Self-Reliant Team model now copyrighted.
The Self-Reliant Team (SRT) financing model contained in the booklet Revolutionizing Rural Finance in the Philippines, an intellectual property of its designer and author, Quedancor President and CEO, Dr. Nelson C. Buenaflor, is now officially a copyrighted material. The National Library recently issued a Certificate of Copyright...

Isidore and Lili devastate Pinar del Rio; tobacco, grapefruit industries ravaged.
Cuba's tobacco and grapefruit crops are in ruins, following the onslaught of two hurricanes that ravaged the western end of the island within 11 days of each other, leaving at least 10,000 people homeless in their wake. On Sept. 20, Hurricane Isidore made landfall eight miles south...

Solon seeks hike in budget of national tobacco agency.
CANDON CITY A congressional leader has urged the national government to increase the budget of the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) to enable it to help the tobacco farmers in upgrading the quality of their crops. Rep. Eric Singson (2nd district, Ilocos Sur), president of the Northern Luzon...

Geographical travel: this month we visit France, taking in both the picturesque Auvergne region and the historic Pont du Gard aqueduct in the south, before speaking to David Horwell if Galapapos Adventure Tours.
VINALES VALLEY, PINAR DEL RIO, CUBA As dawn breaks over the Caribbean, the mist rises slowly from the floor of the Vinales valley in Cuba's westerly province of Pinar del Rio. Distinguished by its unique limestone formations, known locally as mogotes, Vinales is actually a series of...

Trading centers to buy all obacco produce - Chavit.
Byline: : FREDDIE G. LAZARO VIGAN CITY The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) announced yesterday that former Ilocos Sur governor Luis Chavit Singson has succeeded in securing a commitment of a large tobacco buying company to buy all the leaf produce of farmers in the virginia tobacco-growing provinces....

Machines make logging safer.
Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard When Jeff Herbert was a boy in Veneta, he knew all about the hazards of logging. They were part of his family's story. His great-grandfather was killed in the woods, 31-year-old Herbert said Wednesday. "Eight dollars is what his wife...

Painless data sharing: computer programs link grower to ag companies. (Exploring).
If you like the feel of a farm field under your feet but also like the feel of your mind leading your fingers over the keyboard in a hunt for just the right computer application, you might want to consider what Ted Macy is doing these days. ...

P/$ rate closed at P55.715.
The peso closed at P55.715 to the US dollar last Friday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines. The weighted average rate stands at P55.706. CAMPI lauds emission rule The automotive industry lauded the renewed efforts of government to address...

Edible coating inhibits postharvest produce decay.
As you know, edible coatings help preserve fruits and vegetables during their long trek from the farm to your local produce stand. To help improve these coatings, USDA/ARS scientists (Citrus and Subtropical Products Laboratory, PO Box 1909, Winter Haven, FL 33881) have applied for a patent covering a new...

Looking for Country: A Norwegian Immigrant's Alberta Memoir. (Book Reviews).
Looking for Country: A Norwegian Immigrant's Alberta Memoir. Ellenor Ranghild Merriken. Introduction by Janice Dickin. Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press, 1999. 175 pp. $19.95 sc. Immigrant memoirs have been part of the Canadian consciousness ever since British gentlewoman Susanna Moodie published Roughing It in the Bush...