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30-Year-Old Coffee Trees Can Still Be Made Productive

Farmers can make 30-year old coffee trees productive again by rejuvenating them.

This was found by researchers Felix P. Amancio and Jeanette H. Arnado at the Department of Agriculture 12-Central Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (DA-CEMIARC) in Kidapawan City.

Coffee-a beverage crop grown in many regions of the Philippines where soil is deep, friable, well-drained, loamy, and rich in nutrients-is usually grown through seeds. But in time, the tree’s productivity diminishes, while the cost of production increases. Instead of planting coffee seedlings, rejuvenate old trees to attain initial production in a shorter time.

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Posted on October 17th, 2008 under Coffee, Forest Trees. Tags: . Comments: None

Bamboo Wastes Make An Excellent Charcoal Briquette

Bamboo wastes particularly the dead poles and branches from the clumps as well as the processing wastes such us trimmings and shavings, can be a very good material for making low-cost be a very good-quality charcoal briquettes used for cooking purposes.

This was learned from Dr. Stanley C. Malab, a professor and scientist at the Mariano Marcos State University and the director of Ilocos Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (ILARRDEC), both located in Batac City, Ilocos Norte.

Dr. Malab headed a research team that perfected the process of making charcoal briquettes out of bamboo wastes. What makes it more interesting is that the researchers have used effluent from the processing of “chichacorn” (boiled glutinous white corn kernels and deepfried) as binder.
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Posted on October 3rd, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: , . Comments: 3

500 Year Old Bittaog Tree

One tourist attraction in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte is a bittaog tree that has withstood the greed and wretchedness of man through the years. Now 500 years old, it amazes one to see that it has been spared from the wanton cutting down of large trees in Mindanao.

Its huge size alone is already an attraction to many visitors, as not so many people have still to see trees of a similar size, or just about it, in other places. Amazingly, the people in the locality have preserved the tree-the one and only of its kind in Cabadbaran. A marker has been constructed near the tree to indicate its importance to the people of Cabadbaran.

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Posted on September 28th, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: . Comments: None

Non-Timber Products : Farming in the Forests

Through sustainable harvest and promotion of non-timber materials, craftsmanship from our indigenous groups is now garnering more international markets.

Non-Timber Forest Products Task Force (NTFP-TF) rallies a call towards a sustainable means to promote harmony through livelihood and art among the indigenous people. With a growing awareness, Ms. Annabelle Decena, an advocate and a member of NTFP-TF, says that a global market can now be within reach-”not by pity because they’re indigenous” she says, “but because of the craftsmanship and functionality of the products these indigenous people make.” Surely, the new products and designs of NTFPS has to catch attention-from kitchen condiments to raw materials and clothes, this collation of non-government organizations is continuing its goal to maximize the potential of biological diversity. With millions of end users (eight out of ten consumers) in developing Asian countries, it’s more than just resource preservation.

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Posted on September 20th, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: , . Comments: None

Non Timber Forest Products

Abbreviated as NTFPs, non-timber forest products are materials that are processed and developed from plants and animals excluding timber. Often finished from the trunk of live trees, lumber and its fiber (with minimum dimension of five inches or 127 millimeters) are used to many construction needs, furniture and industrial requirements among other measly articles where the market can now be within reach trees’ fibers are used to products like paper.

While regulated logging can do lesser disadvantages, harvesting timbers has been a bigger part of alterations in forest composition, more so when carbons are being unable to be absorbed, increasing temperatures. Among these consequences would be habitat fragmentation, erosion, landslide, turbidity and altered drainage patterns. It is a worldwide activity. The World Bank is wary that illegal timber harvesting are costing people 10-15 billion euros annually. Our country lost an annual $i.8B because of illegal logging. Considering that it is a longterm venture, business risks, specifically investment and management, come into mind-stakes that not only relegate the environment.

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Posted on September 18th, 2008 under Forest Trees, Special Report. Tags: . Comments: None

Meet The Manny Pacquiao Tree

It’s a hardwood with a wood that is really tough and predominantly red. Its old leaves become red before they fall to the ground. And the leaf petioles and the stem of new growth also have a reddish tinge.

That in a capsule describes the native tree in Mindanao which is popularly known as “Duguan” among the natives. From now on, however, it will also be known as the Manny Pacquiao Tree. Several months back, after he won a bloody bout with Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico, he was conferred the rank of “Datu” by the B’laan tribe and was also given seeds of the Duguan tree. A ceremony was held and a plaque was handed to Manny naming the Duguan tree in his honor.

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Posted on August 17th, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: . Comments: None

Sustainable Utilization of Bamboo Pushed

The Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Iligan City is promoting the sustainable utilization of bamboo as a source of livelihood for the community.

MSU-IIT showcased the various ways to transform the versatile bamboo into a money-making crop at the recent ASEAN Science and Technology Week and National Science and Technology Week held at the World Trade Center-Manila in Pasay City.

According to Ma. Esperanza P. Cruz, head of the MSU-IIT’s Technology Application and Promotion Unit (TAPU), they have been conducting research and development activities on the prototyping, design development and processing of high-quality decorative bamboo products for high-end market. These are carried out through the Bamboo Technology Resource Center (BTRC) which was established in 1999 under the auspices of TAPU.

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Posted on August 7th, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: . Comments: None

Rediscovering Bamboo

Admired for centuries, the world’s fasters growing plant is making an important headway in the agribusiness circle. Now, people are starting to rediscover the magic of bamboo.

Time was when the bamboo virtually lorded it over the whole plant kingdom. Considered as the world’s fastest growing plant, it was the center of legends and myths. In Asian cultures, people believed that humanity emerged from the bamboo stem. In other cultures, it was a symbol of longevity, friendship, humility, simplicity, and a sacred barrier against evil.

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Posted on July 16th, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: . Comments: None

Forest Trees : Mahogany - Long Wait But Big Returns

Many people prefer to grow crops that will give them income as soon as possible. Just like growing finger pepper that will start bearing fruit in less than two months, or upland kangkong that is harvestable in less than a month. They have their own good reasons for choosing such crops.

However, there are also a few who don’t mind waiting for a long time before they can harvest the fruit of their labor. Just like Mario Sebastian, 59, who opted to grow mahogany trees in 1992 and has been pursuing that project on a fulltime basis since then.

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Posted on July 6th, 2008 under Forest Trees. Tags: . Comments: 1

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