Offering multi-benefits to farmers and environment through vegetable agroforestry
Vegetables are important sources of vital nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and even antioxidants essential in combating the most common and even life-threatening illnesses...
No more “no rain, no rice” in Bangladesh
Farmers in drought-prone regions of Bangladesh can now look forward to a more bountiful rice harvest as the wet season ends and water becomes...
Farmer-scientist raises ulang in his backyard
Giant freshwater prawn (Macrobachium rosenbergii) locally known as “ulang” or "uwang” can now be raised and cultured in one’s backyard. And this is what...
Raw vegetables and fruit 'counteract heart risk genes'
People who are genetically susceptible to heart disease can lower their risk by eating plenty of fruit and raw vegetables, a study suggests.
It says...
Sea urchins' grow-out culture worthy of investment
Notwithstanding its globular, spiny appearance, sea urchins (Tripneustes gratilla) have proven to be a lucrative shellfish industry worldwide. However, the high economic value of...
Promising results from sweet sorghum as source of biofuel – places in Phl a...
With the recent developments in the country wherein government agencies are looking into fuel feedstocks that have high potential for commercialization, sweet sorghum has...
Coconut sap sugar, a beneficial and highly lucrative rural-based enterprise
In the seminar titled, "Rural Communities and Coconut Sap Sugar Production as a Farming Enterprise," presented in the technology forum of the 7th Agriculture...
Egyptian tech turns rice straw into paper, insecticide
A new chemical pulping technology could eliminate waste by turning rice straw into paper and provide a cheap insecticide to control mosquitoes, according to...
Major global change research initiatives to join forces
Several globally renowned research programmes that have supplied much of the world's scientific knowledge on environmental change are to be brought together under an...
Experts look into the potential of algae as source of biofuel
Who would have thought that one day algae would find its way to the laboratory as a potential source of biofuel? Well, that day...