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The government plans to enter into an agreement with India's Prathista to put up a $12 million third generation (3G) fertilizer plant that uses an eco-friendly technology proven to aid in raising farm yield and income.

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Once referred to as an “orphan crop” mainly grown by poor farmers, pigeonpea is now set to join the world’s league of major food crops with the completion of its genome sequence.
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                    [Title] => DA to release P20M funds for PHL's poorest farmers
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To boost food production in the country, the department of Agriculture is set to release P20 million funds for the development of one million hectares of land tended by the country's poorest farmers.
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                    [Title] => ICRISAT developing GM peanut, others
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Now developing transgenic peanut is the International  Crops Research Institute for the  Semi-Arid  Tropics (ICRISAT) based in Patancheru, India.


A field test on the emerging disease-resistant and high-yielding crop has been tried in India, said ICRISAT Director General William D. Dar, former Philippine Agriculture Acting Secretary.


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Phl eyes tie-up with Indian firm to boost farm yield

By Ehda Dagooc | October 25, 2013 - 12:00am

The government plans to enter into an agreement with India's Prathista to put up a $12 million third generation (3G) fertilizer plant that uses an eco-friendly technology proven to aid in raising farm yield and...

Freeman Cebu Business

Experts crack pigeonpea genome

November 13, 2011 - 12:00am

Once referred to as an “orphan crop” mainly grown by poor farmers, pigeonpea is now set to join the world’s league of major food crops with the completion of its genome sequence.

Agriculture

DA to release P20M funds for PHL's poorest farmers

By Ehda Dagooc | July 28, 2011 - 12:00am

To boost food production in the country, the department of Agriculture is set to release P20 million funds for the development of one million hectares of land tended by the country's poorest farmers.

Freeman Cebu Business

ICRISAT developing GM peanut, others

November 3, 2002 - 12:00am

It is but a matter of time before genetically modified groundnut (peanut) will become part of the agricultural landscape of suitable semi-arid tropic areas in Asia and Africa. Now developing transgenic peanut is...

Agriculture