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+ Follow EASTERN VISAYAS INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER Tag
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                    [Title] => Cebu pushes for agri-based manufacturing
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Maximizing Cebu's potential to become the center of manufacturing with its good logistics, technology and manpower, the province is trying to attract more investments of agri-based manufacturing plants.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250950 [Title] => DA project raises jackfruit yield in Leyte by 82 percent [Summary] =>

A project by the Department of Agriculture (DA) successfully raised of the yield of jackfruit in a town in Leyte by 82 percent to 15.39 metric tons (MT) per hectare, enhancing profitability for a fruit that has abundant value-adding prospects when processed.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 659808 [Title] => Flood-tolerant rice variety saves farmers in Eastern Samar [Summary] =>

A flood-tolerant (submergence-tolerant or subtol) rice variety introduced in flood prone areas of Oras town in Eastern Samar three years ago was recently found to have produced additional yield for the farmers of this agricultural community.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289443 [AuthorName] => Edgar Allan Vilbar [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390104 [Title] => Corn productivity raised [Summary] => Years back, farmers in Barangay Sto. Niño, Capoocan, Leyte, harvested an average of only 2.05 tons per hectare of corn.

Their low yield had been attributed to lack of funds to purchase farm inputs, use of traditional varieties and cultural practices, occurrence of pests and diseases, and inadequate transport facilities.

That time is past.

Today, corn farmers in the barangay produce an average of 5.05 t/ha of corn and 1.03 t/ha of peanut from the usual 0.8 t/ha.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 1264811
                    [Title] => Cebu pushes for agri-based manufacturing
                    [Summary] => 

Maximizing Cebu's potential to become the center of manufacturing with its good logistics, technology and manpower, the province is trying to attract more investments of agri-based manufacturing plants.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250950 [Title] => DA project raises jackfruit yield in Leyte by 82 percent [Summary] =>

A project by the Department of Agriculture (DA) successfully raised of the yield of jackfruit in a town in Leyte by 82 percent to 15.39 metric tons (MT) per hectare, enhancing profitability for a fruit that has abundant value-adding prospects when processed.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 659808 [Title] => Flood-tolerant rice variety saves farmers in Eastern Samar [Summary] =>

A flood-tolerant (submergence-tolerant or subtol) rice variety introduced in flood prone areas of Oras town in Eastern Samar three years ago was recently found to have produced additional yield for the farmers of this agricultural community.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289443 [AuthorName] => Edgar Allan Vilbar [SectionName] => Freeman Region [SectionUrl] => region [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390104 [Title] => Corn productivity raised [Summary] => Years back, farmers in Barangay Sto. Niño, Capoocan, Leyte, harvested an average of only 2.05 tons per hectare of corn.

Their low yield had been attributed to lack of funds to purchase farm inputs, use of traditional varieties and cultural practices, occurrence of pests and diseases, and inadequate transport facilities.

That time is past.

Today, corn farmers in the barangay produce an average of 5.05 t/ha of corn and 1.03 t/ha of peanut from the usual 0.8 t/ha.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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