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Filipinos may be rice-eaters, but potatoes are still a frequent part of their diet. It is a common ingredient in many tomato-based dishes like kaldereta and menudo, as well as soups like nilaga. Outside Filipino cuisine, the potato is a common side dish offer ....
POTATO VARIETIES. New varieties of potatoes are distributed by the La Trinidad local government to farmers in Benguet in this photo from 2021. Dr. Cynthia Kiswa, chief of the Research and Development laboratory of the Benguet State University, on Monday (May 16, 2021) said they continue to produce not just clean planting materials but also disease-tolerant potato varieties for farmers in Cordillera. (PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY - Researchers in Benguet said climate change is posing a challenge to their efforts to come up with disease-resistant varieties of vegetables like potatoes. Cynthia Kiswa, director at the Benguet State University (BSU) Research and Development laboratory, said on Monday afternoon that as an effect of climate change, insects and pests have now found it easier to multiply. "[Kaya] nagde-develop tayo ng climate-resilient varieties kasi marami ng nag-e-emerge na sakit kaya gusto natin maka develop ng patatas na tolerant sa mga sakit (We are developing climate-r ....
SHARING EXPERIENCE. Nelio Compello, a potato farmer from Buguias, Benguet, shares his experience during the Science for Change Project - North Luzon Summit of the Department of Science and Technology in Baguio City on Friday (May 13, 2022). He said his yield and income improved after using the planting material developed by the Benguet State University's research and development unit. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - A farmer in Benguet said Friday that using the improved potato planting material produced under a research and development (R&D) project funded by the government has doubled his yield and income. On the sidelines of the Science for Change Program (S4CP) summit for North Luzon, Nelio Compelio of the Immaculate Conception Community Cooperative in Amgaleygey, Buguias, Benguet, noted that the clean planting material came from the Benguet State University's (BSU) laboratory. "From just three tubers produced using the old planting materials, I can harv ....
SHARING EXPERIENCE. Nelio Compello, a potato farmer from Buguias, Benguet, shares his experience during the Science for Change Project - North Luzon Summit of the Department of Science and Technology in Baguio City on Friday (May 13, 2022). He said his yield and income improved after using the planting material developed by the Benguet State University's research and development unit. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - A farmer in Benguet said Friday that using the improved potato planting material produced under a research and development (R&D) project funded by the government has doubled his yield and income. On the sidelines of the Science for Change Program (S4CP) summit for North Luzon, Nelio Compelio of the Immaculate Conception Community Cooperative in Amgaleygey, Buguias, Benguet, noted that the clean planting material came from the Benguet State University's (BSU) laboratory. "From just three tubers produced using the old planting materials, I can harv ....
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) is committed to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of Zero Hunger, Life below Water, and Life on Land through facilit ....