A flock of darag chickens. (DOST – PCAARRD) They came from the mountain forests of Western Visayas. What were once red jungle fowl surviving in the wild evolved to the native chickens now called darag. Darag are characterized by their single comb, whitish earlobes, and gray shanks, which is the...
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on nearly all industries, including agriculture. Despite the difficulties, the native chicken sector has proven its resiliency and competitiveness over the past few years. Image by Andreas Göllner from Pixabay. This is why the Department of...
A semen laboratory seeking to ensure the supply of good quality semen for native pigs has been established at Marinduque State College (MSC), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the agency's...
There is no doubt that Filipinos love food. While our country is abundant in native ingredients that give a distinct flavor to local recipes, it is saddening to know that many of these crops are also on the brink of extinction. In a Facebook post, John Sherwin S. Felix, 25, an amateur cook,...
On Mount 387, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija, a patch of land that was once unproductive was transformed into a tree park filled with now over 2,000 native and fruit-bearing tree seedlings in just less than a month. Behind this so-called “BTS Tree Park” are three Filipino ARMYs (the name BTS fans call...
Efforts are underway to establish and develop a native bee farm for a Dumagat tribe in Mauban, Quezon, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña reported that 50 bee colonies have been distributed to Samahan ng Unkomot...
Many Pinoys are fascinated by the famous cherry blossoms of Japan. Now, there is no need to travel far because there are native trees in the Philippines that are just as beautiful as the Sakura. Among thousands of native flowering trees in the country is Salinggogon ( Cratoxylum formosum ). It is...
But not all chicken are created equal. For binakol lovers, it has to be Darag, the Philippine native chicken strain indigenous to the Western Visayas By C. Horatius Mosquera NOT TINOLA Chicken Binakol (Photo by Hazel Viz) By all means fowl, it is said that chicken soup is good for the soul. If so,...
AS LOVELY AS A TREE A tree in Mariveles, Bataan, 1830. French scientist Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace was here 191 years ago and went deer hunting in Bataan. Voyage Autour du Monde … (Paris, 1833). Forest tree nursery owner Gerardo “Geff” Cedeño, whom I met virtually on Facebook, gave me a...
Wala Lang THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES Geff Cedeño amid kalumpit trees that he planted in 2012. The internet is a marvelous invention and I learned a lot in just a few days of texting and emailing with Gerardo “Geff” Cedeño, the man behind Facebook’s Philippine Native Hardwood Tree Seedlings...
When raising poultry, one option on raising them is by allowing them to thrive in natural conditions where they can roam and forage in a secure area. This is called free-range farming. In comparison to conventional farming, several foreign studies note that animals raised in free-range...
Love and passion are the two things that spurred Ramona M. Pastor, owner of HN Organic Farm, to fully devote her time to farming after working in various fields abroad for over 10 years. It was in 2017 when Pastor decided to end her overseas employment in Singapore due to an eye injury and to...
