Owning a pet is a responsibility that shouldn’t be taken lightly. It takes love, caring, time, and devotion to an animal; throughout its entire life. The large amount of unwanted pets housed in humane societies around the world is partly due to people buying animals then giving them up at the first sign of trouble. […]
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PATCH CULTIVATION AND SWIDDEN FARMING PRACTICES
Ernesto Miguel, Ph. D. and Irene Calsiyao Edited by MARCIANO PAROY JR. Abstract This study was conducted to assess the factors associated with Swidden farming/Patch cultivation practice in Barangay Magao-gao, Pinukpuk. The study was conducted from November 2005-April 2006. It focused mainly on the factors of Socioeconomic, […]
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 […]
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
BOOK REVIEW: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES FOR ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES Authors: DR. SUSHMITHA BASKAR & DR. R. BASKAR Published by: Unicorn Books (www.pustakmahal.com) With environment occupying the center stage of most newspapers and the world watching the unfolding events, a new book Environmental Sciences for Engineering Undergraduates attempts to explain all that an educated person is expected […]
EV Ramasami Naicker – India’s Iconoclastic Reformer
I woke up to the news that in an apparent reaction to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s statements on Lord Rama and the Ramar Sethu controversy, miscreants pelted stones and hurled petrol bombs at his daughter’s house near Ragigudda in J P Nagar. The Tamil Nadu CM had of course taken some heat of […]
Scientists Tackle Food Poisoning With Low-cost Technology
<p align="justify">A fast and inexpensive technology that detects and manages natural and potentially deadly poison, aflatoxin, which infects crops via a common fungus that makes them unfit for consumption, have been designed.</p> <p align="justify">Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), devised […]