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The government plans to enter into an agreement with India's Prathista to put up a $12 million third generation (3G) fertilizer plant that uses an eco-friendly technology proven to aid in raising farm yield and income.

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Once referred to as an “orphan crop” mainly grown by poor farmers, pigeonpea is now set to join the world’s league of major food crops with the completion of its genome sequence.

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To boost food production in the country, the department of Agriculture is set to release P20 million funds for the development of one million hectares of land tended by the country's poorest farmers.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182443 [Title] => ICRISAT developing GM peanut, others [Summary] => It is but a matter of time before genetically modified groundnut (peanut) will become part of the agricultural landscape of suitable semi-arid tropic areas in Asia and Africa.

Now developing transgenic peanut is the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in Patancheru, India.

A field test on the emerging disease-resistant and high-yielding crop has been tried in India, said ICRISAT Director General William D. Dar, former Philippine Agriculture Acting Secretary.
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The government plans to enter into an agreement with India's Prathista to put up a $12 million third generation (3G) fertilizer plant that uses an eco-friendly technology proven to aid in raising farm yield and income.

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Once referred to as an “orphan crop” mainly grown by poor farmers, pigeonpea is now set to join the world’s league of major food crops with the completion of its genome sequence.

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To boost food production in the country, the department of Agriculture is set to release P20 million funds for the development of one million hectares of land tended by the country's poorest farmers.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182443 [Title] => ICRISAT developing GM peanut, others [Summary] => It is but a matter of time before genetically modified groundnut (peanut) will become part of the agricultural landscape of suitable semi-arid tropic areas in Asia and Africa.

Now developing transgenic peanut is the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in Patancheru, India.

A field test on the emerging disease-resistant and high-yielding crop has been tried in India, said ICRISAT Director General William D. Dar, former Philippine Agriculture Acting Secretary.
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