Agriculture Business Week

Dr. Evelina Tablan, naturepath doctor from San Francisco, California who promotes the use of coconut sugar among other organic foods shared in a press conference the benefits of coco sugar.

Dr. Tablan mentioned the three cases of patients with prostate problems. For two weeks, the patients took 1 tbsp of coco sugar three times a day. Later tests revealed that the reading went down from 14 to 2. She also said the coco sugar will soon be used as substitute for Viagra becaus of the high glutamic acid content.

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Posted on August 25th, 2008 under Other Crops. Tags: Coconut, Sugar. Comments: None

The following is part of the PCA Memorandum Circular No. 07 addressed to all Deputy Administrators, Regional/Center managers, Provincial Coconut Development Managers, Coconut Officers and all concerned on the implementing guidelines on the treatment of Brontispa-infested coconut trees :

1. Trunk injection of systemic insecticide
1.1 Harvest all nuts including buko leaving only fist-sized nuts ad below in the coconut tree. No coconut tree shall be treated unless this first step is done.
1.2 Mix one(1) sachet of Actara 25 WG(10g) in a gallon of water; (more…)

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Posted on August 7th, 2008 under Other Crops. Tags: Coconut, Disease. Comments: None

An update and primer on the invasive coconut leaf beetle.

In response to Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap’s call for containment and eradication of the coconut pest Brontispa longgissma, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Oscar G. Garin bared the massive nationwide action of field personnel in the immediate treatment of all infested coconut trees in their areas of responsibility.

Reports indicate that the degree of infestation of the coconut leaf beetle has reached an alarming stage such that immediate mitigation measures were undertaken in order to contain the spread of the new malady. This destructive pest has infested close to 100,000 coconut trees in 23 out of 79 provinces of the country. Its spread is threatening the productivity of the coconut industry in the country. (more…)

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Posted on August 7th, 2008 under Other Crops. Tags: Coconut, Disease. Comments: None

Our favorite tree answers back to vehicle owners who cry out for cleaner environment and economic development.

The coconut is called ‘The Tree of Life’ because of the wide and ostentatious variety of products, not only with what its fruit, but even what its roots and bark, can furnish. Even the leaves play significant role to this moniker; not to mention components like carbohydrates, protein, calcium, phosphorous, icon, sodium, potassium, magnesium, copper, sulfur and chlorine that drinking the fresh coconut water entails. The tree provides food, shelter and fuel, making it one of the country’s contributory dynamics to its economic growth.

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Posted on August 1st, 2008 under Other Crops. Tags: Biofuel, Coconut. Comments: 2

Challenges and prospects for 2008 Commodity Highlights

Palay. Growth will continue to be moderate with the increased adoption of modern productivity technologies promoted through the GMA Rice Program as area harvested will basically stay the same. The higher budget for rice production will also be a plus factor for the sector’s growth. The PAGASA’s forecast indicates the start of a weak to strong La Nina which will likely last until early April of 2008. This can be good for production depending on its severity. A number of international agencies have indicated that there may be tight supply in 2008 with increased trade due to strong consumption. Rising demand and tight supply will keep world rice prices high.

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Posted on July 26th, 2008 under Special Report. Tags: Climate Change, Coconut, Corn, Economy, Philippine Agriculture, Rice, Sugar. Comments: None

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) remains to be the top cultivated crop in the Philippines.  Out of the 12 million hectares of farmlands in the country, 3.1 million hectares of it is devoted to coconut production.  With the vast size of farmland devoted to coconut farming, it can be said that a large percentage of the country’s population still depends on coconut for their living.

Over 3.5 million coconut farmers are widely distributed in different parts of the country, mostly in Southern Luzon and in different parts of Mindanao.

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Posted on July 21st, 2008 under Other Crops, Technology. Tags: Coal, Coconut. Comments: None