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This very timely initiative will teach your kids how to grow their own food

ANCX
Posted at May 25 04:46 PM

Over the next two months, Delbros Group and Good Greens + Co. will donate 20 to 30 hydroponic boxes to select schools which have the capacity to grow 168 lettuces, per school, every 45 days. By JAM PASCUAL Read more »

Pests in a pandemic? India's plant doctors will see you online now

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 20 12:41 PM

CHENNAI, India - When Victor Mary's husband decided to travel abroad for work, he left her a plot of land to cultivate in southern India and a new mobile phone that would help them stay in touch.   Read more »

P1.58 billion in local produce used in COVID-19 relief: Agri chief

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 12:20 PM

Around 245 LGUs heeded the call of the agriculture department to patronize local produce. Read more »

'Plant, plant, plant': 6,000 urban farming starter kits ipapamahagi sa QC

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 07:10 AM

Nakatakdang mamigay ang lokal na pamahalaan ng 6,000 urban farming starter kits sa mga residente sa Quezon City.   Read more »

Farm from home pushed to ensure food in pandemic times

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 04:20 PM

Filipinos are encouraged to grow food from their homes, from urban gardens to backyard tilapia farms, as millions adjust to the new normal because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the science department said Wednesday. Read more »

Midsayap IP youth continue traditional farming practices for COVID-19 survival

Kenneth Mheil Mangaya-Ay, Choose Philippines
Posted at Apr 26 08:47 AM

In Barangay Milaya in the municipality of Midsayap, province of Cotabato, the new generation of youth leaders are continuing traditional farming practices for the survival of the Erumanen Menuvu called suragad.  Read more »

Unleash your inner farmer: How to start an urban garden even with very little space

ANCX
Posted at Apr 17 10:40 AM

Now more than ever is the time to plant, plant, plant. By PAULA ZAYCO ABERASTURI Read more »

India allows rural poor to work in virus lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 09:18 PM

Under the new guidelines to be implemented from April 20, agriculture and related sectors including farmers' markets, logistics, repair shops and brick kilns will be restarted. Read more »

ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon Vera uses nature as his gym during quarantine

Santino Honasan, ABS-CBN Sports
Posted at Apr 10 09:52 AM

ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon "The Truth" Vera may be quarantined up in his farm somewhere in Guam, but that doesn't mean that he isn't putting in the work to stay healthy and in fighting shape. Read more »

Human activity to blame for coronavirus spread: study

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 08:45 PM

Diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe could become more common as human activity destroys habitats and forces disease-carrying wild animals into ever-closer proximity with us, a major study showed on Wednesday. Read more »

Singapore ramps up rooftop farming plans as virus upends supply chains

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 05:14 PM

Singapore on Wednesday announced new measures to accelerate local food production as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts global supply chains, including a plan to turn car park rooftops in public housing estates into urban farms. Read more »

Fishing, farming allowed during coronavirus lockdown, gov't task force says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 04:14 PM

Farming and fishing can continue during the Luzon-wide COVID-19 lockdown provided they operate on a skeletal workforce and that physical distancing measures are observed, according to government guidelines released Wednesday.  Read more »

Libreng pagsasanay sa urban farming alok ng isang gov't agency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 06:30 PM

Isang ahensiya ng gobyerno ang nag-aalok ng iba-ibang pagsasanay sa urban farming. Read more »

DA: Kuneho maaaring maging alternatibo sa karne ng baboy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 03:45 AM

Ito'y sa gitna ng pangamba sa African swine fever. Read more »

DV Boer investor: 'Paiwi' program a smart investment but was mismanaged

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 05:13 PM

Seve Barnette, an overseas Filipino worker who claims to have invested in DV Boer farm's Pa-iwi Program, considers the program as a smart investment.But he believes it was mismanaged somewhere down the line.   Read more »

Trouble brewing in Cavite town’s local coffee industry

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 05:47 PM

A myriad issues have put Amadeo's coffee farmers on edge, and a turbulent Taal has only served to heighten their worries. Read more »

China's farmers reap rich harvest through video-sharing apps

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 03:32 PM

Creating videos has become a popular sales tactic for Chinese farmers: the clips show increasingly discerning consumers the origins of the product and provide a window into rural life that captures audience imagination. Read more »

Somalia hit by worst desert locust invasion in 25 years

Giulia Paravicini, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 03:50 AM

The locust plague has been made worse by unseasonably heavy rainfall and floods across East Africa that have killed hundreds of people in the past several months. Read more »

Crops in the clouds: The rise of rooftop farming in space-starved Hong Kong

Marianne Bray, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 05 12:33 PM

Social enterprise Rooftop Republic is spearheading a movement to turn Hong Kong's idle rooftops and urban spaces into farms to help residents reconnect with nature and make the finance hub more liveable.   Read more »

Farmers say African swine fever issue contributed to drop in unhusked rice prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:08 AM

Aside from hog raisers and meat processors, the African swine fever problem is now seen to be affecting local rice farmers as well. Read more »