Bio-fertilizer technology for sustainable agriculture: facing challenges of climate change

Date

2022

Abstract

While the establishment of the National Institute of Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (BIOTECH), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) researches were done to look for cheaper and locally available but efficient substitutes for supplements to inorganic fertilzer, such as bio-ferilizers and bio-pesticides Technologies on bio-fertilizer developed by UPLB include BIO-N, the most popular and one of the most effective; Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Root Inoculant or VAMRI; Brown Magic; BioGroe; Mykovam; NitoPlus; microbial inoculant for the bioconversion of crops residues and agro-industry by-products into bio-fertilizers; Cocogro or plant growth hormones from coconut water; and BioCon bio-pesticides derived from such natural materials as animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals were also discussed in this paper. Likewise the possible impact of biofertilizer to challenges as a result of climate change was presented. Bio-fertilizer in the Philippines are very promising. Bio-fertilizers are very cheap, easy to use, safe and do not require repeated applications. Several training courses and workshop have already been conducted to disseminate and transfer the bio-fertilizer technologies to target clientele.

Book Title

Biofertilizer technologies for sustainable agriculture

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

BIOFERTILIZERS; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; BIOPESTICIDES; VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; INOCULATION; ROOTS; CROP RESIDUES; PLANT GROWTH SUBSTANCES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY

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