'Biochar' increases rice yield in Nueva Ecija

By Celso M. Cajucom

Jan 16, 2023 2:09 am

'Amending' the soil, a suggestion from the Singapore-based Alcom Pte. Ltd. for greater rice yields, worked for Filipino growers like Lauro Medina.

A farmer from Nueva Ecija, which is widely acknowledged as the 'Rice Granary of the Philippines,' Medina took the 'green' company up on its recommendation to try biochar, which the latter pushes as a green soil amendment.

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