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Continue reading →: When the Rain Begins to Disappear: El Niño 2026 in the Philippines
There is a kind of silence that comes when the rain does not. The afternoons become harder to bear. The soil begins to harden and crack. The canals carry less water. The rivers dry up. And farmers begin to wonder when the next rain will come. For many of us,…
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Continue reading →: Philippine Agriculture in 2026A farmer can spend months waiting for a harvest, only to watch it disappear in a matter of hours. That became a painful reality for farmers across the Philippines in 2026. Rice fields were submerged, vegetables ruined, fishing communities left with boats and gear destroyed, and families picking up the…
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Continue reading →: The Rise of Solar-Powered Irrigation Systems in the Philippines
There is hope in a farmer’s field. It is the hope that lies in the little seeds sown and planted in the soil. Each planting season brings with it the excitement in farmer’s faces because they will soon have a food supply for their families and a source of income…
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Continue reading →: Keeping Our Rice Fields Ready: Ways to Prepare For Unpredictable WeatherWeather in the Philippines is very unpredictable. From a day we may experience heavy rainfalls due to a typhoon, to waking up the next morning finding ourselves in a hot and sunny weather. These changes in the weather can affect the planting schedules of farmers, water availability for the fields,…
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Continue reading →: Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Recent Weather Disturbances: Lessons from Last Week’s Typhoon Activities and Southwest Monsoon Enhancement
Abstract The recent succession of weather disturbances, including Tropical Depression Emong and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat), has once again demonstrated the vulnerability of Philippine agriculture to extreme weather events. This analysis examines the immediate impacts on agricultural production, particularly rice cultivation, and discusses adaptive strategies that Filipino farmers can…
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Continue reading →: Comparing Farmer’s Income for Dry Seeding and Transplanting Method of Palay in Floridablanca, PampangaBy interviewing a couple of farmers from Floridablanca, Pampanga, I have drawn a picture in my head of how the farmers can benefit from each of the methods of rice planting. How the 2 methods are compared in terms of production cost and the benefit of rice yields. Methods of…
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Continue reading →: Increasing Irrigation Efficiency of Porac-Gumain Rivers Irrigation System Through Proper Maintenance of Canals and Periodic Calibration of Staff Gauges and Use of Modern Monitoring SystemAbstract The advantage of today’s technology and funding leads to the modernization of irrigation facilities such as conveyance canals, from unlined (earth) to lined (concrete) canals. However, one of the biggest elements we are battling today is climate change, specifically global warming which brought significant effects in the run-off-the-river irrigation…
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Continue reading →: Using “Sabog-Tanim” (Broadcasting for Direct Seeding) Method in Battling El Niño or Late Onset of Rainy Season
Rice self sufficiency is one of the programs of the Philippine Government as part of the answer to the Filipino poverty. By reducing rice importation and a possible exportation if ever this goal is achieved and surpassed, will definitely increase the livelihood of the Filipino farmers. Because of this, most…
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Continue reading →: Incorporating Direct Dry Seeding (Panggas) for Sustainable Farming in Sultan KudaratPhilippines is considered as an agriculture-driven country with a lot of portion living in the rural areas use farming as the main or secondary source of income. Crop farming in the Philippines consists of planting rice and diversified crops such as corn, potatoes, and vegetables. And this is one of…
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