Organic farming gains ground
Business Mirror - 02 July 2012
ORGANIC farming is the way to go for food security and healthier Filipinos.
A total of 270 rice farmers in Pangasinan graduated last week from the Organikong Palayan (OP) field-school program organized by the La Liga Policy Institute. They will now apply in their own farms their newly acquired knowledge and skills in organic agriculture.
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Banaue Rice Terraces is removed from UNESCO's endangered list
In 1995, the Banaue Rice Terraces was placed on the World Heritage Sites for its outstanding cultural landscape. Unfortunately in 2000, due to years of negligence it was placed in its list of world heritage sites in danger. And this year, on the 36th session of UNESCO at Russia has recognized the efforts done by the government and removed Banaue Rice Terraces from the endangered list.
Estrella Torres and Jennifer A. Ng writes about it >>.