Here came another set of cacao beans. One hundred kilograms in two sacks. I have been very busy since I accepted the four-days a week research related job. Working in office and laboratory four times a week, 10 hours a day; sleeping on Fridays, attending classes on Saturdays, and; doing academic assignments and blogging on my […]
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Saving The Weevil Infested Cacao Beans
While you were busy, the pesky weevils have been very busy infesting the stored cacao beans. It was almost too late when finally you have the time to roast and make some irresistible cacao tablets. Bukbok are flying up and around upon opening the sack. Hopping on your face, skin, clothes, floor and everywhere. They are ready […]
Read on... »How Rice is Wasted?
According to Department of Agriculture – Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service (DA-AFIS), every Filipino is wasting two tablespoons rice. The whole wastage is equivalent to 1.7 million kilograms which is enough to feed 2.7 million people. How rice is wasted? The following except for the last were solely based on my assumptions. Natural Calamities. Tons […]
Read on... »Natural Bukbok Control, Grain Weevil
There are two popular grain weevil according to the description of National Corn RDE Network. 1) Sitophilus zeamais or the maize grain weevil is the most destructive storage pest. The female lives for an average of four to five months. She can lay 300 to 500 eggs. Range of temperature favorable for egg laying is […]
Read on... »NFA Rice With Bukbok and Mold: They Never Know Proper Rice Handling And Storage
The NFA rice in Bulacan Warehouse is being infested by bukbok and molds. A concerned farmer reported it to GMA7 24 oras. Other NFA warehouses in Bulacan have the same problem. Those are stocks that were imported from Vietam during the leadership of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. NFA stated that rice could not be […]
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