PCAARRD urges the public to rediscover indigenous veggies in the Philippines
Vegetables
Philippines
Published Oct 26, 2021
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MANILA – To increase the utilization of indigenous vegetables, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) has announced the recently completed project that documented over a hundred indigenous vegetables from 20 provinces.
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MANILA – With the goal of increasing the utilization of indigenous vegetables, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) has announced the recently completed project that documented over a hundred indigenous vegetables from 20 provinces. A team of researchers from the University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB) conducted focused group discussions with at least 75 communities, and asked them about the vegetables' accessibility, seasonality, marketability, among others. Project leader Lorna Sister of UPLB's Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Food Science, shared their findings in a webinar aired on PCAARRD's Facebook page on Oct. 21. Researchers have rediscovered sunset hibiscus, "saluyot" or jute mallow, "talinum" or waterleaf spinach, and "alugbati" or malabar spinach as among the leafy vegetables which they said are rich in iron and calcium. There are flower vegetables, too. These include ...
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