Ginger value chain study in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
Ginger value chain study in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9251317518

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The FAO regional project “Development of effective and inclusive food value chains in ASEAN Member States” (GCP/RAS/296/JPN) aimed to make a significant contribution to the food and livelihood security of smallholders, who will be integrated into food value chains and linked to new market opportunities. The Ginger Value Chain Study report provides an overview and analysis of the ginger industry in Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines, with the aim of identifying main leverage points and key strategies to improve its competitiveness. The report provides the basis for the formulation of the project’s future activities, and lays the foundation for the project’s cooperation with the private sector and other government agencies active in the ginger industry.

Smallholder HOPES-horticulture, People and Soil
Smallholder HOPES-horticulture, People and Soil

Author: John Oakeshott

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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The southern Philippines fruits and vegetables program was a collaborative research model jointly managed by ACIAR and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD). These proceedings represent the results of nine projects covering a range of commodities and research areas, the ultimate goal of which was to contribute to economic growth in the southern Philippines and to improve the livelihoods of Filipino farmers and their families.

Barangay
Barangay

Author: William Henry Scott

Publisher: Ateneo University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9789715501354

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Barangay presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography. Part One describes Visayan culture in eight chapters on physical appearance, food and farming, trades and commerce, religion, literature and entertainment, natural science, social organization, and warfare. Part Two surveys the rest of the archipelago from south to north.

Hurricanes
Hurricanes

Author: Roger A. Pielke, Sr.

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13:

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Losses to hurricanes in the 1990s total more than those incurred in the 1970s and 1980s combined, even after adjusting for inflation. This has led many to mistakenly conclude that severe hurricanes are becoming more frequent. In fact, according to recent research, the past few decades have seen a decrease in the frequency of severe storms and 1991 to 1994 was the quietest in at least 50 years. It does mean, however, that the world today is more vulnerable to hurricane impacts than it has ever been, which represents a serious policy problem. This book defines and assesses the hurricane problem, focusing primarily on the United States, in order to lay a foundation for action. The concept of vulnerability is used to integrate the societal and physical aspects of hurricane impacts. The book is unique in that it seeks to address both the scientific and societal aspects of hurricanes. While it focuses on the United States, it is intended to illustrate weather related impacts assessment that could be applied in other areas, and for phenomena other than hurricanes. More broadly, this book seeks to illustrate the beneficial uses (as well as limitations) of hurricane science to society. Explicit consideration of the relationship between science and society is much needed in an era when scientific research is under public and political pressure to demonstrate a better connection with societal needs.

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture

Author: R. Z. Sayyed

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-06-27

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 9811367906

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Sustainable increase in agricultural production while keeping the environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a real challenge in current agricultural practices. Application of PGPR can help in meeting the expected demand for increasing agricultural productivity to feed the world’s booming population. Global concern over the demerits of chemicals in agriculture has diverted the attention of researchers towards sustainable agriculture by utilizing the potential of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). Use of PGPR as biofertilizers, biopesticides, soil, and plant health managers has gained considerable agricultural and commercial significance. The book Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture has contributions in the form of book chapter from 25 eminent global researchers, that discusses about the PGPRs and their role in growth promotion of various crop plants, suppression of wide range of phytopathogens, their formulation, effect of various factors on growth and performance of PGPR, assessment of diversity of PGPR through microsatellites and role of PGPR in mitigating biotic and abiotic stress.This book will be helpful for students, teachers, researchers, and entrepreneurs involved in PGPR and allied fields. The book will be highly useful to researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.

Historical Dictionary of the Philippines
Historical Dictionary of the Philippines

Author: Artemio R. Guillermo

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 653

ISBN-13: 0810872463

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The Historical Dictionary of the Philippines, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries.

The Spanish Lake
The Spanish Lake

Author: Oskar Hermann Khristian Spate

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2004-11-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1920942165

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This work is a history of the Pacific, the ocean that became a theatre of power and conflict shaped by the politics of Europe and the economic background of Spanish America. There could only be a concept of &�the Pacific once the limits and lineaments of the ocean were set and this was undeniably the work of Europeans. Fifty years after the Conquista, Nueva Espaą and Peru were the bases from which the ocean was turned into virtually a Spanish lake.