Tambayan ng Kaalaman Tungkol sa Pilipinas
For the past years, the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) through funding support from the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) has been conducting several varietal trials for organic vegetable production. The main purpose is to enable the Institute to recommend varieties of vegetables suited for organic farming.
What is organic vegetable production?
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PEPPER
Planting pepper is a lifetime livelihood if well developed. If the soil is good and care is good,
thequality of the harvest is likewise good and so commands a good price in the market. When
harvest is poor, even the stems of this plant, when dried, can also be used and sold including
the chaff when powdered. Although these are not so strong in taste as the fruit itself, they are
nevertheless sought because of the aroma they to the food. So even the powdered pulp get
sold.