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                    [Title] => A good binder for charcoal briquettes
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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.

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 525194 [Title] => USM researchers develop 6 new corn HY varieties [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 516880 [Title] => R&D brightens potential of pili nut in int'l mart [Summary] =>

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

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

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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.

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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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.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373056 [Title] => Charcoal from bamboo [Summary] => 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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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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                    [Title] => A good binder for charcoal briquettes
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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.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 527349 [Title] => Rice harvester suited for RP [Summary] =>

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

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 516880 [Title] => R&D brightens potential of pili nut in int'l mart [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 438292 [Title] => Forest species in Davao Oriental endangered [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 26367 [Title] => Concepcion to keynote agri symposium today [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390104 [Title] => Corn productivity raised [Summary] => 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.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378712 [Title] => Yemane a good carbon dioxide absorbent [Summary] => 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.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373056 [Title] => Charcoal from bamboo [Summary] => 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.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347657 [Title] => Local bees adapt to Japanese-designed hives [Summary] => 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.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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