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                    [ArticleID] => 583639
                    [Title] => Seaweed farming as means of livelihood
                    [Summary] => 

Seaweed or “guso” farming is an alternative livelihood option initiated by the Coastal Environment Project of the DENR in Mahanay and Banacon Islands.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1224713 [AuthorName] => China Mantilla Tura [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 52731 [Title] => Seaweed candy, anyone? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 7888 [Title] => DA set to open P57M worth of aquaculture projects [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 7954 [Title] => DA set to open P57M worth of aquaculture projects [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-23 21:42:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390518 [Title] => Seaweed body asks BFAR to stop making dried chips [Summary] => The Seaweed Industry Association in the Philippines (SIAP) is calling the attention of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to stop producing dried seaweed chips because there is no demand for such product. [DatePublished] => 2007-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383374 [Title] => Seaweed candy, anyone? [Summary] => And now, candy from the Eucheuma seaweed.

The product was developed by Dr. Ida C. Junio of the Fisheries Research and Training Institute of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU)-North Luzon campus in Balaoan, La Union. DMMMSU is a multi-campus university in La Union whose seat of administration is the main campus in Bacnotan town.

Dr. Junio’s project won the third prize of the DOST-PCAMRD Aquatic Technology Competition and Marketplace (ATCOM) held last Jan. 31 by DOST-PCAMRD.

Also involved in the project was Lourdes Bisco.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299612 [Title] => Indonesia threatens RP seaweed dominance [Summary] => Zamboanga City – The golden weed from this country’s shores might see less glitter in the global marketplace, if our neighbor Indonesia continues working doubly hard to snatch its own niche as the world’s top producer and supplier of raw dried seaweed and high quality semi refined and refined carrageenan. This was the conclusion reached at the recent 6h Mindanao Seaweed Congress.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273362 [Title] => Farmers earn more with seaweed-based fertilizer [Summary] => Twelve years of intensive research is paying off for Cebu-based agricultural scientist Epedito P. Dublin, the country’s first developer and exporter of a seaweed-based organic fertilizer.

In 2004, FreeGrow, the flagship product of Dublin Bio-Industries manufactured in Daanbantayan, north of Cebu, passed the rigid Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) for organic agricultural products.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264325 [Title] => Local seaweed output seen to exceed 1M tons this year [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture is projecting local seaweed to hit more than one million metric tons (MT) this year.

Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap, who recently addressed the 5th Mindanao Seaweed Congress in Zamboanga City, said this year’s seaweed output would exceed the production of 989,000 MT in 2003 and 895,000 MT in 2002.

Yap said the development of the seaweed industry could be a potent tool in achieving lasting peace and prosperity in Mindanao. The region accounts for 54 percent of the national harvest.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260483 [Title] => Shemberg shifts to non-traditional uses of carrageenan [Summary] => Shemberg Corp. has shifted its focus to developing new markets especially for non-traditional applications of carrageenan such as oral care products, soft and hard capsules and microbicidal gels and foams. Since 1978, Shemberg has been processing carrageenan for various applications in food like meat, dairy, water jellies, gummy candies, petfood and air freshener gels.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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March 30, 2008 - 12:00am
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