Agriculture and Aquaculture Industry

[CarltonHill]

160 kilos dynamited fish seized

CAMP DIEGO SILANG, La Union – Police operatives confiscated Saturday morning some 160 kilograms of fish caught by dynamite blasting at a checkpoint in Barangay Poblacion, San Juan, La Union.

Police said that the dynamited fishes were stored in eight styrofoam boxes loaded in a delivery truck driven by Rolando Daruyo, 37, of Barangay Salisay, Dagupan City, Pangasinan.

The dynamited fishes with an estimated value of P16,000, owned by Jojo Fernandez, 38, of Dagupan, Pangasinan, were set to be delivered to public markets in the northern towns of Ilocos province when intercepted by police.

Fish examiner Margarita Santiago of the Bureau of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (BFAR) certified that the confiscated fishes were caught by blasting.
Police said the fish owner was released from police custody upon paying the appropriate penalty for transporting dynamited fish. (Freddie G. Lazaro)

http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/160-kil.../#.T7tYTEUlxcg

could not be really expensive in terms of value, but will surely affect too many people...

[JoelVasquez]

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/...boosts-economy

Can we also succeed in this “fishing expedition” ?? Does it need to have a PhD degree for the poor Filipino fisherman to be able to produce fishes like they do in Vietnam?? And sell USD billions to Europe and US ??

Opportunities lost - "gold-in-fish" enjoyed by our neighbors-thailand, malaysia and vietname, ...while we keep on blaming the government..

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[hugodiekonig]

Originally Posted by CarltonHill

160 kilos dynamited fish seized


http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/160-kil.../#.T7tYTEUlxcg

could not be really expensive in terms of value, but will surely affect too many people...

weekly rito sa La Union may mga naririnig ako na explosions sa dagat. I live around 400 meters from the shoreline

[hugodiekonig]

Originally Posted by CarltonHill

Sana mas bigatan pa ang parusa sa mga nasasangkot sa smuggling....

sana ganito kabigat: (o kung may mas bibigat pa)

Filipino (pasimuno, leader ng smuggling)
1st offense- PhP25Million bail or 20years jail-time
2nd offense- life imprisonment

Checkwa or other Foreigners (na leader ng smuggling)
1st and last offense- USD1Million bail + 3years in jail then deportation after.

para sa mga kanang kamay na Filipino
1st offense- PhP10Million bail or 10years jail-time
2nd offense- life imprisonment

para sa mga kanang kamay na Foreigner
1st and last offense- USD500,000 + 1year in jail then deportation after.

para sa iba pang responsible
1st offense- USD50,000 bail or 5years jail-time
2nd offense- 30years jail-time

....

ilang bilyong piso ang nawawala sa kita ng bansa dahil sa smuggling na iyan kaya tama lang ang mga parusa na iyan imo

[jpdm]

Originally Posted by hugodiekonig

weekly rito sa La Union may mga naririnig ako na explosions sa dagat. I live around 400 meters from the shoreline

Sana ang masabugan yung mga gumagamit ng dinamita!

[jpdm]

Export Action Line
Abaca Jeans In New York



By NELLY FAVIS-VILLAFUERTE
May 25, 2012, 6:30pm



MANILA, Philippines --- Do you know that abaca jeans goes to New York? Recently, on May 21 to 25, 2012, the abaca fabric for jeans was displayed in the Philippine Consulate in Fifth Avenue, New York. This is historic indeed. Both for our textile and export industry.

The credit for coming out with the first abaca fabric (blend of 43% abaca and 57% polyester) for jeans goes to Asia Textile Mills, Inc. (Asiatex), a manufacturing firm with weaving and dyeing facilities in Calamba, Laguna. Asiatex has been around since 1984 exporting other textile products since 1989 to Europe, Asia and some parts in Asia.

Says Matthew “Chuck” Lazaro, President and Chief Operating Officer of Asiatex: “We have come up with a material that looks like the 100% cotton denim. Except that the abaca-based jeans is so uniquely “Pinoy” considering that abaca is a Filipino fiber that gives durability to the fabric due to the fiber’s high tensile strength. The porosity (breathability) of abaca fiber is also incredible because, the fiber strengthens more when it is wet and heat is actually emitted out of the material instantly. In other words, durability and utmost comfort is attained when using the abaca fiber for clothing. The whole supply chain from farmers to textile producers, designers, garment/home textile makers are also benefited. This is the best way we can generate more jobs.”

Asiatex has a stable domestic market. Having a certificate of compliance with Republic Act No. 9242. Enacted last February 10, 2004, R.A No. 9242 is an act prescribing the use of the Philippine tropical fabrics for uniforms of public officials and employees and for other purposes.

