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Philippines: Azolla deserves a second look

Monday, 05 January 2009 | Sun-Star

Sun-Star: Instead of using commercial fertilizers and pesticides, farmers can lessen their expenses by using a tiny nitrogen-fixing fern, azolla. In China, azolla has been used to bolster agricultural productivity for over a thousand years. When rice paddies are flooded in the spring, they can be inoculated with azolla, which then quickly...
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Nigeria’s rice demand pushes up global price

Monday, 05 January 2009 | This Day

This Day: The price of broken rice has gone up by 13 per cent in the last one week because of demand from Nigeria, the Philippines News Agency reported yesterday. The price per tonne is now $350, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Policy and Strategy Research Institute, Vietnam. The institute attributed the...
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Vietnam: Mekong Delta set to harvest bumper rice crop

Monday, 05 January 2009 | Thaindian News

Thaindian News: With a good rice crop expected in the Mekong Delta and prices on the rise, farmers could be in for a windfall. “I expect a bumper winter-spring crop, with more than 10 million tons harvested, due to the fact that the incidence of diseases has fallen sharply,” Dr. Le Van Banh, director of the Cuu Long Delta Rice Research...
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Intensifying Agriculture In Facing Economic Slowdown

Sunday, 04 January 2009 | Berita Wilayah

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- Agriculture activities will be intensified to offset the effects of the expected slowdown in the manufacturing and service sectors following the global economic crisis. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said the agriculture sector could help cushion the effects of the...
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Philippines: Ifugao ready to implement FAO rice terraces project

Friday, 02 January 2009 | Manila Bulletin

Manila Bulletin: Lagawe, Ifugao — The provincial government of Ifugao has expressed readiness to implement the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) project sponsored by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to conserve the Ifugao Rice Terraces and, at the same time, make it "economically viable." Ifugao Gov....
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Philippines: IFAD commits $ 18.3 M for RP rice program

Friday, 02 January 2009 | Manila Bulletin

Manila Bulletin: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations is spending $ 18.3 million to help the Philippines improve rice production, according to IFAD vice president Kanayo Nwanze during a recent forum in Mandaluyong City. The $ 18.3 million investment — part of an ambitious $ 33.8 million program to...
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