Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "seaweed industry"
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Aquaculture lab at SEAFDEC seen paving way for GM products
(,August 25, 2002 , on page )An aquaculture technology laboratory being set up for South East Asia is paving the way toward the adoption of biotechnology for developing more productive, genetically modified fishery products in the Philippines. Dr. ... -
Argentina firm plans to invest in seaweed processing in PH
(,December 19, 2017 , on page )Argentinian food ingredient company Farmesa is investing around P300 million for a seaweed processing plant, making the Philippines its first production hub outside of Argentina, as the company expands its sourcing of ... -
Bamboo, seaweed producers seek ₱2.2-B gov't budget
(,September 5, 2022 , on page )Local bamboo and seaweed producers are asking the government for P2.2 billion budget allocation to achieve the full economic potential of these products, especially in the exports market. In a press conference by the ... -
BFAR partners with energy firm for seaweed farming project in Zambales
(,June 7, 2018 , on page )Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has partnered with Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. (RP Energy), the developer of a 600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, to allow several ... -
Bright prospects seen for seaweed industry
(,October 5, 2010 , on page )Bright prospects for the rapid growth of the seaweed industry in the Davao Region were cited during a recent meeting of coastal seaweed farmers, government aquatic experts, and local officials with Rep. Antonio Lagdameo ... -
DA boosts seaweed industry, address 'cocolisap' scourge
(,September 18, 2016 , on page )The national government through the Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended P10.67 million worth of assistance to strengthen the carrageenan industry in the Zamboanga peninsula. Piñol also awarded 50 fiberglass bancas, ... -
DA secretary opposes creation of separate fishieries department
(,September 16, 2016 , on page )Agriculture chief Emmanuel Piñol said he is against the creation of a separate fisheries department as this would go against President Rodrigo Duterte's call for "effective government" and will require additional expenditure ... -
Establishment of seaweeds gene bank here proposed
(,April 29, 2007 , on page )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 ... -
Fisheries projects in Agrilink 2013
(,August 29, 2013 , on page )The latest fisheries projects of the bureau of fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will be showcased at the 2013 edition of Agrilink which will be held on October 10 to 12 at the world trade center at the corner of Puyat ... -
The future of seaweed industry
(,April 29, 2017 , on page )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)
(,May 6, 2017 , on page )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
(,June 17, 2013 , on page )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 ... -
High-value seaweeds recommended
(,May 15, 1990 , on page )The seaweed Gracilaria isn't as popular as Eucheuma, Sargassum and Caulerpa, but it's a high-value commodity if properly harnessed for processing. A well-known derivative of processed Gracilaria is agar, a hydrophilic ... -
Livelihood project
(,February 5, 2015 , on page )The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) allotted P83.5 million to finance the cultivation of high quality seaweeds in at least eight towns in the first congressional district of Sulu province. Sulu Rep. ... -
RP carrageenan makers to gain from Indonesian ban on raw seaweed export
(,January 31, 2010 , on page )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 ... -
Seaweed exports to hit $200 M in 2010
(,December 26, 2010 , on page )The seaweed industry anticipates a $200-million export this year; still a 10 percent growth amid the dreary performance tagged to be one of the "industry's worst" owing to the volatile peso movement. The Seaweed Industry ... -
Seaweed program beneficiary
(,January 3, 2015 , on page )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 ... -
Seaweed sector in Davao Sur gets funding
(,April 3, 2014 , on page )The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP), assisted a group of seaweed farming and a processing project. The DA said the Bato Seaweeds Association, INc. (Baseas) is the ... -
Yolanda-hit seaweed industry has yet to bounce back
(,May 16, 2014 , on page )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. ...