Browsing Panay News by Subject "carrageenins"

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    • Caluya amping up seaweeds prod'n 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, May 19, 2015, on page 2-15)
      Seaweed farming proves to be a gainful venture for Caluya, Antique, and the municipality eyes boosting its production. Majority of the townsfolk are engaged in seaweed farming. Caluya is the fifth largest seaweed producer ...

    • Caluya's Tatusan Festival reels off May 22 

      Vego, Herbert (Panay News, April 26, 2015, on page 15-16)
      Every annual celebration of Tatusan Festival, this isolated island municipality literally suspends its isolation in the three days it takes to gather together migrant natives, local and foreign tourists to its white-sand ...

    • Carrageenan from seaweeds: A breakthrough that boosts rice productivity 

      Department of Science and Technology (DOST) (Panay News, December 28, 2015, on page C5-C7)
      Carrageenan plant growth regulator (CPGR) has recently been found to increase rice yield by more than 65 percent. Carrageenan is an indigestible polysaccharide (carbohydrate) extracted from edible seaweeds. It is mainly ...

    • Disease-afflicted PH seaweed farms see hope with help of scientists 

      Pagador, Juliana Rose (Panay News, October 31, 2020, on page 17-15)
      Seaweed farming, a multi-million dollar export industry in the Philippines, is at the centerpiece of a worldwide effort by scientists to better address the outbreak of diseases and pests that are plaguing the farms. With ...

    • DOST 6, PCAARRD offer new rice and corn techs 

      Gabiota, J. R. A. (Panay News, August 31, 2020, on page 13-11)
      Department of Science and Technology Regional Office VI (DOST VI) once again proved that even at the midst of a pandemic, the quality of service should not be affected by bringing the technological innovations in agriculture ...

    • 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 ...

    • Farmers learn to improve quality of dried seaweeds 

      Mabaquiao, Pia (Panay News, September 10, 2012, on page 6)
      Seaweed farmers in the island town of Caluya were recently trained on improving the quality and productivity of dried seaweeds. "We hope to upgrade the quality of dried seaweeds produced by local farmers in Caluya so they ...

    • More improved quality of dried seaweeds soon 

      JCM; PSM-PIA 6 Antique; Philippine Information Agency Philippines (PIA)-Antique (Panay News, September 10, 2012, on page B2)
      Seaweed farmers in the island town of Caluya have been trained on productivity and improved quality of dried seaweeds. Caluya is among the areas in the country considered as major producer of seaweeds locally known as ...

    • New technology seen to boost seaweeds farming 

      Subong, Elsa S. (Panay News, December 22, 2017, on page 4)
      The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo has developed a tissue culture technology that is seen to boost seaweeds production. This technology ...

    • Not just coal; seaweeds, too 

      (Panay News, January 17, 2018, on page 9)
      It's Not only coal that may be considered a money maker for the municipality of Caluya. In fact, the residents of Caluya themselves are directly reaping the financial bounty of seaweed production in the only island ...

    • SEAFDEC conducts training on seaweed biotech 

      PN (Panay News, April 13, 2007, on page C16)
      To survive, seaweeds need to be tougher too, and the commercially important ones like Kappaphycus and Gracilaria can be made so with the help of research. In comes biotechnology. Not to mess with the genetic make-up of ...

    • Seaweed Farming in Caluya 

      (Panay News, March 4, 2018, on page 9)
      What if Semirara Island runs out of coal? Will Caluya cease to bask in its reputation as richest municipality of the Philippines? No because Caluya is now the fifth largest seaweed producer in the country.

    • Seaweed farming keeps flourishing 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, July 24, 2003, on page 13-14)
      Sustaining seaweed Kappaphycus is one item in the aquaculture industry that continue to provide bright opportunities for business and investment. Dr. Anicia Q. Hurtado of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...