Watson Mnyimbiri of Zengera Njara Village in Chief Wasambo’s area ,Karonga, Malawi will never forget the days Every Home for Christ decided to help farmers start fish farming in their areas. “It was like a dream. We were told that others have benefited from this farming and we wanted it as well he […]
THE DIFFUSION OF FARMING INNOVATIONS AMONG RICE FARMERS OF TABUK, KALINGA
Edgar Naganag, Manuel Bilagot, Jovita Saguibo Edited by Marciano Paroy Jr. ABSTRACT The first thing to be done was to identify the areas where the research be conducted. After the areas and the respondents are finally identified, the enumerators, researchers and the respondents met in an initial meeting […]
Sustaining Rainfed Areas in Kalinga (A Poverty Alleviation Program)
(This is a research undertaking of Dr. Ernesto T. Miguel and Dr. Jovita E. Saguibo. Marciano Paroy Jr. edited the write-up.) ABSTRACT Given the agricultural situation in the province of Kalinga where some areas are devoted to rain-fed production, this undertaking was formulated to answer the very pressing problem of food scarcity, and environmental […]
FITS Centers To Be Established Province-Wide
FITS Centers To Be Established Province-Wide By Marciano Paroy Jr. Additional Farmers’ Information and Technology Services (FITS) Centers shall soon be established in the different municipalities of Kalinga, following the invitation sent out by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) to local government units. FITS, […]
World’s Largest Seed Collection Receives a Multimillion Dollar Grant from Gates
A series of multi-million dollar grants have made it possible for few dozen of the world’s major food crops, almost always propagated clonally, to be stored as seed in Norway’s famous Svalbard (also called the “Doomsday Vault” in popular media) facility. Originally opened in 2006, Svalbard is just one of many germplasm repositories of valuable […]
Organics as Medication
The evidence has been mounting for some time that organic food contains a higher concentration of valuable nutrients than conventionally produced counterparts. Modern nutritional science has determined the lacking compounds are powerful components of our natural immune and cellular repair systems. Moreover, there are well-known, physiological reasons in botany for this effect that has been known for […]
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