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Natural disasters displaced almost 22 million people around the world last year and aid workers say they expect to see that number rise in the future, according to a report issued by a Norwegian humanitarian group on Wednesday.

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This “very simple man” is acknowledged in China as the “Father of Hybrid Rice.”

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An official of PT Sang Hyang Seri, an Indonesian government agricultural firm, has reported over the weekend that Indonesia has been making big harvests using the hybrid rice seeds variety that it has been importing since 2007 from SL Agritech Corp.

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Local hybrid seed grower, SL Agritech, founded by Henry Lim Bon Liong, is asking the Aquino administration to act fast in supporting the hybrid rice industry or else lose again its opportunity to be a dominant supplier in the global rice market against Asian neighbors like Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh or even Africa, which are currently using its technology massively.

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When Noy Temyong turned 80, he said to himself: "OK lang, that's only a number ... Si kuan bitaw is only 40 but he looks 80." Haha.

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Hybrid rice varieties would be a big help in the Philippines’ effort to attain food security, SL Agritech Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Henry Lim said.

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Five local banks have enrolled in the trade finance program of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) worth about $1 billion in loans and guaratees.

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Palawan’s Subterranean River has made it to the list of 28 natural landmarks competing in the final stretch of the global poll to choose the “New 7 Wonders of Nature.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8947/gen5thumb.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 227713 [Title] => Smuggling of banned shrimp species still on [Summary] =>
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About 1,000 hectares of ponds have been stocked with the banned shrimp species Litopenaeus vannamei. Four of the five farms stocked with the prohibited crustacean are in Central Luzon, and the fifth in Southern Tagalog.

In 1998, there was also a one-time stocking of L. vannamei in a large commercial shrimp farm in Negros Occidental after diseases decimated its Penaeus monodon (tiger prawn) stock.
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Natural disasters displaced almost 22 million people around the world last year and aid workers say they expect to see that number rise in the future, according to a report issued by a Norwegian humanitarian group on Wednesday.

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This “very simple man” is acknowledged in China as the “Father of Hybrid Rice.”

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An official of PT Sang Hyang Seri, an Indonesian government agricultural firm, has reported over the weekend that Indonesia has been making big harvests using the hybrid rice seeds variety that it has been importing since 2007 from SL Agritech Corp.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1737650 [AuthorName] => Sanny Galvez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 621147 [Title] => Government urged to act immediately in support of hybrid rice sector [Summary] =>

Local hybrid seed grower, SL Agritech, founded by Henry Lim Bon Liong, is asking the Aquino administration to act fast in supporting the hybrid rice industry or else lose again its opportunity to be a dominant supplier in the global rice market against Asian neighbors like Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh or even Africa, which are currently using its technology massively.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720791 [AuthorName] => Rose de la Cruz [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 599902 [Title] => The world's top five rice producers [Summary] =>

When Noy Temyong turned 80, he said to himself: "OK lang, that's only a number ... Si kuan bitaw is only 40 but he looks 80." Haha.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 583414 [Title] => Hybrid rice to boost RP food security drive [Summary] =>

Hybrid rice varieties would be a big help in the Philippines’ effort to attain food security, SL Agritech Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Henry Lim said.

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Five local banks have enrolled in the trade finance program of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) worth about $1 billion in loans and guaratees.

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Palawan’s Subterranean River has made it to the list of 28 natural landmarks competing in the final stretch of the global poll to choose the “New 7 Wonders of Nature.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8947/gen5thumb.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 227713 [Title] => Smuggling of banned shrimp species still on [Summary] =>
(Last of two parts)
About 1,000 hectares of ponds have been stocked with the banned shrimp species Litopenaeus vannamei. Four of the five farms stocked with the prohibited crustacean are in Central Luzon, and the fifth in Southern Tagalog.

In 1998, there was also a one-time stocking of L. vannamei in a large commercial shrimp farm in Negros Occidental after diseases decimated its Penaeus monodon (tiger prawn) stock.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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