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[ArticleID] => 1542211
[Title] => Candidates urged to bare stand on environment
[Summary] => A group of environmentalists has challenged presidential candidates to state their stand on farmer support, including how to make farming conditions more resilient and environment-friendly, and address issues on food sufficiency.
[DatePublished] => 2016-01-13 09:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1685860
[AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva
[SectionName] => Science and Environment
[SectionUrl] => science-and-environment
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[ArticleID] => 1404026
[Title] => Organic goods gaining ground in local markets
[Summary] => Organic products are slowly penetrating the local markets as several consumers caught in the “wellness” bandwagon have triggered a spike in the demand for organic products.
[DatePublished] => 2014-12-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1213316
[AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana
[SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business
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[ArticleID] => 1356409
[Title] => Senate body endorses special audit on 'anomalous' agri fund
[Summary] => The Senate committee on agriculture has endorsed the special audit of the multi-billion peso Organic Agriculture Fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA), following allegations of misuse of the fund.
[DatePublished] => 2014-08-11 17:06:56
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096615
[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140523/senate.jpg
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[ArticleID] => 1034801
[Title] => Pro-farmer organic agriculture pushed
[Summary] => "Organic agriculture can be a potent tool for rural development if organic products are geared first towards local food security," according to Dr. Chito Medina, national coordinator of the Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG).
[DatePublished] => 2013-07-31 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1510393
[AuthorName] => May Joven
[SectionName] => Freeman Region
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[ArticleID] => 810606
[Title] => Farmers get tax discount for organic farming
[Summary] => Farmers who devote their properties to organic farming will get a consolation from the provincial government – a 10 percent real property tax discount.
[DatePublished] => 2012-05-26 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1623449
[AuthorName] => Niña G. Sumacot-Abenoja
[SectionName] => Cebu News
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[Title] => EcoWaste Coalition pushes decentralized composting
[Summary] => An advocate for zero waste resource management is urging the government and the citizenry to rally behind a proven solution to society’s chronic problem with stinking garbage, toxic gases and depleted soils: decentralized composting.
[DatePublished] => 2012-05-13 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => DA pushes organic agriculture in CV
[Summary] => A series of training for trainers on organic agriculture in Central Visayas has been started by the Department of Agriculture-7 in Siquijor last week, to be followed in Cebu this week, and finally in Negros Oriental and Bohol this December.
[DatePublished] => 2011-11-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1683412
[AuthorName] => Reynan L. Ansing
[SectionName] => Freeman Region
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[ArticleID] => 737425
[Title] => Food Bowl Market offers organic foods
[Summary] => Now it is easy to shop for all your basic organic food needs in Metro Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2011-10-16 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[ArticleID] => 734997
[Title] => Quezon Farmers' Field School soon to be launched
[Summary] => Organic farmers in the second district of Quezon province will soon a have formal training in a real classroom situation and setting with practicum in the first ever Farmers’ Field School in Quezon which will be implemented in the town of Candelaria.
[DatePublished] => 2011-10-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1520577
[AuthorName] => Michelle Zoleta
[SectionName] => Agriculture
[SectionUrl] => agriculture
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[Title] => "Natural farming in the service of the poor"
[Summary] => PerspecThis is the theme of the first Visayas Summit on Natural Farming and Sustainable Agriculture on December 14, 2010 at the Cebu Technical School, N. Bacalso St., South Superhighway across Cebu City Medical Center, according to Mr. Roberto “Bobby” Bajenting, the present chairperson of the Cebu Coalition for Food Security (CCFS).
[DatePublished] => 2010-12-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133239
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1223596
[AuthorName] => Cherry Piquero Ballescas
[SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
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