CUCUMBERS

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                    [Title] => Commercial production of sea cucumbers now possible
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They are over exploited in the wild due to high demand from consumers for their reported medical, pharmaceutical, gastronomical and commercial use.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-08-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Eva Visperas
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                    [Title] => BFAR tightens rules on sea cucumber trading
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The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has tightened regulations for trading sea cucumber to prevent over exploitation and encourage spawning of the species.

                    [DatePublished] => 2013-12-08 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Vegetable scare hits Europe
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Schools have pulled raw vegetables from menus, piles of cucumbers sit untouched on shop shelves, and farmers say they're losing millions.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-06-04 08:28:43
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                    [Title] => European food contamination kills 16, sickens 1150
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A massive and unprecedented outbreak of  bacterial infections linked to contaminated vegetables claimed two more  lives in Europe on yesterday, driving the death toll to 16.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-06-01 02:23:00
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                    [Title] => Europeans trade blame over E.coli outbreak
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Europeans traded blame yesterday over the  source of a mysterious bacterial outbreak that has killed 14 people and  sickened hundreds across the continent and forced Russia to ban imports  of some fresh vegetables from Spain and Germany out of fear they could  be contaminated.
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                    [Title] => Sea cucumber research underway
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MANILA,  Philippines – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has allotted some P2.2 million for a research project that would help improve the production of sea cucumber in the country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-06-04 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804518
                    [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong
                    [SectionName] => Science and Environment
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                    [ArticleID] => 275123
                    [Title] => Smoke-dried sea cucumber ready for commercialization
                    [Summary] => Now, locally processed sea cucumber, a delicacy very much in demand abroad, has much better chance of landing in the export market.


This is now possible through a technology generated by the Los Baños-based Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD) headed by Executive Director Rafael D. Guerrero III.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-04-24 00:00:00
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Commercial production of sea cucumbers now possible

By Eva Visperas | August 3, 2014 - 12:00am

They are over exploited in the wild due to high demand from consumers for their reported medical, pharmaceutical, gastronomical and commercial use.

Agriculture

BFAR tightens rules on sea cucumber trading

December 8, 2013 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has tightened regulations for trading sea cucumber to prevent over exploitation and encourage spawning of the species.

Agriculture

Vegetable scare hits Europe

June 4, 2011 - 8:28am

Schools have pulled raw vegetables from menus, piles of cucumbers sit untouched on shop shelves, and farmers say they're losing millions.

European food contamination kills 16, sickens 1150

June 1, 2011 - 2:23am

A massive and unprecedented outbreak of bacterial infections linked to contaminated vegetables claimed two more lives in Europe on yesterday, driving the death toll to 16.

Europeans trade blame over E.coli outbreak

May 31, 2011 - 4:00am

Europeans traded blame yesterday over the source of a mysterious bacterial outbreak that has killed 14 people and sickened hundreds across the continent and forced Russia to ban imports of some fresh vegetables...

Sea cucumber research underway

By Ghio Ong | June 4, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has allotted some P2.2 million for a research project that would help improve the production of sea cucumber in the country.

Science and Environment

Smoke-dried sea cucumber ready for commercialization

April 24, 2005 - 12:00am

Now, locally processed sea cucumber, a delicacy very much in demand abroad, has much better chance of landing in the export market. This is now possible through a technology generated by the Los Baños-based...

Agriculture