Photo by Alejandro Barrón from Pexels. Balanced Fertilization Strategy (BFS) is a site-specific nutrient management (SNMM) technique that aims to improve the efficiency of fertilizers. In practice, BFS is the application of both organic and inorganic nutrients, as well as other farming strategies...
Globe, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture’s National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) and Carmel-Haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd from the University of Haifa in Israel, recently held a webinar series that tackled the importance of incorporating...
Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic shut down human activity around the globe, the world can’t wait to get back to “normal.” And while we all know that there is no going back to the way the world was before the pandemic, many people seem determined to try, much to everyone’s detriment....
Dragon fruit production continues to expand across the Philippines, making it more challenging for agripreneurs to stay ahead of the competition. Despite that, Dragon Fruit Depot in Pulong Yantok, Bulacan, which has been growing the ‘superfruit’ for the past seven years, stays competitive by...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos has underscored the importance of the agriculture sector especially with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to the Philippines. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Office) "We should really learn our lessons from the pandemic. Huwag nating pababayaan yan...
Alyssum murale. Photo by Krzysztof Ziarnek from Wikimedia Commons. There exist on our planet certain plants that can, believe it or not, absorb metals from the earth. Researchers in northern Greece are studying how to take advantage of such plants by harvesting the metals from three shrubs which...
There is not much mainstream fanfare for passion fruits ( Passiflora edulis ) here in the Philippines. The yellow variety the country has is sour and there is not much to eat on the fruit except its seedy pulp. But once upon a time, a booming industry that centered on this fruit thrived in Taysan,...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) officially announced the onset of the rainy season last May 18, 2022. During this time, growers are either taking extra precautions to shield their plants from heavy rains or switching to crops that can...
Photo by Photo Collections from Pexels. Mere rock dust could help save humanity. A study from the UK found that dispersing rock dust on farmlands could capture up to 45% of the carbon dioxide that is required to help the UK achieve its net-zero target by 2050. Rocks are able to absorb carbon...
A basket of freshly harvested passion fruit. (Jerome Sagcal) Passion fruit ( Passiflora edulis ) is usually eaten by scooping out the pulp. The pulp, however, is only a small portion of the fruit, so most of the passion fruit is actually not used. The big remainder of the fruit is its flesh, which...
Unfortunately, 75 to 86.5 percent of local honey brands in the Philippine market are adulterated with sugar syrups. The distribution of these fake honey in the market is still rampant today, posing a major threat to the industry and consumers. According to the Philippine National Standard for...
Photo by Dan Meyers from Unsplash. The global fertilizer shortage has been dealing a massive blow to the world’s food systems. To adapt to these challenging times, farmers have been forced to cut down on fertilizers or buy them at soaring prices. As farmers make do with decreased production yield...
