From the News! - Your Daily News » Agriculture http://fromthenews.net Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Support for biotech strongest in RP – survey http://fromthenews.net/support-for-biotech-strongest-in-rp-survey.htm http://fromthenews.net/support-for-biotech-strongest-in-rp-survey.htm#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:04:21 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5145 Philippine Star

Philippine consumers are aware of biotechnology benefits and do not have safety concerns with GMO, a recent survey by the Asian Food Information Centre (www.afic.org) shows.

The AFIC survey covered five Asian countries, namely China, India, Japan, the… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/support-for-biotech-strongest-in-rp-survey.htm/feed 0 DAR to fast-track land distribution before end of CARP http://fromthenews.net/dar-to-fast-track-land-distribution-before-end-of-carp.htm http://fromthenews.net/dar-to-fast-track-land-distribution-before-end-of-carp.htm#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:53:58 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5189 Manila Times

In an apparent move to beat the December 31, 2008 expiration of the country’s land reform program, the comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Nasser Pangandaman recently ordered the department’s regional and satellite… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/dar-to-fast-track-land-distribution-before-end-of-carp.htm/feed 0 LLDA leads effort to revive local bamboo industry http://fromthenews.net/llda-leads-effort-to-revive-local-bamboo-industry.htm http://fromthenews.net/llda-leads-effort-to-revive-local-bamboo-industry.htm#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:37:24 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4953 Philippine Star

The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is leading an effort to revive the local bamboo industry which promises to provide millions of dollars in export revenues for the country and presents huge potentials for rural and agriculture development.… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/llda-leads-effort-to-revive-local-bamboo-industry.htm/feed 0 GMA gets passing mark on agriculture projects http://fromthenews.net/gma-gets-passing-mark-on-agriculture-projects.htm http://fromthenews.net/gma-gets-passing-mark-on-agriculture-projects.htm#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:37:05 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4720 Conrad Cariño
Manila Times

Various agriculture experts say the Philippines would not be experiencing a rice shortage at all, if the right moves had been done.

Had her administration prioritized agriculture spending during the past years, the problems the… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/gma-gets-passing-mark-on-agriculture-projects.htm/feed 0 ADB downscales RP growth forecast http://fromthenews.net/adb-downscales-rp-growth-forecast-2.htm http://fromthenews.net/adb-downscales-rp-growth-forecast-2.htm#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:10:03 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4776 Des Ferriols
Philippine Star

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has scaled down its economic projection for the Philippines amid slowing exports, soaring prices and deteriorating external conditions.

In its 2008 Asian Economic Monitor, the ADB said growth in the… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/adb-downscales-rp-growth-forecast-2.htm/feed 0 Moratorium on land conversion eased http://fromthenews.net/moratorium-on-land-conversion-eased.htm http://fromthenews.net/moratorium-on-land-conversion-eased.htm#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:50:26 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4662 Joyce Pañares
Manila Standard

President Arroyo yesterday lifted a two-year ban on the conversion of lands, except rice farms, into non-agricultural purposes.

Mrs. Arroyo signed Administrative Order 226-A, which reduced the scope of the moratorium on the conversion of… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/moratorium-on-land-conversion-eased.htm/feed 0 Evaluating RP’s asset reform http://fromthenews.net/evaluating-rps-asset-reform.htm http://fromthenews.net/evaluating-rps-asset-reform.htm#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:45:59 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4422 Joel Pagsanghan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

In Mount Canatuan, Zamboanga del Norte, Subanon chieftain Jose Anoy looks on helplessly as a mining company tears up the sacred land of his forefathers. The place was declared by law to be the… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/evaluating-rps-asset-reform.htm/feed 0 Land degradation affects 33M Pinoys http://fromthenews.net/land-degradation-affects-33m-pinoys.htm http://fromthenews.net/land-degradation-affects-33m-pinoys.htm#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:33:20 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4575 Ira Karen Apanay
Manila Times

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released a study revealing that land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world and 33 million Filipinos are among the 1.5 billion… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/land-degradation-affects-33m-pinoys.htm/feed 0 RP faces corn shortage http://fromthenews.net/rp-faces-corn-shortage.htm http://fromthenews.net/rp-faces-corn-shortage.htm#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:34:27 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4468 Conrad M. Cariño
Manila Times

Official blames high prices of fertilizers for crisis

Barely recovering from a rice crisis, the country faces a major corn shortage that could cause a domestic shortfall in meat products and force the closure… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/rp-faces-corn-shortage.htm/feed 0 My unauthorized postmortem of CARP http://fromthenews.net/my-unauthorized-postmortem-of-carp.htm http://fromthenews.net/my-unauthorized-postmortem-of-carp.htm#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:44:12 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4529 Bobit S. Avila
Philippine Star

While others may say that it is too premature to conduct a postmortem on why the Comprehensive Land Reform Program (CARP) failed, however I do believe that for all intents and purposes CARP is… Read the rest

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