Dupont's R&D centre to conduct crop research.
Byline: Subhendu Mukherjee WILMINGTON: DuPont's first research & development centre in India, which is due to open in Hyderabad early next year, will for the first time see basic research in areas like crop genetics head to an offshore centre. While critical research, so far,...

RP-India agriculture agreement pushed.
The government should follow up on its bilateral agreement signed last year with India where the Philippines can find insights on dryland farming or satellite farm monitoring as it pursues farm modernization. The Department of Agriculture (DA) signed a six-point farm cooperation agreement with India in August...

Crop research center propagates bio-control agent to against pests.
Byline: MELODY M.AGUIBA A crop research center is propagating cost-effective bio-control agents against highly-destructive pests in corn, tomato, eggplants and other crops in the effort to help beef up the country's food security. The bio-control agents may give farmers an equally high yield as the...

iBridge(SM)Network Forms Strategic Advisory Board.
University, Industry and Non-profit Leaders Unite to Drive Innovation, Provide Insights and Strategic Direction KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The iBridgeSM Network, a program of the not-for-profit Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc., announced today the formation of its Strategic Advisory Board comprised of university professionals, industry...

Faculty use of a cybercafe for Internet access.
Introduction Michael Okpara University of Agriculture was established in 1994 and has courses and programs in agriculture, other sciences, and management. The university has seven colleges and two schools (postgraduate studies and general studies). The university also has a continuing education centre, which runs part-time diploma, degree,...

'Luntiang Pilipinas' -- protecting our forests.
ONLY a handful of serious environmentalists gave it a chance to survive when 'Luntiang Pilipinas' (literal translation, Green Philippines) project was launched in October ten years ago. It is an advocacy of Senator Loren Legarda that is close to her heart. There was a murmur of skepticism,...

Research & review.
Hawaii's Gourmet Fungal Jungle by Joao Kopytowski Filho describes the history of Hamakua Heritage Farm and the spawn, substrate and growing techniques used to produce 5,000 pounds of gourmet mushrooms a week. Sawdust from Eucalyptus trees, abundant to the area, along with wheat mill and corncobs provide the substrate...

Congress completes farm bill with significant benefits for specialty crops.
After more than two years of hearings, days of mark-ups, hours of debate and two Presidential vetoes, the farm bill became law in June. Titled the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, Congress approved the legislation overriding the President's veto by a wide margin. The groundwork was laid...

More on biofuels.
"The future of biofuels is cellulosic fuels ... they do not compete for prime cropland ... and even restore degraded lands ...." I was saddened by these quotes from Raya Widenoja's response to Heinrich Smith's timely criticism of biofuels [January/February "From Readers"] because the quotes were based on the...