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• Quezon solon pushes for self-regulation in organic farming

  Philippine News AgencyAugust 3, 2009Rep. Proceso Alcala (2nd District, Quezon province) has assuaged small-scale farmers that he will continue to push for self-regulation in organic farming even as he encourages them to eventually embrace “organic certi...

• NGOs urge govt to promote organic farming

  July 14, 2009 ALARMED by the poor performance of the agriculture sector, a consortium of nongovernment organizations promoting organic farming in the Philippines urged the government to implement programs that will help increase food production to mitigat...

• Gov't urged to step up 'eco-friendly' agri programs amid dire predictions

  July 11, 2009 The government should step up programs that promote ecologically-sound food production practices to help mitigate the impacts of global warming and climate change, lawyer Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Philippines, said.Accordin...

• Slow agri sector growth alarms organic farming advocates

  Manila, 08 July, (Asiantribune.com): Go Organic! Philippines, a consortium of nongovernment organizations that promotes organic farming is urging the government to implement programs that will help increase food production to mitigate widespread hunger an...

• ‘Public markets must start organic-produce section’

  July 5, 2009 WITH a growing number of health-conscious Filipinos going for “healthier” food free of toxic chemicals, it’s about time public markets have their own section on “organic” produce.Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Philippin...

• Public markets urged to put up ‘organic’ section

  July 2, 2009 Filipinos are now conscious of their health and want to eat healthy food safe from toxic chemicals, Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Philippines said. As such, he said it is only proper for public ma...

• Mayors urged to set up ‘organic’ section

  July 1, 2009 Filipinos are now conscious of their health and want to eat healthy food safe from toxic chemicals, Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Philippines said. As such, he said it is only proper for public markets to have an “organic” s...

• ‘Counter climate change with organic agriculture’

  June 29, 2009 Organic farming advocates called on the Philippine delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference to push for stronger commitment among developed nations and developing countries in the campaign against global warming and climate...

• Advocates ask government to step up organic agriculture for farmers

  June 22, 2009 THE government needs to step up the implementation of its organic agriculture program to help farmers cope with the successive oil-price hikes this month, organic-farming advocates said.Lawyer Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Phil...

• RP a potential supplier of unpolished, organic rice

   June 07, 2009MANILA, Philippines – Organic farming advocates are hoping to carve a niche in the global organic food market through the supply of unpolished rice organically grown by farmers in the Philippines.Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic...

• Gov’t fast-tracks organic agri program

  June 13, 2009  The government is fast-tracking its organic agriculture program in keeping with its central goal to not only make farming more profitable for rural stakeholders but also promote environmental health and guarantee the sustainability of the...

• Govt fast-tracks organic-agri program to raise farm income

  June 16, 2009 PRESIDENT Arroyo is putting on fast-track mode the government’s organic-agriculture program in keeping with its goal of not only making farming more profitable for rural stakeholders but also promote environmental health and guarantee the ...

• Yap urges farmers to shift to organic agriculture

    June 13, 2009  MANILA, Philippines – Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap is urging farmers to adopt the Department of Agriculture’s organic agriculture program for more profitable production and to protect the environment and guarantee the sustai...

• Samal mayor wants to turn town into ‘organic zone’

  May 27, 2009Mayor Rolando Tigas of Samal, Bataan wants the entire town to go organic and is spearheading the move to convince farmers to shift from conventional to the more sustainable organic farming to boost farmers’ income.In an interview over the Go...

• Free book on sustainable rice agriculture

  May 21, 2009 Whenever sustainable agriculture and organic farming are taken up in this space, quite a number of readers send in feedback and queries, or even offer information about what they are doing in their own farms and backyards. Which means that su...

• Preserving a nation’s wealth

   May 15, 2009 The wealth of a nation lies in its natural resources so it is crucial that people give importance to the environment through waste management, an environmental activist said last Friday."In nature, there is no such thing as waste. Nothing i...

• Organic farming needed to fight global heating, advocates say

  May 14, 2009 Shifting to organic farming now would help fight global warming and cushion the impact of climate change by going organic, which substantially will reduce the country’s carbon footprint or greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. Isaga...

• Organic farmers report higher rice yields

   May 6, 2009 There's money in organic farming.This was the ironclad guarantee issued Tuesday by farmers from Bulacan, Bataan and Pangasinan who have shunned the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the last five years.Roland Cabigas, executive d...

• Virus ABC’s

  May 6, 2009 While I have your attention, I have two important announcements to make. First, if you wrote me at my Philippine Daily Inquirer e-mail address (and several readers did this regarding my “Science and religion” article that came out last Wed...

• Organic farmers deny low output, report higher rice yields

   May 5, 2009  MANILA, Philippines - It is not true that only the cultivation of hybrid rice would enrich farmers.This claim is false, organic farmers had argued, as they revealed that the harvest of traditional varieties cultivated without using chemic...