Davao expands partnership with Japanese city to agri ventures
DAVAO CITY — Davao and its Japanese sister city Kitakyushu will be exploring cooperation in agribusiness, particularly in cacao and eel farming, as an...
Australia stung by NZ bid to register manuka honey brand
MANUKA honey’s much-hyped healing properties have proved a money-spinner for beekeepers in Australia and New Zealand, but a push to trademark its name has...
La Niña pattern forms in tropical Pacific Ocean, Australia says
A WEAK La Niña weather pattern has formed in the Pacific Ocean, Australia’s weather bureau declared, and the event may bring wet weather to...
Butter, wine, foie gras: French face triple whammy as key food shortages abound
WITH butter spread thin and wine output drying up, whatever next for the unlucky French? A shortage of foie gras, the must-have liver pate...
Ramping up coconut sugar output means less tuba for everyone
IN THE FAR-FLUNG barangay of Eman in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, as in many remote parts of Mindanao, drinking tuba (fermented coconut sap) is...
Farmgate palay prices rise in 3rd week of Nov.
FARMGATE prices of palay, or unmilled rice, rose in the third week of November on a year-on-year and week-on-week basis, according to the Philippine...
Expansion of tuna quotas seen as ‘step backward’ for conservation
THE 51-nation tuna fisheries body for the Atlantic and Mediterranean boosted quotas for highly prized bluefin despite scientific findings that doing so could threaten...
Spain, Portugal struggle with extreme drought
SPAIN and Portugal are grappling with a devastating drought which has left rivers nearly dry, sparked deadly wildfires and devastated crops — and experts...
Cranberry overload spurs US producers to dump extra supply
CRANBERRIES might be a staple on Thanksgiving tables, but a glut of US supplies has gotten so large that fruit could be headed to...
Russia bans Brazil meat over additives
RUSSIA has decided to suspend imports of pork and beef from Brazil from Dec. 1 after traces of banned feed additives were detected in...
Calamansi is hot in Seoul, but can local suppliers deliver?
By Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Associate Editor
SEOUL — Calamansi is the latest food fad in South Korea, as health-conscious Korean women believe the Philippine...
Franklin Baker eyes new specialty coco products
DAVAO CITY — Coconut processor Franklin Baker Company of the Philippines is looking to develop new specialty products even as it keeps up with...