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DA underscores aquaculture technology commercialization
Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Cesar M. Drilon Jr. encouraged intensified efforts in promoting sustainable and environment-friendly aquaculture technology in the countryside. Keynoting the opening ceremonies ...
- October 15, 1999
SEAFDEC reaches out technology verification
Realizing the urgent need to package technologies generated through the years of research and development, the Technology Verification and Extension was launched in 1996. It is a technology transfer and commercialization ...
- October 18, 1999
Demand remains high: Gain from growing grouper
The lapu-lapu or grouper is a high-value marine fin fish that is abundant in the country. This fish has 40 different varieties and it accounts for about 2% of annual Philippine fish catch. According to the Southeast Asian ...
- February 9, 1998
$3 B lost with destruction of mangrove areas
Vital mangrove areas in the Philippines have shrunk to less than one per cent of its area in 1920. The loss could be worth as much as $3 billion. The country was among 30 countries with the largest mangrove areas in the ...
- September 13, 1993
"Pole-vaulting" a sustainable fisheries industry
By the 21st century, meeting and sustaining food security will become a major concern as population continues to grow and the natural resources, particularly the farmlands and forest, become less productive as before. ...
- October 22, 1997
Reduced tariffs seen to boost prawn industry
A reduction in tariffs and duties on prawn farm inputs coupled with a phase out of subsidies given by the Board of Investments (BOI) to prawn exporters will improve the competitiveness of Philippine prawns in the world ...
- August 21, 1990
Iloilo
Fourteen more Asians completed recently the last regular course on aquaculture offered this year by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) based in Tigbauan town. The five-week ...
- December 6, 1998
Seabass culture made easy
Good news for Filipinos who rhapsodize over seabass, the highly prized apahap which is usually the piece de resistance in banquets or festive tables. Apart from its abundance in local waters, apahap can now be bred and ...
- July 21, 1995
SEAFDEC sets aqua courses
The government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo, will conduct six regular training courses on aquaculture this year.
- April 6, 1998
Important researches given awards
The discovery of new local tanning extracts, a system for increasing yield of milkfish (bangus) and a method for carbonizing rice hulls are among the researches that will receive award this week from Agriculture Secretary ...
- August 14, 1990