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                    [Title] => ‘Friendly’ wasps to counter pests in coconut farms
                    [Summary] => 

Millions of “friendly” wasps will be released in coconut-producing regions to fight a pest attacking the trees.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6830/3ox8.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 803638 [Title] => Enhancing heirloom rice production with better technologies [Summary] =>

Glutinous colored rice called heirloom rice usually commands a higher price than the ordinary rice.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 722425 [Title] => Gov't allots 5,000 has for peanut plantation [Summary] =>

The government is allocating 5,000 hectares in Cagayan Valley for planting to protein-rich peanut which is deemed an ideal climate change-mitigating crop with its nitrogen-fixing property.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539083 [Title] => USM experts develop 6 new HYV corn varieties [Summary] =>

Researchers from the University of Southern Mindanao have developed six new high yielding white corn varieties resistant to stalk rot and ear rot diseases.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 451891 [Title] => DOST endorses eco-friendly cooking stove [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is promoting the use of an environment-friendly cooking stove developed by experts from the Visayas State University (VSU) using German technology.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-26 16:40:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 430337 [Title] => Papermaking waste a good asphalt material [Summary] =>

Paper mill sludge, a waste derived from papermaking, is a good material in asphalt road pavement work.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 47404 [Title] => Leap year-born people celebrate b-day today [Summary] =>

For only the 11th time since she was born, Nida Mangalindan celebrates the day she was born – Feb. 29.

[DatePublished] => 2008-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 370819 [Title] => DOST holds technology transfer framework talks [Summary] => The Department of Science and Technology yesterday held in Cebu, a Visayas-wide consultation on the proposed national policy framework on transfer of technologies generated from publicly funded research, which would be the basis for legislators to create a law improving technology in the country.

The activity, which was spearheaded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development of the DOST, was aimed at soliciting comments and suggestions from stakeholders in the public and private sectors on the proposed legislation. [DatePublished] => 2006-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294983 [Title] => 2 banana varieties found suitable for chips, catsup [Summary] => Due to serious diseases such as banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), fusarium wilt, black Sigatoka, bugtok, there is a tremendous decrease in banana production in the country, particularly the saba variety which serves as raw material for banana chips and catsup making. The same problems confront the banana growers in other countries in Asia, in Africa and in Australia.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289152 [Title] => Turn goat feces into ‘black gold’ [Summary] => Bothered by the stink of goat feces?

Think positive: Turn them into "black gold" — as fertilizer.

Or more scientifically, use them in determining the presence of internal parasites among these small ruminants.

"Knowing when the herd needs to be dewormed saves money and makes goat production more efficient," pointed out the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD).
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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