Calamansi Production – Kalamansi

 

Calamansi Production – Kalamansi

Calamansi or calamondin (Citrofortunella microcarpa) is a fruit tree native to the Philippines. It is the most commonly grown backyard tree among the citrus species. It can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions.

It is a small tree with a height ranging from 2 meters to 7 ½ meters at maturity. Its broad egg-shaped leaves are dark green in the upper surface and pale green underneath. The fruit is round, about 2 cm to 4.5 cm in diameter, and greenish – yellow in color.

Like its relatives, such as the mandarin, pomelo and sweet orange, the calamansi is rich in phosphorous, calcium, iron and Vitamin C or ascorbic acid. It is the most popular and most commonly used citrus fruit in the country. Its juice is nutritious and traditionally made into a fruit drink that helps prevent respiratory diseases. It also helps strengthen the bones and stimulate growth especially among growing children. It can be used as a flavoring ingredient in desserts, e.g. leche flan, or as an additive in various food preparations, such as fish steak. Its pulp is used as a major ingredient in beverages, syrups, concentrates, and purees. The peel is made into jams, candies, and marmalade. With its alkalinizing effect, on the body calamansi helps circulate blood evenly and facilitates normal digestion. Continue reading “Calamansi Production – Kalamansi”

Watermelon Production -Pakwan Business

Watermelon Production -Pakwan Business

Watermelon, commonly known as “pakwan” in Tagalog, is probably native to Africa. It is mainly eaten as dessert fruit. The rind is made into preserves and pickles; the seeds are processed into butong pakwan. In 1982-83, the area planted to watermelon was 15,410 hectares with a total production of 75,650 metric tons of fruits; but area was reduced to 5,370 hectares in 1983-1984 and production went down to 57,000 metric tons of fruits. The demand for watermelon could go up as foreign markets like the USA offered to buy all the watermelon the country can produce.

VARIETIES

Varieties commonly grown in the Philippines are Valencia, Meak, Klondyke, northern Hybrid, Tender Sweet, honey Cream and Mallorca. Foreign varieties Accessions 193490 and 293964 from Africa; Accessions 183217 and 164539 from India; Festival Queen, Glory, Charleston Gray and Sugar Baby. Elevation – Watermelon is grown commercially in lowland areas after rice harvest. These provinces are Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, NUeva Ecija, Rizal, Batangas and Laguna. Months of planting – Planting season is from October to january. In some parts of the country, planting is done as early as August to produce an off-season crop which commands better market price. Continue reading “Watermelon Production -Pakwan Business”

Pangasius as a Business – Palaisdaan

Pangasius as a Business – Palaisdaan.

I have first heard of pangasius fish from one veterinary friend of mine. According to her this fish is very suited in our country and the demand is high especially in restaurant and fast food. Pangasius fillet is very in-demand also in the USA, Spain and Russia. Continue reading “Pangasius as a Business – Palaisdaan”

Ulang Production / Freshwater shrimp culture

Ulang Production / Freshwater shrimp culture

Ulang production is an alternative for tiger prawn culture. Ulang is grown in freshwater which is a great advantage for those who are living in low lands or living near lake areas.

Marlo Pagulayan an ulang grower in Cagayan said that for an investment of 21,000 pesos you could earn an aroudn 10,000 pesos. THis is almost 50% return in investment.

What make ulang special is that you can feed it with indigenous feed stuff. As to Mr. Pagulayan’s experience, he fed his Ulang with boiled crush suso which is a pest from his rice field. He also feed it with ripe papaya, grated coconut, and other vegetable like squash and carrot. Cultue period would take around 5 months.

Another advantage of ulang is that you could put tilapia also in the same pond / polyculture technology.

Source:BFAR

picture from: shrimp.vn