Long-haul fight: Japan farmers battle Narita airport
NARITA — You can’t choose your neighbors, as Japanese organic farmer Takao Shito knows all too well after a decades-long battle against Narita — the country’s second busiest airport.
Forest honey faces challenges to market acceptance
A NONGOVERNMENT organization is hoping to promote forest honey harvested by indigenous peoples (IPs) by providing production and marketing support to gatherers, giving them...
DA’s Piñol says banks’ refusal to lend holding back agriculture
AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said banks are to blame for refusing to comply with Republic Act 10000, or the Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act...
HIV treatment based on wild sage up for final review, P5M in funding
DAVAO CITY -- A research project evaluating the use of wild sage to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is up for final technical assessment,...
Indonesia plans to roll out 25% biodiesel rule from 2019
JAKARTA -- Indonesia will make it mandatory for biodiesel to have a bio-content of at least 25% from 2019, an energy ministry official said...
Agriculture exports to be driven by improved supply, logistics
THE agricultural sector needs to reach a point where supply is reliable and consistent before it can service the export market, food and export...
German refiner Nordzucker sees opportunities in sugar price plunge
BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY -- A plunge in sugar prices will hit earnings at Nordzucker this fiscal year, the German sugar refiner said on Thursday, adding...
PCA hopes natural predator will control ‘cocolisap’
DAVAO CITY -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is banking on the use of the natural predator Comperiella to control the infestation of coconut...
Big Agriculture turns to peas to meet soaring global protein demand
CARGILL, the global grains trader, sees the future of protein in the humble pea.
In a joint venture at a Wisconsin plant, flour milled from...
DA rice processing equipment raising yields in Surigao del Sur
RICE farmers in Surigao del Sur are raising their productivity using post-harvest facilities provided under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Farm Mechanization Program, the...
US wheat futures rise on worries about world weather
CHICAGO -- US wheat futures rallied on Thursday, their third straight day of gains, on worries that adverse weather will lead to crop shortfalls...
Warm weather helps European Union maize planting but raises yield risk
PARIS -- Warm, dry weather in the past month has helped European farmers catch up on maize planting but crops could start to suffer...
