| Benefits of Organic vs Chemical Fertilizers |
The use of chemical fertilizer not only damages our soil fertility, which we need to produce our food, it also threatens our health and well-being. |
| Disadvantages of Using Unprocessed Chicken Manure |
| Microorganisms in the compost pile also fix the nitrogen, reducing leaching and volatilization and resulting in slow-release of the nutrient. |
| EO 481 Makes Organic Agriculture State Policy |
Through EO 481, which is titled “Promotion and Development of Organic Agriculture in the Philippines,” the government has explicitly declared support to aggressive programs on OA. |
The government has shifted gear towards the development of agriculture and fisheries programs to meet the demands for increasing food supply in the country. |
Lawmakers today urged Filipino farmers to promote bio-organic farming as a safer system in rice production |
| Greenpeace to Government: Cut Fertilizer Use |
Pesticide use from 1977 to 1987 increased by 325 percent, but rice yield went up by only 30 percent. |