Browsing by Subject "fertilizers"

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    • Carrageenan as fertilizer? Test yield positive results 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, November 22, 2015, on page B4)
      Rice field trials on the use of a carrageenan plant growth regulator (CPGR) in Brgy. Balatong have increased crop harvest by more than 65 percent. The trial was conducted by a team led by Dr. Gil Magsino of the National ...

    • Chicken feather: From waste to fertilizer 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, October 26, 2003, on page B-4)
      Poultry farms and entrepreneurs now need not worry on the disposal of the feathers of their dressed chickens. A technology that can convert chicken feathers into organic liquid fertilizer has been developed by the Pililla ...

    • Climate change signals Earth in danger zone 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 17, 2015, on page A23)
      Climate change and high rates of extinctions of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity, a scientific report card about mankind’s impact on nature said on Thursday. An international team ...

    • DOST finds good rice fertilizer in seaweeds 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, October 20, 2015, on page C2)
      Apart from the uniqueness of edible seaweeds as a highly nutritious food commodity, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has found out that it can also provide a natural fertilizer capable of increasing rice ...

    • Ex-Cordillera exec says commercial eroding native culture 

      Cariño, Delmar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2010, on page A8)
      The government’s open-door policy for big business, like commercial production of vegetables and large-scale mining, are fast eroding the Cordillera’s traditional practices that should instead be tapped to preserve indigenous ...

    • Farmers’, fishers’ month ends in fertilizer distribution 

      Guillermo, Jemin B.; Toreno, Sheila Mae H. (DailyGuardian, June 3, 2020, on page 7)
      Farmers and fisherfolks in Dumangas, Iloilo availed of fertilizers from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 6. The distribution of fertilizers is part of the activities to culminate this year's Farmers and Fisherfolk's Month ...

    • Ferment your own fertilizer from seaweeds 

      Sarian, Zac B. (Manila Bulletin, April 6, 2017, on page B-7)
      Every morning Rodel Tumbaga gathers the seaweeds brought to shore by the waves and piles them along the edge of a resort he works for in Bolinao, Pangasinan. Is there any use for them? Not that Rodel knows of. That’s why ...

    • Fights vs. sargassum debris 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, August 13, 2020, on page 5)
      Seen as a blight on shorelines and considered a nuisance by fishermen, the sargassum seaweed is now being used to fertilize the mined-out lands of nickel miner Cagdianao Mining Corporation (CMC) here. Locally known as ...

    • Firm vows to help promote tobacco use vs farm, fishponds pests 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 12, 2014, on page A8)
      A tobacco company based in Bulacan province said it would promote the use of tobacco dust as organic fertilizer and pesticide to help at least three million tobacco farmers and their families earn more income. “We are going ...

    • Fishpond fertilizer 

      (BusinessWorld, April 15, 2013, on page S1/2)
      The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) wants tobacco companies to sell to it their tobacco sweepings, which it will use to produce fishpond fertilizer. According to Memorandum Circular No. 001 Series of 2013 dated Feb. ...

    • Guimaras fears algal bloom 

      Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, January 28, 2014, on page 1-10)
      The Guimaras provincial government demanded the owner of the sunken ship which triggered another oil spill in the island-province to immediately refloat the vessel. Engr. Raymund Moderes, head of the Guimaras Task Force ...

    • Guimaras seeks to protect 70 hectares of coral reefs 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, January 15, 2017, on page 5)
      This island province boasts of 70 hectares of undistributed coral reefs, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas. Coral reefs are marine ridges or mounds, which have formed ...

    • In Tanay, Rizal, predator knife fish ends up as fertilizer 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2015, on page A13)
      The town of Tanay in Rizal province is turning knife fish caught from Laguna de Bay into organic compost to address the growing population of the predator species that continues to threaten local aquaculture. The knife ...

    • Lake disruption persists, Laguna Lake cleanup pushed 

      Macapagal, Jed; Castro, Ruelle (Malaya, May 3, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Maynilad Water Services Inc. said it increased the production of its Putatan water treatment facilities 1 and 2 from 80 million liters per day (MLD) to 125 MLD as of 2 a.m. yesterday, May 2 but noted supply disruption in ...

    • Mighty to help fish pond owners 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, January 14, 2014, on page B3)
      Local cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corp. said it will donate tobacco dust, a fish pond conditioner that protects local ponds from predators, to help millions of Filipino fish pond owners and operators as well as tobacco ...

    • Mindanao school converts seaweed into fertilizer 

      (The Philippine Star, October 9, 2016, on page B4)
      Developed by the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST), the fertilizer is derived from the drippings of Kappaphycus alvarezii, a species of red algae. Kappaphycus Drippings ...

    • P20-M agro-fishery lab center to rise in NegOcc 

      EPN; Philippine News Agency (PNA); (The Daily Guardian, February 28, 2018, on page 6-7)
      A PHP20-million agro-fishery laboratory center under the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) will rise in Negros Occidental this year. “There is a need for the province to improve its laboratory services especially ...

    • P30-B rehab fund proposed agriculture sector 

      (Panay News, June 10, 2016, on page B1)
      The newly appointed Agricultural secretary is proposing to create a P30-billion recovery fund for the sector to be used in times of calamities. "I'm proposing a P30-billion additional funding for the rehabilitation of the ...

    • PH doing badly vs climate change 

      Dar, William (The Manila Times, June 1, 2018, on page B6)
      One of the best ways to deal with the effects of climate change is to make the country’s agriculture sector “climate smart” that incorporates various mitigation and adaptation measures to deal with extreme weather changes. ...

    • Phl sets cadmium level standards for seafood exports 

      Dela Cruz, Rita T. (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2015, on page B-3)
      High-value seafoods produced in the Philippines are being subjected to cadmium exposure assessment to determine if the standards set by Codex Alimentarius can be achieved and likewise to set standards for our fishery ...