A significant part of the global workforce continues to suffer from the impacts of COVID-19, especially those in the non-essential sector. A significant number of the businesses were forced to close down at the height of the pandemic. After more than a year in quarantine, some local businesses are...
Farming has always played an important role in maintaining human life. But recently, many people have been pointing out the harmful environmental effects caused by toxic fertilizers and chemical pesticides which have adverse effects on the soil, water, and even on the climate. To address this...
Mark Dexter Iglesias is an entrepreneur and the owner of Iglesias Farms in Malvar, Batangas. But he didn’t always expect to play an active role in agriculture. He didn’t even plan to take a degree in Agribusiness Management. But since life works in mysterious ways, he was eventually set on that...
Among the different sectors in the Philippines that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is the tourism industry. Because of the community quarantines, people weren’t allowed to travel to new locations or visit new tourism sites. This has been the situation since March 15,...
Jonathan D. Samillano, a farmer who also works in a government office, wasn’t always involved in agriculture. His journey as a farmer started when he came back to Davao City for good in 2015. “It was a very difficult decision I made because I’ll start from scratch after working in an...
Mindanao has tapped a technology from Israel to expand its experiment of growing its irrigated upland rice farms. MinDA Chair Emmanuel Piñol said his agency recently led the establishment of 10 demo areas using Israel's pressurized irrigation and fertigation technology as it continues to explore...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan There’s a story about Nick Joaquin that’s been going around the creative writing circle for as long as I can remember. It’s said that during a writer’s workshop, the National Artist got so annoyed at a participant's work that he allegedly told the poor workshop...
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation is planning to set up foodsheds in different locations in the country to provide a livelihood to communities. As a start, BPI Foundation has partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines and the Bank of the Philippine Islands...
In Barangay Sicaba, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, lies a thriving 15-hectare farm called Maayo Dairy Farm. It is owned by Antoinette Begre-Lacson and her husband, Alessandro Lacson, who started with two cows that they initially nurtured as pets. Now, the farm naturally grows 40 cows in wide...
There’s more to farming than providing people with food and other necessities. To some, it’s an efficient way to connect with their roots, especially if farming has been an integral part of their childhood. Joy Tenizo, a former OFW turned housewife, found herself connecting with her Filipino...
A modern, food-producing urban farm-slash-agricultural center will soon rise in Pasig City with the help of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and youth organization RE-TERRA. (File photo courtesy of DA) In particular, the DA said it intends to establish a modern urban farm that will also feature...
For this year’s AgriTalk, another batch of online series titled “AgriTalk: 2 Easy Learning” offers two-minute-long instructional videos on different topics about urban agriculture. The series will air from May 14 to June 30, 2021, at 10 a.m. The fifth and sixth episodes of this are all about...
