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Originally held at the university’s Freedom Park, Feb Fair will now be streamed via Facebook Live on UPLB Feb Fair’s page on Feb. 28 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
“Due to the unfortunate circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Feb Fair will have a different approach. We will be implementing and celebrating the said event in an online setting and all performances, as well as political advocacies, will happen on a single day,” UPLB All Student Councils’ Assembly (ASCA) said in a letter obtained by the UPLB Perspective, the official student publication of UPLB.
Published February 18, 2021, 2:00 PM
Amid high pork and chicken prices, the Philippine government must now find a way to boost the production of alternative protein sources such as rabbit meat and plant-based food.
Based on a study published by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), the high pork prices now, while painful and unfavorable to consumers, is an opportunity for the country to start exploring alternative protein sources.
Credit: https://www.agriculture.com.ph/ (Photo courtesy of Willie Menor)
“In the short run, this will be chicken, but it should be expanded to other options (i.e rabbit) but eventually plant-based sources of protein (i.e soybeans and nuts),” according to the study prepared by the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics of the College of Economics and Management of UPLB.
A tale of two seas: Closed season is a mixed bag for Philippine sardines industry
Since 2011, the Philippine government has imposed a closed fishing season on various major fishing grounds during the sardine spawning season.
Implemented during the tail end of the year until March the following year, the closed fishing season has been both a boon and bane for communities.
In the sardine capital of the Zamboanga Peninsula in the country’s south, the ban has boosted catch sizes for artisanal fishers, while in the Visayan Sea in the central Philippines, catches have dwindled.
Experts point to different implementations of the fishing ban in the two regions and highlight the need to assess the economic implications of the measures, particularly to marginalized fishers.
Ensure affordable chicken supply as pork prices remain high UPLB experts
Published February 17, 2021 6:17pm Experts from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) on Wednesday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to take a clear and calibrated response to address the country’s pork supply shortage. In a position paper, the UPLB Department of Economics and Management urged the DA to lift the price cap on pork and chicken meat and to focus its efforts on other interventions. “Higher prices in Manila are a consequence of limited supply. Producers will take advantage of such opportunity. It is best to let markets take its course for now while the DA focuses its efforts more on its other interventions,” it said.
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