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A party-list lawmaker urged the House of Representatives to establish an agricultural pension fund to provide elderly farmers and fisherfolk with social security payments upon retirement. Image Source: PIDS The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reports a steady decline in the agricultural sector workforce from 11.29 million in 2015 to 9.69 million in 2019. As per …
In a special release by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), perennial crop growing employed the most workers in the AFF sector with 54,305 followed by animal production with 36,730, and non-perennial crop cultivation with 21,489. In 2021, the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors employed 144,651 workers, a 4.1% increase from 2020. Paid employees constitute 98.2% …
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This two year research project conducted in Saug Watershed in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley Province yielded several significant science-based data and results, as well as instrumentation knowledge, which are very useful for planners, policy makers, researchers, students and other stakeholders who have interests and involvement in the proper management of the watershed to …
The project team and the participants during the actual demonstration of the following: (a) roasting, (b) sorting, (c) grinding, (d) molding, (e) de molding, and (f) tasting of different tablea products. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the economic and agricultural sectors in the Philippines resulting in work displacement and loss of livelihood. These events opened …
Representative accessions screened for Lasiodiplodia theobromae or vascular streak dieback (VSD) using C4021t2 Molecular markers were generated from the completed DOST-PCAARRD funded project to identify National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) recommended cacao varieties, true Criollo types and cacao accessions with resistance to cacao vascular streak disease caused by Lasiodiplodia theobroma and cacao pod rot disease …
Laboratory mass rearing set-up of the lynx spider, Oxyopes javanus Cacao is a priority high value crop in the Philippines and one of the flagship exported crops of the Philippines in the 1980ās. But because of the agrarian reform program coupled with the high insect pest infestations from the cacao pod borer, the production of …
Photographs showing treated cacao pod with cacao mirid bugs (CMB) introduced into plastic cups (left) and treated pods in a cacao tree (right). Field assessment of the zeolite as a coating agent against insect pests of cacao attacking pods was done. The assessment was done on cacao mirid bug as the sample pest.Ā Both field …
Different trap designs evaluated in the biological assays of Ī²-caryophyllene as food attractant for cacao mirid bug (CMB). A) Pyramid trap, B) rectangular trap, C) sticky board trap, and D) bottle trap. Cacao from which chocolates are made is a globally important crop that can only grow in places situated near the equator. The Philippines …
Flower characteristics of seven cacao varieties Field experiment was conducted to determine the adaptability and performance of ten promising cacao varieties in different agro-climatic zones in the Philippines. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications in 3m x 3m planting distance following Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). The experiment was conducted in six …
The PET bottles we used to collect spat are now being used in Palawan and Capiz, pouches were used by Prof. Capinpin in Pangasinan