MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 27 Nov) – The 4,800,000 hectares of irrigated and non-irrigated rice land produce an average of 20,446,500 metric tons of palay per year. Less 17% field and storage waste, the net annual palay production is 17,062,604
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 17 November) — These days we pop a capsule or tablet for everything. A headache. A bad tummy. A muscle pain. Rashes. Name it. For more serious illnesses like cancer, powerful drugs (chemotherapy) kill cancer cells
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 10 Nov) — After many years of toiling in the workplace or running a business, one looks forward to a more relaxed, quiet and uncomplicated life. At that stage of one’s life the primary goals are
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 03 Nov) — The Philippine agrarian reform was supposed to make former tenants prosperous farmers and former land owners rich industrialists. With land, it was believed tenants would become more productive and contribute a large chunk
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 27 October) — Principal crop in most small upland farms in Malungon is corn, as in most other places. After years of being subjected to herbicides, pesticides and inorganic fertilizers top soil is gone, ground packed
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews /07 Sept) — It is flogging a dead horse but it has to be retold because year after year the dead horse called livelihood program rises like a black phoenix from last year’s ashes. The stated objective
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 4 September)—While increasing rice production and importing rice often hug headlines, there is little talk about a serious problem: inordinately high palay loss. In a report of then Senator Ralph Recto, post-harvest loss of unhusked rice
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 25 August) – The Philippine’s total paddy rice production meets only 85% of the country’s requirement of 16.5 million metric tons (2024). Shortfall will be covered by importing 3.9 million metric tons. Low yield of 4.1