Sections 3 and 4 of Republic Act No. 9242 provide:

“Sec. 3. Usage of Philippine Tropical Fabrics. – the use of Philippine tropical fabrics is hereby prescribed for official uniforms of government officials and employees and for the purposes which require the use of fabrics in government offices and functions.

“Sec. 4. Purchase of Tropical Fabrics. – Philippine tropical fabrics used for the uniforms of government officials and employees, and for other government purposes shall be purchased from local sources in accordance with law.”

Not many know that Asiatex manufactures the fabrics for the uniforms of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officials and employees as well as the personnel of other government offices. Even private banks patronize the tropical fabrics manufactured by Asiatex for the uniforms of the bank personnel.

Going back to the display of abaca-based products (and other Philippine fiber-based products) in the Philippine Consulate Office in Fifth Avenue, New York – there are other fiber-based products including abaca wallpaper, abaca carpets, abaca draperies, abaca crunch, and raffia-based products on display, as well.

The display of Philippine-fiber based products in the Philippine Consulate in New York is a project of Eugenio “Buster” C. Elevado, Jr., a DTI Trade Service Officer based in New York and formerly based in Israel and Tokyo. Buster, a fellow Bicolano is the same DTI Official who encouraged me many years ago to write about the business culture of Israel in this same column. Buster is so knowledgeable with business practices in Israel because he was DTI’s Trade Service Officer in Israel for many years. Congratulations Buster for introducing the abaca blend fabric for jeans in New York! Yes, we will soon be seeing Americans wearing the abaca jeans.

Have a joyful day!

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/360437...ns-in-new-york

[CarltonHill]

Asia Grains-Philippines seeks 100,000 T of Australian feed wheat

SINGAPORE, May 25 (Reuters) - Feed millers in the Philippines are seeking 100,000 tonnes of Australian feed wheat, while South Korean buyers were in the market checking prices this week for some 200,000 tonnes of the grain to be shipped in the last quarter.

Asian grain buyers have been actively eyeing corn and wheat cargoes as global grain prices eased this week, hit by risk aversion and slowing demand.
"Most buyers in Southeast Asia are covered up to July," said one Singapore-based grains trader. "I think half of the positions are still open for August and September while almost everyone is looking for October-December arrival cargoes."

The buyers form the Philippines were negotiating deals on Friday to take Australian feed wheat for November and December shipment, after signing contracts to take more than 200,000 tonnes in the last two weeks.
Chicago Board of Trade corn is down 7.6 percent this week after a U.S. Department of Agriculture weekly export sales report came in lower than expected.

The USDA said weekly export sales of corn were 482,100 tonnes (old crop and new crop combined) and below estimates for 1 million to 1.3 million tonnes.
July soybeans are down 1.6 percent this week, falling for the fourth consecutive week, while wheat is down nearly 4 percent following a rally of nearly 17 percent last week when the market notched up its biggest weekly gains in 16 years.

As a result of last week's rally, millers in the Philippines may have to pay around $295 to $300 a tonne, including cost and freight (C&F), up from around $270 to $285 a tonne paid in earlier deals, traders said.
South Korean buyers were seeking offers from private traders for 200,000 tonnes of feed wheat for October-December delivery, but no deal has been signed.
"I think they were just checking prices and not really keen at the current prices," said another Singapore trader. "They will have to pay close to $300 a tonne, which is not very comfortable after having bought feed wheat below $270 a tonne in recent deals."
Taiwan's Breakfast Soybean Procurement Association has purchased 115,000 tonnes of soybeans from Brazil in a tender for 120,000 tonnes which closed on Friday.

The market is also closely watching India, which is trying to sell wheat from its burdensome stocks after the arrival of a new crop has worsened storage problems.
Six companies, including global traders, bid for wheat from India's stocks to sell overseas at prices between $150 and $230 per tonne, trade sources said, prices that might tempt the world's second-biggest producer as it tries to cut its huge stockpiles.

The tender was floated by State Trading Corp. to test the waters for potential exports to countries including sanctions-hit Iran.
"Indian wheat can be attractive only if the government offers subsidies," said the first trader. "It is still expensive as compared to the international market despite U.S. prices going up last week."

India is trying to export some of its stocks to make room for a record harvest of 90.23 million tonnes this year. Wheat stocks at government warehouses on May 1 were 38.2 million tonnes, more than nine times the official target.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/asia-g...090541379.html

[jpdm]

I think if our government with the help of the private sector make the Philippines almost self-sufficient in food and most agricultural products, poverty in the country can easily be cut substantially.

UP Prof. Balisacan (now NEDA secretary) and other poverty experts in country believe that poverty is most prevalent in rural agricultural areas of the country.


For me then, the country should make agriculture viable and productive in the countryside so that we eliminate massive poverty and push economic development in the country.

Urban dwellers especially informal settlers--used to be rural folks, will then be lured back in the countryside and depopulate urban areas.




