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Two New Organic Farming Products

We have introduced two new organic agriculture farming products for the Filipino farmers. Nutriplus K+ and Nutriplus Zn+ listed below to join the existing APSA80, Nutriplant AG, Nutriplus NPK+ and Nutriplant SD SL products. See below for more information and ordering Nutriplus K+ and Nutriplus Zn+.

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Nutriplus K+ (500ml)

Nutriplus K+ contains organically complexed micronutrients combined with organically developed through a unique biological complexion process (BCP12). It is designed to supply plants with potassium for maintenance or to correct deficiencies quickly.



Nutriplus Zn+ (500ml)

Nutriplus Zn+ is an organic based liquid foliar fertilizer which contains organically complexed macronutrients combined with organic matters scientifically developed through a unique biological complexion process (BCP12). It is designed to supply plant with zinc for maintenance or to correct deficiencies quickly.






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International Food Policy Research Institute

International body says RP farm production needs to grow by 5% in next 5 years.

TO cut rural poverty and hunger, the Philippines needs to grow farm production by at least 5 percent each year from now until 2015, the International Food Policy Research Institute (Ifpri) said.

Ifpri executive director Shenggen Fan said the Philippines has not been able to prop farm production mainly because of the lack of investments in the sector.

“The Philippines failed to sustain growth because of the lack of investment in agriculture, agricultural research, rural infrastructure and extension [work],” said Fan on the sidelines of the Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific at the ADB Headquarters in Pasig City.

To spur farm-production growth, Fan recommended a focus on smallholder activity and encouraging more private-sector investments and participation in farm production.

“I think the biggest policy agenda should really be smallholders activity and small-farmers activity, and link them to markets and trade,” he said.

“The private sector should also lead the way in establishing agro-processing centers in rural areas. The government should help in facilitating it,” Fan said.

The Philippines has yet to achieve a 5-percent farm growth. In recent years, farm-sector growth averaged between 2 percent and 3 percent.

While it is good to target rice self-sufficiency, Ifpri said the Philippines should target “nutrition security” and not just food security.

“Rice self-sufficiency is only one goal, [but] it is not the right goal. I think the right goal should be...to ensure that the poor would have nutritious food to eat,” said Fan.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is targeting to grow paddy-rice production to more than 21 million metric tons, the projected demand by 2013.

Earlier, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the DA will launch a number of measures, including expanding upland areas planted to rice, to increase paddy-rice production.

By Business Mirror




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La Nina and More Philippine Rice Imports

Philippines May Buy Rice If La Nina Damages Crops

The Philippines, the world’s largest rice importer, may return to the market if the La Nina weather event damages the next harvest, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said. Rice rose in Chicago, reversing a 0.4 percent loss.

“We will import if that happens,” Alcala said in an interview in Manila today. “We will not be caught flat footed.” Consultations will be made with farmers, millers and traders before any decision to import is made, said Alcala, who took the position July 1.

Rice futures surged to last year’s high in December as the Philippines rushed to secure imports after floods damaged crops, and on speculation India may become a net importer of the grain. Possible flooding threatens to widen the rice production deficit, which forced the nation to boost imports of the milled grain to a record 2.47 million metric tons this year.

“We will immediately assess the extent of the damage when flooding occurs,” Alcala said. “Whenever these things happen, you don’t see all of the crops wiped out. If central Luzon is affected, there will still be some supply coming out of Mindanao.”

The Philippines may have as much as 60 percent more rainfall in the fourth quarter than average, possibly causing similar damage to crops as experienced in 2009, because of La Nina, said Prisco Nilo, administrator of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in a July 5 interview.

Rice Gains

September-delivery contract gained as much as 0.2 percent to $10.020 per 100 pounds on the Chicago Board of Trade, reversing an earlier decline to $9.960. It last traded little changed at $10.010 at 5:34 p.m. in Singapore.

La Nina, characterized by colder-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, can cause wetter-than-usual weather in Asia and below-average rainfall in parts of the U.S., Argentina and southern Brazil.

The Southeast Asian nation lost 1.38 million tons of rough rice after rains flooded crops and warehouses between late September and October last year. After the rains, El Nino parched crops in the Southeast Asian nation, causing a forecast 10.5 percent drop in the first rice harvest of the year, from 7.38 million tons a year earlier, the government said in May.

Still, the Philippines will work to reduce the nation’s reliance on imports in the coming years by encouraging farmers to use flood-tolerant and drought-resistant seeds, minimizing losses caused by adverse weather, Alcala said.

‘Preventative Measures’

President Benigno Aquino has ordered “preventive measures” on storms after a meeting of the National Disaster Coordinating Council identified 44 areas “vulnerable” to floods and landslides, Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said July 6.

The Department of Agriculture will implement a system to track yields, output and areas planted, and identify the provinces most at risk of damage from storms and typhoons, Alcala said.

Heavier rains and flooding may hit rice and corn growing areas including the Cagayan Valley, Bicol, Eastern Visayas and Surigao, if La Nina affects the country in the fourth quarter, the weather bureau’s Nilo said.

Cagayan Valley, the nation’s second-largest rice growing region, and Bicol and Eastern Visayas accounted for 19 percent of the nation’s fourth-quarter production in 2009, according to data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics.

By Bloomberg




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Philippine Rice Imports May Jump by 24%

Philippine Rice Imports May Jump by 24% on Output Cuts After 2009 Typhoon

Rice imports by the Philippines, the world’s top buyer, may surge 24 percent this year after a typhoon in 2009 cut production, government figures show.

The Philippines will import 2.47 million metric tons of rice this year, a figure comprised of both government and private sector purchases, according to Jose Cordero, an assistant administrator at the Philippines’ National Food Authority. The agency is tasked with ensuring food security through procurement of rice and buffer stocking.

Imports at that level would mark an increase from the 2 million tons that the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service estimates the Philippines bought last year, when the Southeast Asian nation and Nigeria shared the label of the top importer. A typhoon in late 2009 hurt production and led to the import increase this year, Cordero said.

“We had troubles with production,” Cordero said today at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City. “We had to increase the volume of importation this year.”

Still, the country “has no intention” to import any more than the 2.47 million tons, Cordero said. “If the Philippines makes a move to initiate a tender by the last quarter of 2010, it will be for the 2011 requirement.”

‘Definitely Lower’

While the Philippines plans to achieve rice self- sufficiency by 2013, imports will still be necessary next year, though the volume will “definitely be lower” than in 2010, Cordero said.

“We normally start with a low figure,” he said, when asked about projections for 2011. “I would guess from 1 million to 1.5 million tons as an initial figure. But it will be an inter-agency committee that is going to recommend to the Philippine government the actual volume.”

The Philippines last imported fewer than 1.5 million tons in 2004, when 1.1 million tons were bought from foreign sources, according to the U.S. service. The last time the country’s imports were less than 1 million tons was in 2000. The Philippines plans to cut imports by boosting production through increased yields and improving the supply chain, Cordero said.

“We cannot forever rely on rice importation,” Cordero said.

The Philippines surpassed Indonesia as the world’s top rice importer in 2008. Indonesia has now stopped importing rice altogether, according to Mohammad Ismet, a senior adviser at Bulog, the country’s state food company.

“Definitely,” said Ismet, when asked if Indonesia expects to avoid having to resume rice imports in coming years. “We have to consider that the world market is still unstable,” said Ismet, who spoke at the same conference.

By Bloomberg




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