Philippines Agriculture News

Under the SAFE Cambodia PPP Project, Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) in Mekong conducted CEO Forums on Food Safety last July 12-15, 2011 in Babtambong, Siem Riep, Sihonok Ville, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

To promote awareness on international food standards and safety regulations in Vietnam, Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) partnered with TUV Rheinland in holding Food Safety Training in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new grant to fund the Golden Rice project in the Philippines and Bangladesh. This is a summary of the media coverage, highlighting the new partnership and the potential benefits.

IRRI touts Golden Rice benefits at 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines

Topbest Pest Services offers the most reliable pest control services in Metro Manila and in the Philippines. Topbest provides professional and well trained pest control technicians that you can rely and trust in doing the task.

Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines tackle and discuss the effects of El Nino and Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector in a forum jointly initiated with the British Embassy in Manila.

More than a decade of research paid off! Pest resistant varieties of eggplant developed; ways to lessen use or avoidance of insecticidal spraying found; there was reduced pest population in the field; and eventually, high production yield reached.

The first organic town of the Philippines and the organic farming capital of Rizal province is Baras. Baras townsfolk beam with pride when the town's center for organic products and services was launched to signal its opening last July 13, 2009.

With communication technology, soil identification can now be made anytime and anywhere, just by using mobile phones.

Increased yield, as a consequence of reduced bacterial wilt infection made up the results obtained by UPLB researchers using grafting technique in eggplant production.

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has recently organized a group of biotechnologists and chemical engineers to conduct scientific investigations in a bid to produce ethanol from so-called 3rd generation biofuel feedstocks.

Food technologists at the University of the Philippines Los Baños have identified local squash varieties that may be used for food processing.

Economists at the University of the Philippines Los Baños examined the implications of using sugarcane as biofuel feedstock. Their findings show that there may be adverse effects.

UP Los Baños has developed the IPB Var 6 white corn variety which can be used for table consumption.

Thailand is host to the annual governing board meeting of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). The governing board is the Center's highest policy-making body.