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Landbank extends credit to farmers, fisherfolk under SEAFDEC program

By Rudy A. Fernandez | August 5, 2003 - 12:00am

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) will provide credit assistance to qualified farmers and fisherfolk and small and medium industries (SME) that will adopt aquaculture technologies generated by two fisheries...

Banking

New technology reviving RP shrimp industry

June 1, 2003 - 12:00am

Gradually but consistently, a new technology is paving the way for the revival of the country’s moribund shrimp industry. Called Environment-Friendly Schemes in Shrimp Farming, the technology was developed...

Agriculture

SEAFDEC AQD develops new seaweed strain

May 25, 2003 - 12:00am

A new strain of seaweed has been developed. The improved strain of Eucheuma denticulatum, developed by the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD),...

Agriculture

Mariculture parks soon to be fixtures in RP’s coastal areas

By Rudy A. Fernandez | February 24, 2002 - 12:00am

TIGBUAN, Iloilo- it’s but a matter of time before mariculture parks become fixtures in some selected coastal areas in the country. A program to set up such facilities has been set in motion by government instrumentalities...

Agriculture