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                    [ArticleID] => 1535760
                    [Title] => Expert calls for diversification of fuel options
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippines should reduce its dependence on one fuel and instead tap diverse fuels in order to provide for its increasing electricity requirements.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-23 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 606693 [Title] => This farmer raises hogs sans the odor [Summary] =>

Ramon Dayrit Peñalosa Jr., owner of Peñalosa Farms in Negros Occidental and a Magsasaka Siyentista (MS) of the Western Visayas Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (WESVARRDEC), can afford not to wash the pigs in his farm.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1788522 [AuthorName] => Vishia Mae Dominic J. Tolcidas [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://a.imageshack.us/img824/3346/agri1thumb.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 591768 [Title] => DARAG: A niche market in the poultry industry [Summary] =>

Topnotch Magsa-saka Siyentista (MS) Margarito R. Andrade of the Banga Farmers’ Informa-tion and Technology Services (FITS) in Aklan is into “chicks” of the ‘darag’ kind.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1515962 [AuthorName] => Mheda G. Garcia [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3346/agri1thumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539085 [Title] => COCO FLOUR FROM SAPAL: Health food with great potential [Summary] =>

Pancit canton noodles, polvo-ron, oatmeal cookies, chocolate chips – these are some of the food products that you can make using coconut flour. 

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 514767 [Title] => Consultations on tech transfer bill held [Summary] =>

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna , Philippines  – Sen. Mar Roxas’ legislative team tasked to review Senate Bill 1721 or the Technology Transfer Bill consulted with the researchers/scientists and leaders from the research institutes in this university town recently.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320147 [Title] => Increasing the harvest from sugar palm [Summary] => Researchers from Cavite State University (CvSU) have determined that slicing the stalk twice a day will increase the volume of sap that can be harvested from sugar palm (Arenga pinnata Wurmb).
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303229 [Title] => A problem of parasites [Summary] => Sheep and goat have long been plagued by parasites, resulting in production losses to the detriment of farmers’ income. Aggravating this concern are reports that parasites are gaining resistance to major anthelmintics or drugs.

To address the problem, the scientific community together with the sheep and goat raisers decided to look for other control strategies less dependent on the use of anthelmintics, one of which is identifying sheep breeds resistant to endoparasites.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303230 [Title] => Edible vaccines possible in 3 to 5 years [Summary] => Plant molecular biologists and immunologists from the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) and Los Baños (UPLB) are collaborating in preparing vaccine cuisines.

The experts believe that edible vaccines are possible in three to five years. Clinical trials on plant-derived edible vaccines are underway in some laboratories in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303231 [Title] => Seed council approves new sweetpotato varieties [Summary] => Sweetpotato farmers now have better choices of planting materials with the release of three new varieties approved by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC).

The new sweetpotato varieties are Sp-28 and Sp-29 developed by the University of the Philippines Los Baños and Sp-30 developed by Philrootcrops-Leyte State University (LSU). All varieties have elliptic roots and can be grown in all regions of the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281314 [Title] => Engine-driven rice transplanter is cheaper [Summary] => Farmers can avoid the labor-intensive and costly manual rice transplanting in puddled soils by shifting to an engine-driven mechanical transplanter.

The traditional manual transplanting of rice in puddled soils requires 10 to 20 man-days per hectare. During peak planting period, labor is scarce. This results in a demand for high wage rate, which makes farm production costly.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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