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Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Venture in Making Wines

Agrarian Reform is not only about giving lands to beneficiaries. It is also about extending support services and providing product development training to beneficiaries in the rural communities for them to have alternative source of income.

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has been instrumental for some rural developments by providing livelihood opportunities to a number of people and organizations in the rural areas.

One of them is the Kayabang Multipurpose Cooperative in Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet which has found a money-making venture in making ubi wine through the help of DAR-Cordillera Administrative Region. Ube wine was one of the saleable items at the recently concluded Agrilink/Foodlink/ Aqualink trade fair at the World Trade Center because it is organic, local, and healthy alternative to red wine.

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Posted on December 10th, 2008 under Entrepreneurs, Special Report. Tags: , , , , . Comments: None

Application of Macro and Micronutrients, Increases Purple Yam Yield

Whenever Filipinos talk about desserts, they will never forget to mention ube (Dioscorea alata L.), a high-value crop that is usually processed into jam, ice cream, yogurt, and fillings for hopia, cakes, pastries, and breads. Lately, ube or purple yam is starting to be known as a health food for its high anthocyanin content.

Ube also contains a special type of protein that has an anti-hypertensive property, according to a study conducted by the biotechnology team of PhilRootcrops. This discovery adds value to ube, making it a potential medicine for hypertension and other immune-related diseases like diabetes.

With the crop’s medicinal value and market potential, purple yam production should be given much attention, but the opposite is happening in the Philippines. Here, yams are usually cultivated in highly weathered tropical soils, which have low nutrient reserves, strong acidity, and high amounts of exchangeable aluminum (Al) that are toxic to many crops. Hence, the national average yield value from yam is 5 tons per hectare (ha), which is very low considering the high production cost of yam.

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Posted on November 4th, 2008 under Other Crops. Tags: , , . Comments: None

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