four researchers of the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), Belen Bisara, Amando Allan Bondad, Dante Pumano, and Carolyn Garcia.


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                    [Title] => Local bees adapt to Japanese-designed hives
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A group of researchers has successfully employed Japanese-designed boxes for honeybee adaptation.


Hiving the Trigona biroi Friese, a stingless bee abundant in Bicol, in the Japanese-designed boxes resulted in high survival and low absconding of 16 feral colonies transferred. A study was conducted to determine the potentials of T. biroi as effective crop pollinators in glasshouse during temperate conditions. In Japan, this bee is seen as a potential pollinator of crops grown in glasshouses during winter. 


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Their low yield had been attributed to lack of funds to purchase farm inputs, use of traditional varieties and cultural practices, occurrence of pests and diseases, and inadequate transport facilities.


That time is past.


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Yemane, now popularly called Gmelina, has been found to be effective in sequestering carbon dioxide. It stores the CO2 that it absorbs in its roots, trunks, branches, and foliage through the scientific process of photosynthesis.


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The kiln is the product of the collective efforts of four researchers of the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), Belen Bisara, Amando Allan Bondad, Dante Pumano, and Carolyn Garcia.


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abtest

A good binder for charcoal briquettes

December 27, 2009 - 12:00am

The effluent or wastewater from the production of chic acorn (fried corn kernels) is a good binder for rice hull and bamboo shavings in making charcoal briquette.

Agriculture

Rice harvester suited for RP

November 29, 2009 - 12:00am

A foreign-designed rice harvester has been found adaptable to Philippine conditions.

Agriculture

USM researchers develop 6 new corn HY varieties

November 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Six new high-yielding white maize varieties have been developed.

Agriculture

R&D brightens potential of pili nut in int'l mart

October 25, 2009 - 12:00am

The potentials of Bicol’s pilinut industry in the international market continues to brighten, thanks to R&D.

Agriculture

Forest species in Davao Oriental endangered

By Rudy A. Fernandez | February 9, 2009 - 12:00am

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – A number of forest species in the Mount Hamiguitan range in Davao Oriental are now threatened with extinction.

Nation

Concepcion to keynote agri symposium today

November 9, 2007 - 12:00am

Business

Corn productivity raised

March 18, 2007 - 12:00am

Years back, farmers in Barangay Sto. Niño, Capoocan, Leyte, harvested an average of only 2.05 tons per hectare of corn. Their low yield had been attributed to lack of funds to purchase farm inputs, use...

Agriculture

Yemane a good carbon dioxide absorbent

January 7, 2007 - 12:00am

Looking for a free species that can efficiently absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere? One such species is yemane, scientifically named Gmelina arborea. Yemane, now popularly called Gmelina, has been...

Agriculture

Charcoal from bamboo

December 3, 2006 - 12:00am

A kiln furnace (even) developed by government researchers in Los Baños, Laguna, can produce good quality charcoal and light distillate from the bamboo species kauayan tinik and botong. The kiln is...

Agriculture

Local bees adapt to Japanese-designed hives

July 16, 2006 - 12:00am

A group of researchers has successfully employed Japanese-designed boxes for honeybee adaptation. Hiving the Trigona biroi Friese, a stingless bee abundant in Bicol, in the Japanese-designed boxes resulted in...

Agriculture