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Archive for August 13th, 2008

Here Comes A Portable Biogas Generator

It is true that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. In agriculture, farm wastes such as rice straw, bio-solids, from vegetables, grasses, biodegradable feedstock, and manure are not immediately dispose as these could he alternative sources of fuel energy.

These agricultural wastes are converted into biogas fuel through an anaerobic process. Biogas, which is comprised primarily of methane and carbon dioxide, could be used as fuel for generating electricity at homes and farms particularly in remote areas where electricity is limited. These could be burned directly for cooking, heating, lighting and process heat, and absorption refrigeration.

But how will we generate biogas fuel from these agricultural wastes? This is possible with the Portable Biogas Generator or Portagas.
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Corn : Other Essential Nutrient Elements

Farmer education remains a key component in addressing the current situation. With the meager resources you have, it is best that you maximize the fertilizers you buy. Eliminate inefficient application methods and other causes of nutrient loss.

Much had been discussed already about the “Big 3″ elements, namely, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). From a crop production standpoint, NPK are “managed” by the addition of fertilizers into the soil. Farmers can easily buy them, and they can also easily relate to NPK. Somehow, they can tell the deficiency symptoms associated with the lack of it in their corn plants.
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Hybrid Rice for Unfavorable Rice Lands

When there’s a typhoon or even just a heavy downpour in Aklan, rice farmers there harvest only 50 cavans or less, leaving them nothing but debts to pay.

Thanks to hybrid rice, farmers in Nalook, Kalibo, Aklan are not anymore harvesting a yield this low.

Husband and wife Danilo and Bienvenida Bartolome, for instance, are now netting more than 100 cavans per season from their one-hectare farm planted to hybrid rice, which they are renting for 20 cavans per season.

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Increase Rice Yield with Site-Specific Nutrient Management Technique

Proper crop nutrition is essential in ensuring a high yield. But since soil condition varies from one farmland to another, approach on nutrient management should be based on location, crop needs, and season.

This is the principle behind the SiteSpecific Nutrient Management (SSNM) technique, which is also known as SiteSpecific Crop Management. It’s effective. In fact, the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium noted in the initial regional evaluation of SSNM in six Asian countries that on the average, yields and gross return increased by 7 percent from 1997 to 2000. Here in the Philippines, yields range from 5 tons to 9 tons per hectare.

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