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The country must ramp up its production of organic fertilizers to reduce farmers’ dependence on expensive imported fertilizers while helping increase their yield and protect the soil from degradation, Sen. Cynthia Villar said.
Senator Cynthia A. Villar on Tuesday, June 14 reiterated the adoption of composting procedures and the use of organic fertilizer to protect the soil after noting that bad practices in agriculture reduce nutrients in the soil which resulted to its 38 percent degradation. In her video message during
(File photo) MANILA - Composting and the use of organic fertilizers are better agriculture practices for the protection of the soil, Senator Cynthia Villar said on Monday. Villar pointed out that bad practices reduce nutrients in the soil, resulting in at least 38-percent degradation. In a video message during the 71st anniversary of the Bureau of Soils and Waste Management (BSWM), Villar underscored the need to produce organic fertilizer from agricultural residues like rice straw, corn stover, animal manure, among others, to replace inorganic, synthetic or chemical fertilizers. It is importan...
RECOGNIZING that healthy soil lays the groundwork for increased yield and income in agriculture, Senator Cynthia A. Villar has renewed her call to Filipino farmers to ramp up composting using organic fertilizers. This is also following a farmers’ group support in calls for reducing the country’s reliance on imported fertilizer by increasing local…
Senator Cynthia Villar and Usec Ariel Cayanan of the Department of Agriculture Healthy soil is the foundation in ensuring food security in our country. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that healthy soils are the basis for healthy food production. A healthy living soil is crucial to fo