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[Title] => Philsurin develops sugarcane database
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Sugarcane breeders and researchers need not dig deep anymore into piles of index cards in search for vital information that they need in their scientific work.
All they have to do is refer to the Philippine Sugarcane Genetic Resources Data and Information Management System, or simply called Canepoint.
Produced by the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc. (PHILSURIN), Canepoint contains complete information on sugarcane, arranged for easier search, retrieval, and navigation.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Disease-free sugarcane planting materials
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Sugarcane growers in the Philippines and in five other Asian countries now need not worry about the quality of planting materials they use.
These are disease-free, as they undergo thorough and elaborate quarantine and disease-indexing procedures established by the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc. (Philsurin) under the CFC/ISO 20: Sugar Variety Improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific project.
CFC stands for Common Fund for Commodities under the United Nations while ISO means International Sugar Organization.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-23 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 332667
[Title] => Developments can make one go bonkers
[Summary] => I almost went crazy trying to pick out which major event to attend this weekend and the next. There are just too many major events wanting to be covered. Each day brings in fresh news of important events that require a journalist’s focus.
For example, I found myself enticed to go to Antique province to attend the revival of komedya, the theatrical performance. Antique Gov. Sally Zaldivar Perez said the three-day komedya affair has the support of the National Commission on Culture and Arts.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina
[SectionName] => Nation
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[ArticleID] => 307597
[Title] => RP, four others benefit from SE Asian sugarcane project
[Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A sugarcane project covering five Asian countries, including the Philippines, continues to achieve significant results.
Called "CFC/ISO/20: Sugarcane Variety Improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific," the research, development, and extension (RDE) project also involves Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1723283
[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[ArticleID] => 306632
[Title] => Banana wine, anyone?
[Summary] => Banana wine is one of the latest processed products of banana to enter the market. Like any new product, finding a niche market for banana wine is a challenge – but not in Malawi, where the large Catholic community has proven to be a very lucrative market.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00
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[Title] => 55 elite sugarcane varieties among 5 Asian countries
[Summary] => Fifty-five elite sugarcane varities have been exchanged among five Asian countries under a United Nations-supported R&D project.
The sharing scheme is being implemented under the "CFC/ISO/20: Sugarcane Variety Improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific project which involves the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
CFC stands for Common Fund for Commodities (a Netherlands-based UN entity) while ISO means International Sugar Organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-02 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 237192
[Title] => PNOC taps UNIDO facility for marine current technology
[Summary] => The Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) has tapped the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for the construction of a first-of-its-kind marine current technology in the Philippines.
"This is new in the world and we believe this technology will be viable to the Philippines and we can use the Philippines as a springboard to introduce this new technology," UNIDO representative to the Philippines and the Pacific Raffaello Tarroni told The STAR.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1096364
[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
[SectionName] => Business
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[Title] => Elite sugarcane varieties being planted in Negros
[Summary] => VICTORIAS, Negros Occidental – Elite sugarcane varieties from four Asian countries are now going through field trial planting here.
The varieties from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh has earlier undergone quarantine planting in two places in the country.
They were initially grown in a quarantine glasshouse at the UP Los Baños-Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB) in Los Baños, Laguna.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-25 00:00:00
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[Title] => Elite sugarcane varieties to be evaluated in RP
[Summary] => Thirty elite sugarcane varieties from four Asian countries are now ready to be released in the Philippines for evaluation.
The varieties are presently being grown in a quarantine glasshouse at the UP Los Baños Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB).
Of the varieties, nine are from Bangladesh, eight from Indonesia, seven from Thailand, and six from Malaysia. Ten from Australia are also being grown at the UPLB-IPB quarantine glasshouse but not yet ready for field evaluation in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Victorias Milling sets up biotech lab for sugarcane
[Summary] => A biotechnology laboratory of the Victorias Milling Co. (VICMICO) in Negros Occidental which was completed recently is setting the pace in state-of-the-art and high-tech biological method of improved sugarcane plant genetics and variety improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific for enhanced and sustainable productivity.
The Project is being financed by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) while the executing agency is the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc. (Philsurin).
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-10 00:00:00
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