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Bacolod City, PhilippinesFriday, November 23, 2012
Active, PNB finalize
Bacolod joint venture

The Active Group recently finalized a joint-venture agreement with the Philippine National Bank to develop nearly 50 hectares of prime property in Bacolod City.

The project, which will be called Centrale, is envisioned as an upscale residential subdivision for the 21st century, a press release from Active said.

It is located in the center of Bacolod, and near commercial establishments, hospitals, schools and government offices, it said.

Farmer claims organic,
farming doubles output

Practicing organic agriculture has doubled his production since he shifted from conventional farming to organic farming six years ago Jose Felizardo Jr. of SitioTangco, Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City said yesterday at the Governor’s Hall, Provincial Capitol Building, Bacolod City.

Felizardo, who works a 7-hectare farm in Brgy. Tan-awan, said with conventional farming he used chemicals and other additives from land preparation to planting the crops but they only left him with high expenses and lesser income, until he decided to shift to organic farming in 2006 with the help of the Negros Nine Human Development Foundation Inc. of which he is a member.

However, he said, that he had to adjust to the new system but the result now gives him a yearly average income of P100,025, compared to the past 15 years when he had been earning only around P50,000 yearly.

FLO: Fair trade system
can counter zero tariff

The liaison officer of Fairtrade Labeling Organization for Southeast Asia, yesterday said that the implementation of zero tariffs on sugar and other agricultural products by 2015 will have an impact to the producers in Negros Occidental and it will automatically affect small producers.

Hagung Hendrawa, who spoke at a forum during the 7th Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival in Bacolod City said there is always an effect when there is a change of system and that the entry of cheaper products will shake the domestic markets especially when they are sold at a much higher price.

However, he said the impact can be reduced if farmers prepare now and consider fair trade as one of their opportunities to have a stable and sustainable market.

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