Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Agri Tayo Dito aimed to provide the best practices and tips on agricultural production for small and medium enterprises in the major provinces of the Philippines. The show has covered farming, livestock, poultry, fisheries, game fowl and other agricultural products, price monitoring, marketing and other government and private support programs.
Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry. Its outputs include staples like rice and corn, but also export crops such as coffee , cavendish banana , pineapple and pineapple products, coconut , sugar , and mango . [ 1 ]
Organic farming is often presented as a more biodiversity-friendly practice, but the generality of the beneficial effects of organic farming is debated as the effects appear often species- and context-dependent, and current research has highlighted the need to quantify the relative effects of local- and landscape-scale management on farmland ...
This list documents the status of formal government-standards, regulations, and certification of organic farming and organic food. List of countries with regulations on organic agriculture [ 1 ] [ edit ]
Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, [1] improving the water cycle, [2] enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, [3] increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.
Thus, the office became the Ministry of Agriculture and Food until 1987, when the office's name was reverted to the Department of Agriculture by Executive Order No. 116. [ 8 ] The same executive order mandated the DA to promote agricultural development by providing the policy framework, public investment, and support services, which are needed ...
The first set of principles of organic agriculture to be published by any organic association was a set of ten principles published by the Australian Organic Farming and Gardening Society (1944–1955). [2] The organic sector has grown significantly in recent years. Along with that growth have come opportunities and challenges.
Agriculture – the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Horticulture – the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings.