Initiatives to Improve Farming Community
THE PHILIPPINES - With the farming community now reeling from the regional crisis on the food wheat and grain front, farmers of the 4th district of Laguna were at least optimistic over...

Philippine Government Bans Conversion of Agricultural Land to Other Uses
MANILA - The Philippines has taken measures to reduce the its reliance on imported oil, writes Karen Lema (Reuters).

Zubiri: Negros to be Biofuels Center
THE PHILIPPINES - Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri Saturday called on oil firms to moderate their greed amid the impending increase in oil prices to P60 a liter, as he stressed his plan to...

Filipino Firm Looks for Biofuel Lands in Central Mindanao
SULTAN KUDARAT - The Philippines' Eastern Renewables Fuels Corp. is looking for more lands in Central Mindanao to cultivate cassava for biofuel use.