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[ArticleID] => 1540890
[Title] => PhilMech tests biodegradable fruit bag
[Summary] => The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) is testing a transparent biodegradable fruit bag that aims to solve the problems of plastic waste management.
[DatePublished] => 2016-01-09 09:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1475310
[AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[ArticleID] => 1529412
[Title] => DAR pushes farm mechanization
[Summary] => Filipino farmers are now embracing farm mechanization despite initial fears of labor displacement as it is now seen as a way to attract younger farmers into the agriculture sector, the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) said.
[DatePublished] => 2015-12-05 09:00:00
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => APEC economies agree to strengthen agri PPPs
[Summary] => Member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation have agreed to create a stronger public-private partnership in reducing if not eliminating the food losses in supply chain of fishery and livestock.
[DatePublished] => 2015-09-28 10:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1213316
[AuthorName] => Carlo S. Lorenciana
[SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business
[SectionUrl] => cebu-business
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[ArticleID] => 1402315
[Title] => PhilMech, KOICA back Ylang-Ylang oil production
[Summary] => A project by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will make Tarlac the top producer of export-grade Ylang-Ylang oil in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2014-12-14 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => Tarlac eyed as top producer of Ylang Ylang oil in Phl
[Summary] => The government, in collaboration with the South Korean government, is positioning the province of Tarlac as a top producer of export-grade Ylang Ylang oil in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2014-12-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Philmech cocowater machine to boost coco farmers’ income
[Summary] => The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) is optimistic that the cocowater extractor and pasteurizing machine it has developed would boost the livelihood of coconut farmers over the long to medium term.
[DatePublished] => 2014-11-16 00:00:00
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[Title] => PhilMech to put up 1st comm’l irradiation facility
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) plans to put up the country’s first commercial irradiation technology facility that will help extend the shelf life of food products.
[DatePublished] => 2014-07-04 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1473425
[AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
[SectionName] => Business
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[Title] => Philmech to test compact corn mill prototype
[Summary] => The government’s primary agri-technology research agency is conducting a prototype testing on a compact corn mill that promises greater portability and milling efficiency than imported units.
[DatePublished] => 2014-04-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Philmech tests betel nut, trichoderma as pest/fungal solutions
[Summary] => The technology and mechanization research arm of the agriculture department is expanding its initial research on the use of betel nut and trichoderma as organic pest and fungal infection control solutions.
[DatePublished] => 2013-09-15 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => Afmech to spur dev’t of farm machines
[Summary] => The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech), the research arm of the Department of Agriculture (DA), believes the recently-signed Agriculture and Fisheries Mechanization law (Afmech) will give rise to a sustainable farm machinery manufacturing industry.
[DatePublished] => 2013-09-09 00:00:00
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