Browsing by Author "Javier, Emil Q."

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    • A collaborative province-led agriculture and fisheries extension model 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, March 11, 2018, on page B-2)
      Unfortunately, the rural extension was weakened by the well-intentioned Local Government Code of 1991 which devolved agricultural extension to the local government units (LGUs). True, devolution allowed for more democratic ...

    • Genetic engineering for salmon and fish 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, November 29, 2015, on page B-2)
      Since 1996 close to two billion hectares have been planted globally to GMO crops. However, to date no genetically engineered economic animal, whether poultry, livestock nor fish has been approved for release and ...

    • Time to move on with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2019, on page B-2)
      During the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of the President two years ago, before the closure and rehabilitation of Boracay, and now the order to clean up Manila Bay, President Duterte took a similar step to address ...

    • What to do with agriculture in 2016 and beyond 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, January 10, 2016, on page B-2)
      The start of the year is always an opportune time to pause, to take stock where we are; recall the things that have turned out well; contemplate on the others where we could have done better, and resolve what to do moving ...

    • What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, February 18, 2017, on page B-2)
      ‘There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’ – Robert Kennedy. The order of the President to dismantle the big fish pens in Laguna de Bay while ...

    • What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay (Part 3) 

      Javier, Emil Q. (Manila Bulletin, March 19, 2017, on page B-4)
      ‘There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?’– Robert Kennedy In the 05 March 2017 column I dealt at length with Resolution 518 series of 2017 of ...