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		<title>Big Prospects For Organic Aquaculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Aquaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why are organic products getting the consumers’ nod in Asia and in other parts of the world?
As consumers today are becoming increasingly aware of the issues concerning food safety, there emerges a positive perception of organic and eco-labeled food products which has given rise to an emerging niche market for such products in recent years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batangas Farmers Finish Veggie Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Special Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harbest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veggies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nasugbu, Batangas — A total of 85 participants in the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan-Farmers Training program finished the livelihood training program initiated by SM Foundation with its partner agencies that include Harbest Agribusiness Corporation, Department of Agriculture, the provincial government of Batangas with the Nasugbu local government and the Cooperative Development Authority, among others.
The participants included [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defoliated Atis Bears Fruit Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Total defoliation of custard apple, a member of the atis family, really works wonders. The defoliated tree bears fruit much ahead of the normal bearing season. This is one of the practical farming techniques that was observed by participants of the AANI Farm Tour when they visited the Teresa Orchard &#38; Nursery in Teresa, Rizal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Ahead In The Season</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/being-ahead-in-the-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Season]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime last year, we have discussed the many benefits of planting early in the season. I am sure many of our farmer readers agree on the many positive things being maagap (ever ready) can bring: more soil moisture, less pest pressure, and better yields.
However, with what&#8217;s happening with the grain prices nowadays, planting early may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crab And Abalone Production Pushed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aquaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abalone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crab]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up the production of blue crabs and abalone to commercial quantities this year and eventually export them overseas, where these marine products are in high demand at a high prices.
In preparation for the commercial production of blue crab and abalone, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gibberellic Acid Produces Seedless Rambutan Fruits</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/gibberellic-acid-produces-seedless-rambutan-fruits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aklan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gibberellic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rambutan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it more enjoyable to eat rambutan fruits when these are seedless? Yes, just like grapes, rambutan fruits can also be produced sans the seeds, a technology which is now being pioneered by the Aklan State University (ASU) in Banga, Aklan.
Dr. Marilyn Romaquin, dean of ASU College of Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, accidentally came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Triggers Leptospirosis Outbreaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leptospirosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate change, says the World Health Organization (WHO), is a significant and emerging threat to public health, and changes the way we must look at protecting vulnerable populations.
The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that there is overwhelming evidence that humans are affecting the global climate, and highlighted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Variegated Orange You&#8217;d Like To Grow</title>
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		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/a-variegated-orange-youd-like-to-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valencia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
One interesting citrus that you&#8217;d want to grow in your garden as well as in your farm is Valencia orange whose fruits and leaves are both variegated green and yellow. The fruits weigh 150 to 200 grams each. They are very juicy and sweet.
Like most other citrus plants, this variegated orange is very easy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Methods of Propagating Citrus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calamansi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citrus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Citrus originates in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of the world. The fruits are notable for their fragrance, partly due to flavanoids and limonoids contained in the rind, and most are juice-laden. The juice contains a high quantity of citric acid, giving them their characteristic sharp flavor. They are also good sources of vitamin C.
Lemons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anthracnose Disease In Mango Tackled</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/anthracnose-disease-in-mango-tackled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/anthracnose-disease-in-mango-tackled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antracnose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mango]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A consultation meeting on the anthracnose disease in mango was tackled in a consultation meeting facilitated by Dr. Teodoro Solsoloy, assistant director of the Bureau of Agricultural Research.
Among the participants were Roberto C. Amores, president of Philfoodex and CEO of a mango exporting firm, Director Ricardo Cachuela of the Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmer and Son Find IRRI-Bred Flood-Tolerant Rice Sturdy</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/farmer-and-son-find-irri-bred-flood-tolerant-rice-sturdy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/farmer-and-son-find-irri-bred-flood-tolerant-rice-sturdy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhilRice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flood is one big problem of rice farmers in Barangay Papaya in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. The place is low-lying so when it rains heavily ricefields here are submerged for more than a week, with water depth reaching 1.5 meters.
Like other farmers in the community, 74-year-old Aquilino Sicat and his son Mario have tried flood-tolerant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It The End For Ludong?</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/is-it-the-end-for-ludong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/is-it-the-end-for-ludong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aquaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ludong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a time here in Ilocos Sur when the freshwater fish called Ludong was considered as an ordinary fish. Anytime of the day, ludong was caught by fishermen either by their hook and line or fishnets. In the afternoon, fish vendors would be shouting &#8220;Ludong, Ludong&#8221; just like how they market their tilapia nowadays. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please, Do Eat the Flowers</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/please-do-eat-the-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ornamental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What would happen to this world if there are no flowers? Simply boring, perhaps meaningless, without color, and seems barren. Think of weddings without roses and chrysanthemum, Christmas without poinsettias, graduations without orchids, and burials without wreaths made of various flowers.
&#8220;Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About Aerial Spraying</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/the-truth-about-aerial-spraying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aerial Sparying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aerial spraying is recognized as a method or standard means of pest control, crop management, and fertigation as expounded in agricultural modernization.
As early as 1968, the Philippines already had 10 aircrafts used in aerial spraying of export bananas, the Cavendish variety. Yet Russia that time already had 7,000, while the United States had 5,700, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orchid Business Creates Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ornamental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orchids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not many people may realize it but the orchid business is also creating a lot of jobs, not only for farm workers but also for traders and other entrepreneurs.
Just take the case of Edwin Veneracion and his wife Gina of San Rafael, Bulacan. When they put up their Golden Blooms nursery in 1998, they started [...]]]></description>
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