Seaweed farming in Tubod booming
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As the price of the seaweed goes up in the world market, the people living in the coastal places in Lanao del Norte are venturing into seaweed farming particularly that the provincial government and its leaders are in full support to their endeavor.
Some 131 seaweed farmers from Barangays Pigcarangan and Tanguegueron in Tubod, capital town of Lanao del Norte, received 60 kilos of seaweeds planting materials last March 17 from the Provincial Agriculturist Office and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 10.
Through these seaweed materials, the farmers can exponentially increase the number of seaweeds once planted under the sea and eventually it will yield exponential results.
The farmers can harvest double or triple the number of seaweed planted as by nature this kind of stuff can easily multiply or reproduce like cultured mushrooms..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110322nat5.html
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