Agriculture is both an art and a science, providing sustenance for a global population that continues to rise. While traditional methods continue to be employed by local farmers, science and technology can be harnessed in order to increase farm yields by making crops more resilient and abundant. Scientific research can also help make agri-industry practices more sustainable, in order to help feed more communities.
In an effort to help raise more agriculture entrepreneurs, agriculture science firm Bayer Philippines Inc. has embarked on a program to lure youngsters to hands-on farming amid a dwindling farmer-population in the country.
Bayer has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine Scienc