Paging government

[JoelVasquez]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...0529_DNL_art_1

Please help alert our DA. Above article refutes the findings-study of our dearly beloved Filipino scientist at DA and advocates in Congress of the Philippines that Bt eggplant is safe. Bt toxins are found in the pregnant women and babies in CANADA !!!!! Please my dear friends tell DA in Luzon about this if this article does not make any sense and whether there is any truth to this or not. Bt corn and Bt eggplant is propagated in Luzon

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[MatudNilaBaby]

Originally Posted by jpdm

I think if our government with the help of the private sector make the Philippines almost self-sufficient in food and most agricultural products, poverty in the country can easily be cut substantially.

UP Prof. Balisacan (now NEDA secretary) and other poverty experts in country believe that poverty is most prevalent in rural agricultural areas of the country.


For me then, the country should make agriculture viable and productive in the countryside so that we eliminate massive poverty and push economic development in the country.

Urban dwellers especially informal settlers--used to be rural folks, will then be lured back in the countryside and depopulate urban areas.


Paging government

agriculture should get a much bigger share of government funds to assist our farmers in the countryside to keep on planting inorder for us to have a stable supply of food and farm products. the farmers need to be provided with other livelihood income while their crops are growing and waiting for harvest season. that way they dont go hungry and instead will stay in the farms rather than go to the metropolitan and try their luck. most them eventually end up in the streets and becomes a burden to society.

[first knight]

Originally Posted by jpdm

I think if our government with the help of the private sector make the Philippines almost self-sufficient in food and most agricultural products, poverty in the country can easily be cut substantially.

UP Prof. Balisacan (now NEDA secretary) and other poverty experts in country believe that poverty is most prevalent in rural agricultural areas of the country.


For me then, the country should make agriculture viable and productive in the countryside so that we eliminate massive poverty and push economic development in the country.

Urban dwellers especially informal settlers--used to be rural folks, will then be lured back in the countryside and depopulate urban areas.


Paging government

Well said and I concur sir.

[Nabartek]

Originally Posted by jpdm

I think if our government with the help of the private sector make the Philippines almost self-sufficient in food and most agricultural products, poverty in the country can easily be cut substantially.

UP Prof. Balisacan (now NEDA secretary) and other poverty experts in country believe that poverty is most prevalent in rural agricultural areas of the country.


For me then, the country should make agriculture viable and productive in the countryside so that we eliminate massive poverty and push economic development in the country.

Urban dwellers especially informal settlers--used to be rural folks, will then be lured back in the countryside and depopulate urban areas.




Paging government

Our government should seriously consider infrastructure if they really want us to be self sufficient in staple food. Patubig and infras that will prevent flood from flooding the farmlands during rainy season. Ang daming nasasayang na tanim kasi kapag tagulan eh

[Nabartek]

Akala ko ba malapit na tayo mag export ng bigas? mageexport tayo pero magiimport tayo?

NFA eyes Vietnam for 100,000 T rice supply deal

MANILA - The Philippines' National Food Authority (NFA) is seeking government approval to award a 100,000-tonne rice import deal to Vietnam which offered the best price for the volume, the head of the agency said on Wednesday.

The world's second biggest rice seller offered a "much lower" price than top exporter Thailand, NFA administrator Angelito Banayo told Reuters.

Banayo said the deal with Vietnam still requires approval from the NFA Council chaired by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala. The volume should arrive before the start of the lean harvest season in July.

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by Nabartek

Akala ko ba malapit na tayo mag export ng bigas? mageexport tayo pero magiimport tayo?

NFA eyes Vietnam for 100,000 T rice supply deal

AFAIK, Lito Banayo is a publicist, not a known manager! What can you expect of someone pulled out from Abante, was it?

[amigo32]

Originally Posted by Nabartek

Akala ko ba malapit na tayo mag export ng bigas? mageexport tayo pero magiimport tayo?

NFA eyes Vietnam for 100,000 T rice supply deal

[jpdm]

Originally Posted by Nabartek

Akala ko ba malapit na tayo mag export ng bigas? mageexport tayo pero magiimport tayo?

NFA eyes Vietnam for 100,000 T rice supply deal

Malapit na. Before we used to buy more than 2.4 million metric ton of rice. Now, its down to 500,000 T.

This can be wiped out in the next few years and we can start having surplus in a few years to enable us to export rice.

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by jpdm

Malapit na. Before we used to buy more than 2.4 million metric ton of rice. Now, its down to 500,000 T.

This can be wiped out in the next few years and we can start having surplus in a few years to enable us to export rice.

Hold your horses there. Until we see big amounts of money allotted for development of agriculture sector infra, those dreams we have can be realized. Also, we need the IRRI researchers to tweak the various types of rice in the country and produce a new variety that could withstand long immersion in water or a variety that can grow well in the upland fields. I've tested one hybrid that IRRI makes and its yield is promising. The problem is when you don't have enough water, the yield drops significantly.

