Integration of trees on upland farms in the Philippines has been slower than expected and desirable from an environmental perspective. Our economic and risk analysis points to current policies as part of the problem. The study compares three domesticated indigenous timber trees (Shorea contorta V.,...
Vitamin A deficiency is a major health problem in many areas of the Philippines as well as in other Southern countries. It causes children in particular to go blind, suffer cognitive impairments and die of a weak immune system. Globally, several hundred million children are at risk of these d...
Rice field agroecosystems (RAEs) are important man-made ecosystems that produce rice (Oryza sativa) as a staple food for more than half of the world’s population and support farmers’ livelihoods through subsistence, income and cultural services [1,2]. Farmers grow rice in a variety of agroe...
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NANCHANG, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Long Huahong, a Chinese cucumber grower in the Philippines, had been plagued by severe pest problems in his fields until he came across an online video about farming techniques. The video was made by a group of agricultural experts led by 37-year-old Fu Yong...
In Indonesia, smallholder farmers play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and cultural practices closely tied to food security. However, they face numerous sustainability challenges. Agroecology offers a promising approach to address these challen
Later, we argue that our choices are determined by the character of the problem and by the related size of the database. After conceptualising the problem to be dealt with, we selected relevant variables. In agreement with Emami et al. (2000), we first defined the output categories because...
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Hybrid and High-Yielding Rice Varieties in the Philippines Agricultural Research, 9 (1) (2020), pp. 1-8 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar [14] FAO. (2015). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: The economic lives of smallholder farmers ...
has left the Philippines with their tails behind their legs, and cowed by the intense resistance showed by the farmers opposing the unsafe and unwanted Golden Rice." Below the post is a picture of farmers lining the streets with an assortment of anti-Golden Rice signs.(2)The group is also...
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