Special Features Agriculture
Art and practice
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:00
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The practice of eating insects is called entomophagy.
Many animals, such as spiders, lizards and birds, are entomophagous, as are many insects.
Add a commentA new way of growing food
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:00
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Current food production will need to almost double to feed a world population of 9 billion people in 2050.
And what better way to do it than harvest insects, a new book says.
Add a comment‘It is more important to increase yields’
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00
- Written by PAUL M. ICAMINA
Professor Yuan Longping, , China’s “National Treasure”, is an agriculturist, scientst, educator and multi-millionaire.
Four planets and a college in China had been named after him, the first time that the name of a Chinese scientist has become an intellectual asset.
Add a commentFuture food: Bugs on the menu
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:00
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Grasshoppers are part of the diet in Central Luzon and many parts of the Philippines.
Filipinos eat the larvae of the palm weevil R. ferrugineus, a beetle that is also eaten in Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Thailand. The Asian weaver ant O. smaragdina is consumed in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand – and the Philippines.
Add a commentSAYS CHINA’S ‘NATIONAL TREASURE’: Hybrid rice will ensure food security worldwide
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00
- Written by PAUL M. ICAMINA
“Wasting rice is a crime. Farmers work very hard to produce rice,” Professor Yuan Longping, the keynote speaker at the 1st National Hybrid Rice Congress at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Munoz, Nueva Ecija, said.
Considered as China’s National Treasure for bringing so much rice to the world, Longping said hybrid rice is the only way to feed the world.
Add a commentSugar from nipa sap ideal for diabetics
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00
- Written by VIOLY BALAOING CONOZ
Nipa sap can now be used to make sugar.
The product is classified as an alternative sugar that is ideal for diabetics, the overweight and the health-conscious.
Nipa sap sugar has a low glycemic index and does not cause sudden sugar spikes in the blood stream when consumed, making it ideal for diabetics. It is also low in calories so that weight-watchers stand to benefit.
Add a commentA FILIPINO FIRST; Piston-type banana chipper
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:00
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VICTORIA, Oriental Mindoro – Here’s a new twist to making banana chips.
Add a commentA tale of two contrasting agriculture policies
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00
- Written by Caroline Stauffer and Silvio Cascione
SALTO, Brazil. - Brazil, an up-and-coming agricultural superpower with abundant fertile land, is struggling to provide consistently affordable food for its population.
To understand how, consider the tomato.
Add a commentLow-cost forage chopper for small ruminant farmers
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:00
- Written by MYRA MADRIAGA
VICTORIA, Oriental Mindoro – It produces feeds, recycles waste, promotes exercise and is earth-friendly.