On the volume aspect, the controlled volume of rice in the market means the prices remain the same--->too high for a poor peasant to buy! It would be nice if the price of rice gets lower to give the poor some breathing air, IMO.

[kenken94]

Originally Posted by jpdm

I think if our government with the help of the private sector make the Philippines almost self-sufficient in food and most agricultural products, poverty in the country can easily be cut substantially.

UP Prof. Balisacan (now NEDA secretary) and other poverty experts in country believe that poverty is most prevalent in rural agricultural areas of the country.


For me then, the country should make agriculture viable and productive in the countryside so that we eliminate massive poverty and push economic development in the country.

Urban dwellers especially informal settlers--used to be rural folks, will then be lured back in the countryside and depopulate urban areas.




Paging government

We need better technology to help the farmers increase their productivity. Provide plow machines and tractors to the simple farmers. Give better irrigation in every province so we can optimize on what arable land we have left. Given our population, we need to innovate and increase domestic production of basic agricultural products to the optimum to avoid being dependent on imports which is unsustainable.

The government has to strengthen the industry as well as use the technology we gain to modernize farming in this country so we can get more with what we have. Then we can see optimum results and a self-reliant Philippines.

In the medium term, we have to do all means to remain insulated form abrupt changes in the world economy. Depend less on exports and strengthen the domestic market so that we ourselves can push the growth further off the charts. There's no way to go but develop our own potential to create growth on our own (of course with this I will still say that we really need FDI's).

[dreamtime07]

GOOD NEWS mga kababayan!

Matagal na ako nakatira sa China, siguro mga 7 months na, at lahat ng banana dito, walang hindi nanggaling sa Pilipinas. at dahil sa ban ng pag-import ng china ng banana, hindi na masasarap ang mga banana dito at di pa gaano maganda ang itsura, minsan kadiri pa tingnan. at di na rin sila dito nagbebenta ng pongkan. sa tingin ko galing din sa pilipinas yun.

Ang good news ay: MALAKING KAWALAN sa CHINA ang pag-BAN ng IMPORTATION ng prutas galing PILIPINAS. wala na silang masarap na banana, ang mga banana nila dito na pumalit, mukang torpedo sa laki at hindi masarap, at hindi na sila gaano kadami magbenta ng banana, pakonti-konti na lang, di katulad ng dati!!!

[icarusrising]

Philippine Hybrid Rice Gains Int’l Acceptance; Indonesia Plants Big Area
By MELODY B. AGUIBA
June 1, 2012, 10:57pm

MANILA, Philippines --- The locally developed SL-8 hybrid rice has become a popular international rice variety with 32,000 hectares now planted in Indonesia and is expanding rapidly in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Africa.

A total of 105,000 hectares is aimed to be planted with SL AGritech Corp.’s (SLAC) hybrid rice varieties in Indonesia.

The company’s agreement with the Indonesian government has led to a plan to expand the hybrid area which consists of 40,000 hectares in East Kalimantan, 21,000 hectares in South Kalimantan, 34,000 hectares in South Sulawesi, and 10,000 hectares in Southeast Sulawesi.

SLAC is also shipping this year 1,000 metric tons (MT) of seeds to Bangladesh in an agreement with the government and another 1,000 MT to Vietnam.

“The Philippines is now famous among Bangladesh farmers because Bangladesh traditionally uses Chinese hybrid. But it’s only SL that has become a government-supported hybrid, so they’re always talking about SL-8 as a government hybrid,” SLAC President Henry Lim Bon Liong said in a press briefing.

It will beef up seed shipment volume to Myanmar, Brunei, India, and Nigeria.

But the aim of the company is to partner with foreign governments so that the hybrid rice seeds may be grown abroad rather than exported from the Philippines.

“We want to do seed production in their land because we have limited land,” said Lim.

In Myanmar, SLAC initially shipped 10 to 11 MT of parental seeds worth $35,000 which has since been showing favorable results.

“During the harvest of the seeds, even the president of Myanmar was there because it their highest yield (so far) in Myanmar,” he said.

A yield of up to 17 MT per hectare has already been achieved in the country from these hybrid rice seeds since the government adopted a hybrid rice program 10 years ago.

Among the highest yielders were Severino Payumo, 17.28 MT per hectare in Nueva Ecija; Aida Badong, 17.2 MT, Camarines Sur; Fernando Gabuyo, 16.75 MT, Nueva Ecija; and Eduardo Policarpio, 15.8 MT, Nueva Ecija.

Yield in Bangladesh has been reaching to 12 MT per hectare.

While India is also a hybrid rice seed producing country, SLAC has an opportunity to expand in India, said Lim, while it is likewise expanding in Nigeria.

(snipped)