Former Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Cielito Habito will be the resource person at the "Annual Forum on The Business and Economic Prospects for 2007" of the Institute for Negros Development of the University of St. La Salle on March 9, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the Sanctuario de La Salle.

Habito will provide a brief hindsight and foresight analysis of the Philippine economy in 2006 and 2007, the IND said.

Another part of the forum will be a roundtable sharing and discussion on the performance, projections and concerns of the various industries/sectors.

Use organic fertilizer,
DA tells WV farmers

The Department of Agriculture 6 is encouraging farmers in Western Visayas to use organic fertilizer instead of chemical-based fertilizer to reduce cost of production, the DA said in a press release.

OIC-Regional Executive Director Larry Nacionales said that farmers must sustain activities in agriculture through, for one, modified rapid composting wherein resources from within the farm are utilized.

He cited the use of trichoderma harzianum which only takes 21 to 30 days for the compost to become "ripe" unlike organic fertilizer which is produced after four to five months, the press release said.

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