Legumes provide many benefits. They have multiple uses. Usually, they are utilized as cover crops and inter-cropped with cereals and other staple foods. The best known benefits of legumes is that in soil, it can improve soil porosity and structure, increase soil organic matter, recycle nutrients and diversify microorganisms. They are harvested as crops for human and animal consumption as well as used as pulp for paper production and oil production.
Oregano is a popular herb from the mint family with a scientific name of Organum vulgare that has been a valuable part of both culinary and alternative medicine treatments foe along time. It is closely related to marjoram (another herb from the mint family, commonly known as cousin of oregano). The word oregano comes from the Greek, meaning “joy of the mountain”. Ancient Greeks believed that cows that grazed on fields of oregano produced tastier meat. This herb is commonly used in Italian cuisine but believed to be originated in Greece. Before, Greeks used the leaves to treat sores and aching muscles while Chinese doctors use this for centuries to relieve fever, vomiting, diarrhea and itchy skin.
Cole crops or basically known as Brassica are crops that are well adapted to cool season production because they are quite cold resistant. These are members of Cruciferae (mustard) family which includes Chinese cabbage, broccoli Brussels, sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower.
This is a primer on organic ampalaya production published by UPLB-Institute of Plant Breeding and PCAARRD-DOST.
This material presented the procedures on how to make the following organic inputs:1. Indigenous Microorganism (IMO)2. Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)3. Fermented Fruit Juice (FFJ)4. Fermented Amino Acid (FAA)5. Oriental Herbal Nutrients (OHN)6. Calcium Phosphate (Ca Read more…
Teodoro C. Mendoza1, Mae Soe oo2, Sem Savuth2 and Isaac F. Sulonteh2 Abstract There is a need to increase further rice yields due to increasing demand which in turn is due to increasing rice consuming Read more…
