Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "carrageenins"

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    • BFAR boats 

      Ocampo, Yas (Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2018, on page 16)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 11 has committed fiberglass paddle boats for mariculture practitioners in Samal Island, Davao del Norte in a bid to boost the sector's production. Agriculture Secretary ...

    • BFAR, LBP to sign pact on seaweed production and mariculture parks 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2010, on page B-2)
      An agreement to expand production of seaweeds and the establishment of marine culture (mariculture) parks is being entered by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to ...

    • Establishment of seaweeds gene bank here proposed 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2007, on page B-4)
      A seaweed gene bank will be put up by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) to complement its biotechnology facility that will aid in boosting the country's production of seaweeds which earns $70 million ...

    • The future of seaweed industry 

      Favis-Villafuerte, Nelly (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2017, on page B-7)
      Oca Monzales now 71 years old has been engaged in the seaweed industry for 52 years now, starting way back in 1965. He has made it mission to propagate seaweed farming and is well-respected and well-loved in the rural areas ...

    • The future of seaweed industry (Part II) 

      Favis-Villafuerte, Nelly (Manila Bulletin, May 6, 2017, on page B-3)
      Those in the seaweed industry have had their share of international intrigues when at one time in the past there were foreign groups who were peddling the idea that the Philippine carrageenan is carcinogenic. Earlier, ...

    • Gov't boosts DavSur seaweed industry 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, June 17, 2013, on page 15)
      The government has committed to pour a total of P11.4 million in Davao del Sur to boost the growth and development of the seaweed industry in the province. This was disclosed recently by provincial agriculture officer ...

    • PH carrageenan technology among 4 finalists at Russia's ATOMEXPO 2019 awards 

      Loyola, James A. (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2019, on page B-3)
      The Philippine entry was one of four finalists under the category “Nuclear technologies: Improving the quality of life” for projects in the field of non-energy application of nuclear technologies. Philippine Nuclear Research ...

    • RP carrageenan makers to gain from Indonesian ban on raw seaweed export 

      Aguiba, Melody M. (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2010, on page B-1-B-3)
      The Philippine' seaweed-carrageenan sector may enjoy an advantage over Indonesia and is even foreseen to have a monopoly of the market as Indonesia plans to ban the export of its raw seaweed by 2012 in an aim to encourage ...

    • RP-Indonesia partnership to dominate seaweed market 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2010, on page 1)
      Cebu-based Shemberg Corporation is pinning its hopes on a collaborative effort with Indonesia to ensure that the country would continue to hold its 41 percent share in the seaweeds market. Indonesia is the world's second ...

    • SEAFDEC developing high-yield seaweed 

      Aguiba, Melody (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2006, on page B-1-B-3)
      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is developing high-yielding and “ice-ice” disease-resistant seaweed strains in an aim to meet expanding industrial use and raise some $100 million in seaweed-carrageenan ...

    • Seaweed farming 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Manila Bulletin, September 25, 2011, on page 17)
      As the demand for food continues to rise with the increase in population, worldwide seaweed production cannot keep up with the demand of the carrageenan or the seaweed extract industry. This was pointed out by Antonio Yuri ...

    • Seaweed program beneficiary 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 3, 2015, on page B5)
      Ethelmark Bohol of Baganga, Davao Oriental, is a beneficiary of the science and technology initiative to revitalize the seaweed industry launched by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources Research ...

    • USDA to help PH sell more seaweed products in US market 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 21, 2018, on page B9)
      It only takes one decision from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Philippines’ seaweed products to continue making headway in the United States (US). And several position papers later, the Philippine government ...

    • Yolanda-hit seaweed industry has yet to bounce back 

      Mozo, Malou M. (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2014, on page 17)
      The country's seaweed sector is yet to recover six months after super typhoon Yolanda ravaged seaweed plantation in the country, damaging about a third of the country's total euchema supply from Palawan and Eastern Samar. ...