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Tilapia hatchery training course set
A training course in tilapia hatchery operations is scheduled to be conducted here by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) from Nov. 6-10. The five-day intensive course will ...
- October 31, 2000
Entrepreneurship needed in the countryside
There are actually many opportunities waiting for the enterprising to undertake. Like, for instance, Jose "Lebong" Aralar in Binangonan, Rizal. He used to be a nurse in a hospital many years ago. However, he saw the potential ...
- August 10, 2000
Drilon lauds SEAFDEC's role in economic growth
Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Cesar Drilon lauded Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's (SEAFDEC) tremendous contribution to the upliftment of livelihood of fisherfolks in the country. In his keynote ...
- July 8, 2000
African tap SEAFDEC on aquaculture woes
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) continues its aquaculture training mandate by serving the needs of aquaculturists from near and far. Recently, two nationals from Kampala, ...
- September 19, 2000
SEAFDEC way of reaching out to the masses
Under the leadership of Dr. Rolando R. Platon, more towns in Western Visayas and other parts of the country are recipients of technologies centered on propagation of inland fish production. Tilapia culture in small freshwater ...
- August 31, 2000
Rice farmer tries fish raising to fight hunger
A rice farmer in Brgy. Napnapan, Tigbaun, Iloilo hoping to improve his income - tries integrating aquaculture with rice farming. Bonifacio Terrania said after farming rice for more than 50 years, his life never improved. ...
- August 11, 2000
Tilapia culture gives 49% ROI
Data from harvest of tilapia cultured in freshwater ponds, pens and net cages showed a return on investment (ROI) of 49% with a payback period of two years. The system was done in a natural or man-made water impoundment. ...
- November 21, 2000
Bulacan fish hatchery multiplies common carp
Edmund and Yayan Mercado of Angat, Bulacan are entrepreneurs who are always looking for new possibilities. Sometime back, they became the first accredited producers of native hito fingerlings by the Southeast Asian Fisheries ...
- December 30, 2000
SEAFDEC-AQD: RP-based facility powers Asia to the forefront of world aquaculture dev't
Some 10,000 aquaculturists from across the world, mostly Southeast Asians, have been trained on scientific aquaculture over the past 25 years by a Philippine-based Southeast Asian center. The training program is being ...
- December 3, 2000
Revival of native hito offers new opportunity
In these uncertain times, it is always good to know of new opportunities in farming. One such possibility is growing the native hito which has virtually disappeared in the past many years because of the poisoning of rice ...
- September 9, 2000