“Golden Rice” is probably the world’s most hotly debated genetically modified organism (GMO). It was intended to be a beta carotene-enriched crop to reduce Vitamin A deficiency, a health problem in ...

Special Report (2nd of a series) MANILA, Philippines — Back in Cosme’s farm in Barangay Sapang Uwak, the ube industry’s ...

MANILA, Philippines — Farmers in certain rice-growing areas are encouraged to adopt cost-saving practices to reduce planting ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Philippine Department of Agriculture held a send-off ceremony at the Agricultural Training Institute on Tuesday for 50 young farmers who will begin an 11-month internship in ...

International quotations for coconut oil, the Philippines’s top farm export, have been on the rise in recent months. Figures ...

In the Philippines, farmers in the south are demanding justice after police opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing at least three farmers and leaving dozens more wounded. At least 6,000 farmers ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — There's a town in the Philippines, just south of Manila, that has a deep connection to St. Paul. Turns out, it's a popular fruit that's the connection. It's fair to say that coconuts ...

The Philippines said it will provide 12.7 billion pesos ($224 million) in financial assistance to about 2.3 million rice farmers to help them cope with El Nino and higher production costs. Rice ...

Unhappy with the prospect of essentially being force-fed genetically modified Golden Rice that packs an added vitamin-A punch, a group of 400 farmers in the Philippines recently stormed a field at a ...