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• Advocates look into organic fertilizer production

  Monday, 23 February 2009 - ORGANIC-farming advocates are looking into the commercial viability of large-scale production of organic fertilizer in an attempt to carve a niche in the global market.They are eyeing Metro Manila, the biggest producer of kitche...

• LGUs Forge Ties to Promote Organic Farming

   February 22, 2009 -  Recognizing the critical role as frontliners in agricultural development, 10 local government units has formally forged ties to promote organic agriculture through a declaration supporting a government program to shift from conve...

• Gov’t urged to explain P2.5-B allotment for food production

  by Marvyn Benaning, February 22, 2009 - Organic farming advocates want government to draw up specific programs on the use of the P2.5-billion stimulus fund to beef up food production this year. Lawyer Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Philippine...

• RP can cash in on $90-B market for organic food products

   by Marvyn Benaning, February 21, 2009 -  He said the market is expanding by an average of 30 percent yearly as more people veer away from grains, fruits, and other agricultural products laced with petrochemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides.To penet...

• Luzon LGUs spearhead organic farming

  by Jonathan Mayuga, February 20, 2009 - RECOGNIZING the critical role as frontliners in agricultural development, 10 local government units (LGUs) in Luzon has formally forged ties to promote organic agriculture and signed a declaration supporting a gover...

• LGUs push for organic farming

  February 19, 2009 - Intensifying its campaign for sustainable agriculture, several Local Government Units (LGUs) signed a declaration Wednesday supporting a government initiative to convert 10% of the country’s rice fields into organic farming sites by ...

• Lower rice supply feared despite big importation

  by Marvyn Benaning, February 16, 2009 - The importation of 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) this year may not be able to staunch fears of a rice shortage – and consequently of price increases – since production is expected to be down due to a huge slash ...

• Organic farming bills pushed

  February 13-14, 2009 - A consortium of nongovernment organization has called on lawmakers to step up the passage of a bill that will promote organic farming as a strategy in fighting rural poverty in the Philippines. Atty. Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of ...

• 400,000 hectares eyed for organic farming

  by Melody Aguiba, February 13, 2009 - Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur C. Yap has made a pronouncement adopting rice farms, generally those that have low yield of 3.5 metric tons (MT) and below, to transform them into chemical-free organic ...

• Support for organic farming sought

  February 12, 2009 - Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go Organic! Philippines, said institutional support from LGUs as well as the private sector, particularly rural banks and other credit financing institutions, is necessary to promote environment-friendly...

• Indigenous Rice

  by Dino Balabo, February 10, 2009 - Due to rising cost of seeds and farm inputs last year, Bulacan farmers like Agaton Milagroso shifted to organic rice farming and used indigenous varieties like black rice. Indigenous rice varieties are economical as it ...

• Organic farming needs support

  Tuesday, 10 February 2009 - ORGANIC farming advocates called for an effective support system among local government units (LGUs) and private-sector partners to help promote the practice and boost country-wide rural development.Lawyer Efren Moncupa, lead c...

• Through organic farming': Traditional rice varieties produce better seeds than hybrids

  Asian Tribune February 2, 2009 - Saying traditional rice varieties produce superior seeds than hybrid rice varieties, activist Jaime "Ka Jimmy" Tadeo has called for the massive cultivation of ‘organic’ rice in the country to produce more seed...

• Farmers urged to shift to organic farming

  February 1, 2009 - The substantial cut in the prices of fertilizer brought about by the continued decline in the price of crude oil in the world market is temporary and not a lasting solution to the looming rice crisis.Efren Moncupa, lead convenor of Go O...

• From agrarian reform to organic farming

  February 1, 2009 -  ACTIVIST Jaime Tadeo is not exactly picking one advocacy over another. But lately, this staunch agrarian reform advocate is making his presence felt in promoting organic farming in the face of yet another looming rice crisis.“The re...