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Through organic farming': Traditional rice varieties produce better seeds than hybrids |
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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 seeds for the farmers who are planning to shift from conventional farming to organic farming. Tadeo, spokesperson of Go Organic! Philippines said seeds produced by traditional rice varieties are superior because from those seeds, propagation of more planting materials is possible compared to supposedly high-yielding and fast-growing hybrid rice varieties from which seed propagation is not possible, apart from the fact that they are highly-dependent on agrochemical inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides. Read more here.
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