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Competitiveness of Philippine Sugarcane Industry under the ASEAN Economic Community

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Sugarcane production in the Philippines was competitive under export trade and import substitution scenarios. Exporting sugarcane is an excellent opportunity for the country to earn foreign exchange since the Philippines can compete globally. To sustain the country’s competitiveness in sugarcane, yield (80 mt/ha) must not decline by 10 percent, or domestic cost must not increase …

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Initiatives and Implications of Philippine Sugar Liberalization

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The sugar sector contributes about P90 billion to the Philippine economy annually. Sugarcane is planted in 17 provinces in the Philippines with an estimate of 84,000 farmers and more than 400,000 hectares of land. At present, there are 28 operational sugar mills in the country. This research brief focuses on the issue of sugar liberalization …

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Mechanization Resource Mapping, Monitoring and Data Analysis System (M3DAS)

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ULPB-BIOMECH has developed the M3DAS Data Collection Mobile App used in conducting surveys to determine the mechanization resources that can be visually represented through various types of maps for planning, monitoring, and ascertaining the mechanization situations in specific localities. A database, securely connected to the M3DAS server, stores the data gathered from surveys. It contains …

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Prototype of Sugarcane Cutter, Leaf Stripper, and Loader

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The Department of Science and Technology – Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) in partnership with SRA developed three locally-fabricated sugarcane harvesting equipment for small farms. These are prototypes of sugarcane cutter, leaf stripper, and loader. Performance tests were conducted in Central Azucarera Don Pedro (CADP), Nasugbu, Batangas and Sugar Regulatory Administration – Luzon …

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Nutrient Use Efficiency Management using Isotope Tracer Technique

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The study has clearly shown that there is an avenue to improve the current nutrient management by considering the crop nutrient utilization dynamics to identify the best timing and amount of fertilizer application. The use of elemental tracer techniques allows direct quantitative measurement of the influence of various environmental factors on production. It distinguishes between …

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Fertigroe™ Nanofertilizers for Sugarcane

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Fertigroe® nanofertilizers are slow-release formulations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). These nutrients are encapsulated inside a “carrier,” which protects the nutrients from direct contact with the soil environment. These are “slow-release” because the nutrients are released to plant parts just in time or at a point in the growth stage where plants …

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Nutrio® Biofertilizer

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Nutrio® is a foliar spray biofertilizer, which contains endophytic bacteria, a nitrogen-fixing organism isolated, screened, and tested for improved growth and yield of sugarcane. The product is safe to humans and the environment. A hectare requires 20 packets or 2 kilograms (kg) of Nutrio® powder. The first one-kilogram of Nutrio® is diluted in 1,000 Liters …

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Smart Water Management through Automated Furrow Irrigation System

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Automating traditional furrow irrigation systems eases the farmers’ burden from labor-intensive irrigation activities. It ensures that irrigation water is applied at a precise amount and time. Water is used more efficiently and productively leading to a lower pumping cost. AutoFurrow is composed of the main controller, field control nodes, soil moisture sensors, water advance flow …

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Smart Farming-based Efficient Nutrient Management

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Nutrient management is always of fundamental economic importance in the agriculture of sugarcane. National (and international) efforts face difficulty to gain the maximum production of sugar at the present time because of the acute shortage and high costs of commercial fertilizers. The ever increasing fertilizer prices and application inefficiency that cause detrimental effects to the …

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Sugarcane Genomics for Increased Productivity, Profitability, Sustainability, and Global Competitiveness

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Genomics for Varietal Development With the use of markers for disease resistance, susceptible varieties can immediately be eliminated possibly in one screening only. Thus, cost including labor and time to produce new varieties will be reduced significantly. The project, “Development of New Sugarcane Varieties Using Marker Assisted Selection (MAS)” introduced a shorter and more effective …

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