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For starters, Valencia Con-tract Growers Association, headed by Florante Vicuna has agreed to venture with a bio-tech firm called Secura for the production of natural ingre-dients extracted from malung-gay, also known as kalamung-gay to the local farmers.


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The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported that home-grown edible mushrooms are now making waves in several provinces in Northern Luzon, as more enterprising farmers have started to venture in the mass spawning of this edible delicacy.


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The three-day forum held at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija was sponsored by the DA-Biotechnology Program Implementation Unit (BPIU) and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).


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DIRECTOR ALICE ILAGA

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Contract growers venture with biotech firm

March 11, 2007 - 12:00am

VALENCIA, Negros Oriental — Biotechnology has come all the way to this remote town, providing a big boost to the town’s...

Agriculture

Home-grown edible mushrooms a hit among North Luzon farmers

August 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Edible fungi or home-grown edible mushrooms are now being promoted nationwide in an effort to help farmers diversify their crops through biotechnology. The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported that home-grown...

Agriculture

DA reaches out to biotech scientists

February 6, 2005 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is supporting scientists involved in the research and propagation of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the country even as it urged them to ensure that...

Agriculture