Philippine Star: The Integrated Rice-Duck Technology in organic farming can help mitigate global warming, said one scientist of a leading university in Mindanao. Dr. Rachel Polestico, executive director of the Appropriate Technology Center (ATC or AproTech) of Cagayan de Oro City’s Xavier University (XU), said that ducks in the rice paddies effectively reduced the emission of the greenhouse gas methane. Methane, which is produced when bacteria decomposes organic matter, is the second most …