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                    [ArticleID] => 911421
                    [Title] => Coco recycling plant launched
                    [Summary] => 

The “private dumpsite” near the closed barangay Umapad dumpsite, which a politician had earlier alleged as belonging to Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes, is a coconut recycling plant.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1321282 [AuthorName] => Flor Z. Perolina [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 441078 [Title] => Budding entrepreneur finds break in coco husk venture [Summary] =>

After realizing the huge market potential of the coconut husk byproduct in both domestic and international market, a would-be entrepreneur is now looking at capitalizing on this venture to help people from the countryside generate additional income in today’s crisis-laden economy.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097553 [AuthorName] => Rhia de Pablo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 72611 [Title] => Cement firm offers to buy rice husks, stalks [Summary] =>

Rice husks and stalks are often regarded as farm wastes that farmers  through the decades have been burning after every harvest.

[DatePublished] => 2008-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720837 [AuthorName] => Rose Dela Cruz [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 68880 [Title] => Cement firm offers to buy rice husks and stalks [Summary] =>

Rice husks and stalks are often regarded as farm wastes that farmers have, through decades, been burning after every harvest.

[DatePublished] => 2008-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720791 [AuthorName] => Rose de la Cruz [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 54270 [Title] => Venture to get power from palay husks [Summary] =>

This central Isabela town, which is a major rice producer, can be self sufficient in energy from bio-waste products, according to a group of Chinese investors.

[DatePublished] => 2008-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 346365 [Title] => 10 rice husk-powered power plants eyed across the country [Summary] => SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ — The government is planning to put up 10 rice husk-powered power plants with an aggregate cost of at least P3.4 billion across the country as part of its efforts to tap alternative sources of energy.

The rice husk-fired co-generation power plants, with power-generating capacities of between 1.5 and 10 megawatts, are being eyed in this city, San Jose City and Talavera town, all in Nueva Ecija; Iloilo, Palawan, Isabela, Camarines Sur, Bohol, South Cotabato, and Occidental Mindoro.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257952 [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 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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