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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
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
Capitol sets up center for 'rice-fish culture'
The Iloilo provincial government is setting up a fish hatchery in Cabatuan town, 20 kilometers north of this city, to promote the "appropriate technology" in "rice-fish culture". The Lowland Technology Development and ...
- February 28, 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
Crude protein in hito feed improves profitability
It is profitability to feed pond-cultured Asian catfish ("hito") with a formulated diet containing 34 percent crude protein (CP). This was found in a study done by Eliseo Coniza, Mae Catacutan, and Josefa Tan-Fermin, ...
- April 17, 2000
Iloilo's response to coastal management
Iloilo is also the site of some interesting innovations and technologies in aquaculture and coastal resource management. The prestigious Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in Tigbauan and the U.P. College ...
- September 18, 2000
Fish farming a catastrophe for the environment - study
Fish farming, promoted as a smart way to help feed the world's surging population, is having a disastrous impact on the environment and on stocks of wild fish according to research published Thursday. Aquaculture is a ...
- June 30, 2000