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                    [Title] => JCI Philippines names TOYM awardees for 2015
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For various acts of exceptional leadership, brilliance and contribution to the welfare of their fellow Filipinos, 10 individuals were named The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for 2015.

 

 

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 India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is urging the government to implement market-oriented  and wholistic reforms in the agriculture sector to make the Philippines competitive in the full integration of Southeast Asian economies in 2015.

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ICRISAT director general Dr. William Dar was recently  in the country to spearhead the “Yamang Lupa,” a new program that aims to rejuvenate and restore to health the condition of the soil in the Philippines.

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A former Agriculture secretary who now heads an international research center stressed here the urgency of harnessing “the power of science” to address the problems spawned by climate change.

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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), on World Heart Day, has come up with a variety of healthier and safer nutritious snacks made of sorghum and millet for the fast food consumers.

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is laying the groundwork for the creation of a Philippine Rainfed Agriculture Institute (Philrai) that will institutionalize strategies of government agencies on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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The head of an international crop research institute is calling on the Philippines and other countries affected by drought to “go on a war footing” to cope with the El Niño weather phenomenon and climate change.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285724 [AuthorName] => Dulce Sanchez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347658 [Title] => Young scientists meet [Summary] => Some 200 recipients of the OutstandingYoung Scientists (OYS) awards attended their first annual convention on July 11 at the Manila Hotel.
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