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                    [Title] => Shift to natural pesticides now gaining popularity
                    [Summary] => The shift from using chemical to botanical pesticides has been gaining popularity.


This developed as researchers at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas, West Visayas State University and Panay State Polytechnic University have jointly implemented a project to develop pest control products using ethno-botanicals.


The project stemmed from the move of various countries to ban the use of chemical or inorganic pesticides because of their harmful effects to the environment, humans and livestock.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-11-06 00:00:00
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                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
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                    [Title] => There’s big money in ubi farming
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There’s big money in yam (ubi) farming, according to Dr. Evangeline Pera of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) in La Union. 


Dr. Pera led a group of DMMMSU researchers who developed a technology using appropriate practice for successful cultivation of purple yam (Dioscorea alata L.).


The team documented the practices for the benefit of those who are interested in growing this crop which, in times past, usually were harvested from the wild. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-08-06 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => ‘Botanopesticides’ as good as commercial ones — study
                    [Summary] => In the agriculture world, they have come to be popularly known as "botanopesticides."


These are pesticides formulated from botanical plants that have medicinal properties, among the popular ones being tubli (Derris elliptica), makabuhay (Tinospora rumphii), and kayos (Dioscorea hispida).


And the good news, based on scientific studies, is that botanopesticides are as good as commercially prepared pesticides.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-11-14 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => ‘Botanopesticides’ as good as commercial ones — study
                    [Summary] => In the agriculture world, they have come to be popularly known as "botanopesticides."


These are pesticides formulated from botanical plants that have medicinal properties, among the popular ones being tubli (Derris elliptica), makabuhay (Tinospora rumphii), and kayos (Dioscorea hispida).


And the good news, based on scientific studies, is that botanopesticides are as good as commercially prepared pesticides.


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Shift to natural pesticides now gaining popularity

November 6, 2006 - 12:00am

The shift from using chemical to botanical pesticides has been gaining popularity. This developed as researchers at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas, West Visayas State University and Panay State...

Cebu News

There’s big money in ubi farming

August 6, 2006 - 12:00am

There’s big money in yam (ubi) farming, according to Dr. Evangeline Pera of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) in La Union. Dr. Pera led a group of DMMMSU researchers who developed...

Agriculture

‘Botanopesticides’ as good as commercial ones — study

November 14, 2004 - 12:00am

In the agriculture world, they have come to be popularly known as "botanopesticides." These are pesticides formulated from botanical plants that have medicinal properties, among the popular ones being...

Agriculture

‘Botanopesticides’ as good as commercial ones — study

November 14, 2004 - 12:00am

In the agriculture world, they have come to be popularly known as "botanopesticides." These are pesticides formulated from botanical plants that have medicinal properties, among the popular ones being...

Agriculture