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Carrageenan extracted from seaweeds and further degraded through irradiation may be the latest breakthrough in Philippine agriculture.

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The country’s coconut industry is the source of income of 3.5 million farmers, providing important economic support to the rural communities.

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The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) initiated and funded programs and projects addressing the negative effects of climate change in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources sectors through the utilization of modern tools and techniques or Smarter Agriculture.

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Commercial pigs in their pen (Photo from the Livestock Research Division, DOST-PCAARRD)

In other swine-producing countries, the application of gene markers that are associated with economically important traits, has resulted to significant improvement in the number of pigs produced and consequently, the hog liveweight produced per sow per year.