CropsPhilippines raises El Nino rice loss forecast to one million tons for 2027
The Department of Agriculture expects the worst in the first half of next year, when a hit to Southeast Asia's dry season could also lift international rice prices.
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CookingKetchup without tomatoes: how to make Filipino banana ketchup at home
Born of a wartime tomato shortage in the Philippines, banana ketchup is made from ripe bananas, vinegar, onion, garlic and spices; Ajker Patrika gives a home recipe.
LivestockPhilippine chicken output forecast to rise 5.8 percent to 1.92 million tonnes in 2027 as commercial farms expand
A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report says integrators' expansion, better genetics and automation drive the growth, with hog production still recovering from African swine fever and a strong El Niño the main risk.
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14-Year-Old Girl Dies Saving Younger Siblings From King Cobra
A 14-year-old girl in the Philippines died of a king cobra bite after using her body to shield her three younger siblings while they bathed in a river.
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Purple Yam Conquers the World as Farmers Struggle to Meet Demand
Ube, a purple yam long used in Philippine sweets, has taken Western menus by storm, leaving farmers in the Philippines struggling to keep up.
CropsPhilippine Black Sugarcane Draws Chuadanga Farmers to Commercial Cane Growing
In October 2021 farmers in Dinnathpur, Chuadanga, were growing Philippine black chewing cane on a commercial scale and selling seedlings, saying it paid better than their other crops.
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Lava Begins Spewing From Philippines' Taal Volcano, 'Hazardous Eruption' Feared
Lava began spewing from the Taal volcano south of Manila, and authorities warned a hazardous eruption could follow within hours or days.