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		<title>The Bamboo Crafts Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bamboo is a plant known for its many uses. It has become the best substitute for wood in the furniture, handicraft, and construction industries, not withstanding other benefits as a source of food, biofuel, and for environmental protection. In the Philippines, natural bamboo stands are luxuriantly growing along farm boundaries, roadsides, riverbanks, backyards, and hilly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Recycle or Re-Use Rubber Tires</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/10/how-to-recycle-or-re-use-rubber-tires.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rubber is produced from natural or synthetic sources. Natural rubber is obtained from the milky white fluid called latex, found in many plants; synthetic rubbers are produced from unsaturated hydrocarbons.
Long before Colombus arrived in the Americas, the native South Americans were using rubber to produce a number of water-resistant products. The Spaniards tried in vain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Organic Farming? (and Its Many Benefits)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is organic farming?
Organic Farming is a technique used in farming without the use of any chemicals or synthetics. Aim of organic farming is to produce crops which have the highest nutritional values with least impact on nature. Crop rotation, green manure, use of natural fertilizers and biological pest control form the crux of organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling Egg Shells Into Many Uses</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/07/recycling-egg-shells-into-many-uses.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eggshells are composed of around 95% calcium carbonate, a mineral that is very important for industry, nutrition and agriculture. There are many studies trying to find new ways to utilize this resource and their natural absorbent properties, as in treating cadmium in wastewater.
So, never toss out those egg shells. They&#8217;re not garbage, but can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biogas Construction and Production from Farm and Animal Wastes</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/06/biogas-construction-and-production-from-farm-and-animal-wastes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/06/biogas-construction-and-production-from-farm-and-animal-wastes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biogas consists mainly of methane (about 60% to 80%) and carbon dioxide (about 20% to 40%) with some other gases, such as  hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, and water vapor, in trace amounts. It is highly flammable and is produced through the anaerobic (without oxygen) decomposition of organic materials from plants and animals.  It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biogas: Solving the Energy Crisis by Waste By-Products</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/06/biogas-solving-the-energy-crisis-by-waste-by-products.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/06/biogas-solving-the-energy-crisis-by-waste-by-products.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Gerry Baron returned to the Philippines for good after 17 years in North America, our country was not in dire straits, nor was anyone able to predict that the price of crude oil would exceed $60 a barrel.
Baron, an agriculturist at heart, decided to move his family straight from the province of Tarlac where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beekeeping (Apiculture) Business Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/04/beekeeping-apiculture-business-guide.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/04/beekeeping-apiculture-business-guide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honey has a long and distinguished history in the human diet. For thousands of years honey hunters have plundered the hives of wild bees for their precious honey and beeswax &#8212; a practice still common today.
Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of intentional maintenance of honeybee colonies, commonly in hives, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermiculture and Vermicomposting Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/04/vermiculture-and-vermicomposting-guide.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/04/vermiculture-and-vermicomposting-guide.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The growing popularity of vermicomposting has cast the lowly earthworm in a new light.
Vermicomposting refers to the process of using earthworms to turn organic waste into vermicompost &#8212; also known as vermicast, worm compost, worm castings, worm humus or worm manure &#8212; a high quality natural fertilizer and soil conditioner.
In a nutshell, worm composting is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing &#8220;Kurikong&#8221; Problem In Mango</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/04/preventing-kurikong-in-mango.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/04/preventing-kurikong-in-mango.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The damage inflicted by the Cecid fly on mango fruits, more popularly known as &#8216;Kurikong,&#8217; is becoming an important concern of mango growers in many parts of the country.
Affected fruits are usually unmarketable because of the circular black or brown scabby lesions on the skin of the fruits. Both small and big fruits are affected. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions About Hydroponics Gardening</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/03/questions-about-hydroponics-gardening.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/03/questions-about-hydroponics-gardening.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. What is hydroponics?
A. Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil. The plants thrive on the nutrient solution alone. The medium merely acts as support for the plants and their root systems, and perhaps to hold moisture around the roots. The growing medium, if any, is totally inert.
Q. What are the advantages of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duckweeds, The Alternative Fish Feeds</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/03/duckweeds-the-alternative-fish-feeds.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/03/duckweeds-the-alternative-fish-feeds.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The high cost of commercial feeds, around 60% on production cost of tilapia in Region 02, has prompted the bureau to undertake research study on duckweeds as alternative fish feed.
Duckweeds (Lemna spp.) are small free floating plants with reported 18-42% crude protein (CP) content depending on the nutrient added on the culture media. Fertilization is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Control (BioControl) of Crop Diseases</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/02/organic-control-biocontrol-of-crop-diseases.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/02/organic-control-biocontrol-of-crop-diseases.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of our local plants contain helpful chemicals, particularly alkaloids, that are effective against fungal and bacterial diseases of other plants. Thus, they are mixed with the soil to control the fungus that causes the diseases of seedlings. Allow the leaves to decompose for about one week before transplanting the seedlings.
Thus, using plant leaves in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Living Fence, It&#8217;s Role on Small Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/01/the-living-fence-its-role-on-small-farm.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/01/the-living-fence-its-role-on-small-farm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Fence?
There are several reasons that a small farm needs fences:

 Marking the boundary lines between farms or next to roads.
 Separating fields used for distinct purposes
 Keeping animals from straying
 Keeping animals out of crop fields


The fence represents an investment of labor and/or money. Both items are always scarce on the small farm. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home-Built Honey Extractor from Scrap Materials</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/01/home-built-honey-extractor-from-scrap-materials.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/01/home-built-honey-extractor-from-scrap-materials.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial Honey Extractors are devices used to extract honey from honeybee &#8216;frames&#8217;. This is achieved by &#8216;uncapping&#8217; each frame/comb, and loading that frame/comb into the extractor, and &#8217;spinning out&#8217; the honey. The extractor &#8217;spins&#8217; (like a centrifuge) the honey out of the combs, slopping it on the inside liner of the extractor, where the honey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNAP, a Modified Hydroponics System</title>
		<link>http://www.mixph.com/2009/01/snap-a-modified-hydroponics-system.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.mixph.com/2009/01/snap-a-modified-hydroponics-system.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SNAP technology is very apt for leafy vegetables like lettuce, pechay, mustard and upland kangkong. The main difference between SNAP and other forms of hydroponics system is their complete nutrient solution.
You only need styrofoam boxes and cups, vegetable seeds, coco coir or saw dust, water and a liquid complete fertilizer and voila!—you can have [...]]]></description>
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