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                    [Title] => PhilRice develops bioethanol facility that uses nipa as fuel
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A bioethanol production facility utilizing nipa (palm) sap is now powering the farm machines of agricultural workers in Brgy. Cabaggan in the municipality of Pampalona in Cagayan province.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/agriculture/20141102/Bio-ethanol-Facility-one-two.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1366152 [Title] => PhilRice backs 17 drought-tolerant rice varieties [Summary] =>

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has recommended 17 El Niño battle-ready rice varieties to cushion the impact of the dreaded phenomenon.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1337502 [Title] => PhilRice plays key role in farmers’ competitiveness [Summary] =>

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the government’s sole research institution in charge of attaining rice self-sufficiency, is seen  playing  a major role in preparing the farming sector for the upcoming regional integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) amid Filipino farmers’ fears of being unable to compete with their counterparts from other member economies.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 846636 [Title] => Rice straw eyed as electricity source [Summary] =>

Can rice straw be a source of electricity?

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 746068 [Title] => 3 kutsara ng bigas natatapon kada araw [Summary] =>

Tatlong kutsara ng bigas ang naitatapon ng bawat Pilipino sa araw-araw, na batay sa ginawang pag-aaral ng Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), ay maaari na sanang mapakinabangan ng may 4.3 milyong katao sa isang taon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1549005 [AuthorName] => Ni Angie dela Cruz [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 710159 [Title] => New PhilRice director named [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr, a plant breeder and academician, as the new executive director of the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice), replacing Ronilo A. Beronio.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 708246 [Title] => Aquino designates new PhilRice head [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed a former dean and plant breeder – who authored the first-ever general education course on plant biotechnology in the country – as the new executive director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).  

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097277 [AuthorName] => Manny Galvez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 643288 [Title] => Raid on Bt eggplant field test site slammed [Summary] =>

Government scientists and academicians hit the forceful uprooting of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant planted at the University of the Philippines-Mindanao by environmentalists and local authorities recently, an online news agency reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539086 [Title] => Agri official endorses protocol for moringa mass propagation [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pinning its hope on a farmer-scientist’s malunggay seedlings propagation tech-nique to address the increasing demand for malunggay planting materials in the country, an agriculture official said.

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