Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.

CALAMBA, Philippines – The aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has added urgency to finding a solution to a longstanding problem: less than 10 percent of farmers have crop insurance, and ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Farmers at the Pacol Flower Farm in Naga had anticipated brisk sales for All Souls Day as well as tourists this October, until Severe Tropical Storm Kristine damaged their crops NAGA CITY, Philippines ...

Since the beginning of this year, the Philippines has been intensifying its effort to make waves over Huanyan Dao (also known as Huangyan Island), through a series of moves ranging from groundlessly ...

Genetically modified crops are common in countries such as the United States, but generally they’re modified for two things: efficiency and profit. Golden rice, which is a short-grain rice genetically ...

MANILA, Philippines — Armed men opened fire on a group of sugar cane farmers who were occupying part of a plantation in the central Philippines, killing nine, and then set three of the bodies on fire, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of tech and social progress in Asia. To the unknowing eye, water hyacinth plants are beautiful. The ...

Farmers in the Bicol region in the Philippines are experiencing the brunt of the lockdown, imposed since March 16 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation is especially hard for rice farmers, ...