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[ArticleID] => 1390533
[Title] => Disposing waste
[Summary] => HUMAN WASTE.
[DatePublished] => 2014-11-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Agrilink 2011 to feature sustainable grain-drying tech
[Summary] => Grain drying technologies are important for many agriculture sub-sectors.
[DatePublished] => 2011-09-04 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => Taiwanese firm to show products at AgriLink
[Summary] => Suncue Company Ltd., a Taiwanese company known in Asia for its more than 40 years of experience, will be one of the local and international suppliers and exhibitors at AgriLink 2010, the country’s largest trade fair on agribusinesss, food and aquaculture.
[DatePublished] => 2010-09-19 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 402745
[Title] => Rice husk ash used in cement mixture
[Summary] => SAN FERNANDO, La Union – Amid the rising cost of construction materials, a Filipino scientist here has tapped the ...
[DatePublished] => 2008-09-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1804518
[AuthorName] => Ghio Ong
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[Title] => Christmas decors made of corn husks adorn Filipino homes
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For the first time this Yuletide season, many families adorned their homes with Christmas decors made of a "unique" material.
Appearing exotic, the decors are actually made of corn husk (balat ng mais), hitherto considered as agricultural waste.
Thanks to the creativity and pioneering spirit of inventive Filipinos, corn husk has become an input in the local handicraft industry.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-27 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => Energy source
[Summary] => SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija – Rice husks as energy source? Why not? Government scientists and researchers are now working on it in the hope of making a substantial contribution to the country’s power supply.
Dr. Leocadio Sebastian, executive director of the Philippine Rice Reseach Institute (PhilRice) based in this city, told The STAR that the institute, in partnership with the ASEAN Center for Energy (ACE) and the European Communities ASEAN Energy Facility (EAEF) is now spreading the gospel of rice husk as a viable energy source.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097277
[AuthorName] => Manny Galvez
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[Title] => Turn those corn husks into big money
[Summary] => Don’t throw away corn husks. Instead, make big money out of this usually regarded farm waste.
This advice comes from the Corn Husk Association of the Philippines (CHAP).
Founded in General Santos City (Mindanao) on Feb. 17, 2003, CHAP has been conducting studies on the many uses of the balat ng mais.
Consider: It can be made into twine, corn mache, dolls, artificial flowers, home and Christmas decors, apparel, bags, slippers, table organizers, wedding giveaways, placemats, baskets, and fashion accessories.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => BOI grants incentives to P155-M rice husk co-generation project
[Summary] => A P154.946 million co-generation project using rice husks as fuel source has been approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) for registration on a pioneer status, entitling it to a longer income tax holiday period of six years.
The project proponent, La Suerte Rice Mill, sought the BOI incentives for its one megawatt rice husk fired power plant.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-28 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[Title] => Don’t throw those corn husks away
[Summary] => Corn farmers can earn additional income from corn husks, said Rue R. Ramas, president of the Corn Husk Association of the Philippines Inc., during the recognition of six outstanding biotech corn farmers who have successfully used modern technologies in corn farming last May 18. The ceremony highlighted the "Corn Day" during the "Farmer and Fisherfolk Month" celebration. That is, by selling the corn husks after harvesting.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Rice husk ash good cement substitute
[Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Ash from rice husk is an effective substitute for cement.
Also, it can be used as additive to reduce corrosion and increase durability of concrete structures.
These were found in studies done by researchers of Angeles University Foundation-College of Engineering (AUF-CE) in Angeles City (Pampanga).
The technology is now being transferred initially in Central Luzon owing to its being the rice granary of the country.
Spearheading the technology transfer campaign are AUF (as the implementing agency) and the Department of Science
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1723283
[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
[SectionName] => Real Estate
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