Community supported agriculture
FarmFriday brings you this interesting concept of “community-supported agriculture” fromt he LEISA Magazine. In a situation of growing globalisation of food systems, questions are increasingly being raised about the integrity of our food supply, the impact of its production on the environment and animal welfare, and the fairness of trade between consumers and workers along […]
Food versus fuel in the Philippines
HungerWednesday features this interesting article from PANOS that furthers the discussion on the effects of commercial scale biofuel cultivation to food security. 7 March 2008 | Imelda Abano The Philippine government wants farmers to plant crops for biofuels on a vast scale. But could the quest for green energy create food shortages? Growing world energy […]
Maligaya flatbed dryers distributed to philippine farmers to reduce rice wastage
FarmFriday brings you this update on the maligaya flatbed dryer– one of the most popular search terms here in our blog. To those interested in the dryer, please contact the Philippine Rice Research Institute for more info. Drying palay on the road, which is a practice that most farmers do, is wasteful as it can […]
Comparison of Biofuels
Its’ FarmFriday! i picked up this interesting infographic at the very informative biofuels blog Gas2.0. Click the image for a larger view
FFTC conducts workshop on Exploring bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides for safe and sustainable food production
FFTC | February 18 2008 LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES – Excessive and inappropriate use of agrochemicals has undeniably resulted in negative and sometimes irreparable effects on the environment. In an effort to increase crop yield, the once fertile soils have become acidic due to heavy chemical fertilizer application. Degraded soils and groundwater pollution caused by chemical […]
Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities
Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and the raising of animals for food and other uses, and related processing and marketing activities, within and around cities and towns. In the past few years, it has received increasing attention from development organizations and national and local authorities in developing countries. With its multiple functions, urban […]
SMS phone based system a boon to Indian Farmers
Here’s another very interesting article on how SMS phones are revolutionalizing rural farming in Asia. Indeed it seems the SMS phone IS the Computer. ————————————————– Through its Warana Unwired project, researchers at the Technology for Emerging Markets (TEM) group at Microsoft Research India (MSR India) worked with a 70,000-person rural sugarcane cooperative to run an […]
Websurfing Filipino farmers
Tech Tuesday again, and we bring you this interesting story of how filipino farmers in remote areas are using the internet to research and find answers to problems they encounter in farming. Got this off inquirer.net By Anselmo Roque inquirer.net SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ — Confronted with a pest attack on his rice field, Marcelino […]
Philippine Farmers' Field Day to showcase new technologies
This seems like a very interesting event to go to. with all the nifty and ingenious inventions sure to be displayed. ——————————————- PhilRice New technologies will be showcased during the Farmers’ Field Day, which is one of the highlights of the 21st National Rice R&D Conference on March 11-13 at the PhilRice Central Experiment Station […]
FrontlineSMS: sms power for NGOs
For today’s TechTuesday, I present you the impressive application called FrontlineSMS developed by the techies at kiwanja.net. Btw, did i tell that its FREE! i’m downloading it now and gonna test it soon. FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system to be conceived, designed and written firmly with the needs of the non-profit sector in […]
