If it was a little sparse inside when it first opened, now it is overflowing with flower power -- packed to the rafters with ethnic knickknacks, self-help books and tie-dyed clothing. At one end, amid a collection of potted plants, is a small photo exhibition of exotic mountain scenes, while a flat-screen television shows oriental tea ceremonies. Besides the Age of Aquarius paraphernalia, the center offers a full eco supermarket with many hard-to-find spices and condiments, plus other...

The donation, which worth several thousand United States dollars includes one desktop computer, one Yamaha-100 motorbike and 40 kilograms of, improved high yielding rice seeds. Toe said the donation was one way of ensuring that the Ministry of Agriculture contributes to capacity building in enhancing increased food production and productivity, especially for those categorized as vulnerable. Toe for the gifts and pray that God will reward him bountifully. Use our pull-down menus to find...

Anti-GM groups, however, argue that in many developing countries, GM crops are now grown mainly for export by big farmers, not for local consumption, and that there are big effects of this monoculture cropping. Ten years after the first GM crops were planted, evidence is mounting that the technology can increase crop yields with apparently little environmental impact, particularly in developing countries. In India, for example, GM cotton has increased yields by around 150 per cent, trebled...

Anthropologists have found the earliest known evidence of maize cultivation in Mexico. The discovery, published in the April 9-13 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pushes back farming of the ancestor of modern corn to about 7,300 years ago. Anthropologists have found the earliest known evidence of maize cultivation in Mexico. The discovery, published in the April 9-13 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pushes back...

Of the town's total agricultural land area of 24,034 hectares, 61 percent is being utilized for corn production, only 28 percent for palay farming and 11 percent for high value crops. Corn has played, and will continue to play, an important role in sustaining our local economy as well as the country's corn industry," said Mayor Isidro Janita. Cotabato town's economy BANGA, South Cotabato -- Sights of young children on top of grazing carabaos and smells of burnt leaves would welcome...