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Sa nagdaang mga taon, nagsasagawa ang Visayas State University (VSU) ng mga pagsasaliksik tungo sa pagtugon sa climate change. Nang simulan ng VSU ang proyekto nito sa produkson ng kawayan para sa matatag na pabahay, kinuha ng VSU ang serbisyo ni Dr. Rico O. Cruz, isang Balik Scientist sa larangan ng ‘bamboo processing.’

Si Dr. Cruz ay dalubhasa sa ‘agricultural’ at ‘biosystems engineering,’ ‘renewable energy,’ at ‘environmental management.’ Siya ay may 30 taong karanasan sa pagbuo,

Ang mga ‘rubber seedlings’ na pinalaki gamit ang sisidlan na tinatawag na ‘root trainer’ ay nakakapag-debelop ng 300% na mas madaming ugat kumpara sa mga punla na pinalaki gamit ang ‘polybag’ o itim na plastic na karaniwang ginagamit sa mga ‘nursery.’ Ang paggamit nito ay magbubunga ng mas mabilis na paglaki ng rubber na may kalidad.

Mas mataas ang posibilidad na mabuhay ang mga punla ng rubber sa paggamit ng teknolohiya ng root trainer. Pinahuhusay nito ang pagbuo ng mga punong-ugat at mga ‘root

A team of 74 Filipino scientists and crew headed by Balik Scientist Dr. Deo Florence L. Onda sailed to the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the West Philippine Sea for a two-week expedition.

The expedition aimed to establish baseline data that will further understand the responses of threatened marine ecosystems to the changing environment.

Conducted from April 22 to May 6, 2019, the joint expedition was a collaboration among the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI), the

For years, the Visayas State University (VSU) has been pursuing research activities on climate change resiliency. When the University embarked in a bamboo production project for sustainable shelters, VSU decided to tap the expertise of a Balik Scientist for bamboo processing.

Dr. Rico O. Cruz is part of the Balik Scientist Program (BSP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). He is an expert in agricultural and biosystems engineering, renewable energy, and environmental management. He

Isang grupo ng mananaliksik sa rehiyon ng Bicol ang nagsagawa ng proyekto upang mapaunlad ang produksyon ng munggo.

Ang proyekto ay may titulong, “Enhancing Mungbean Production in Bicol Region.” Una itong isinakatuparan sa Pamplona, Camarines Sur, isang ‘rainfed area’ kung saan karamihan ng magsasaka ay nagtatanim ng palay. Kinalaunan, ipinakilala din ang proyektong ito sa mga nagtatanim ng mais sa Masbate.

Gamit ang munggo bilang panghaliling pananim, layon ng proyekto na tugunan ang madalas

"There is science in raising native pigs and producing robusta coffee," said Dr. Edwin C. Villar, Deputy Executive Director for Research and Development of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

Villar encouraged the participants to engage in raising native pig and producing robusta coffee and to make it as a livelihood or enterprise. He said that it is important to learn the

Two entrepreneurs shared their success stories in the coffee business during the second day of the Yookah Farms and Industry Encounters through the Science and Technology Agenda (FIESTA) organized by the Cordillera Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources Research and Development (CorCAARRD).

Held at the Kalinga State University in Tabuk City, Kalinga, the FIESTA was attended by farmers and aspiring farmers in the province.

Maaari nang mapangalagaan laban sa malawakang peste at sakit ang sibuyas at bawang sa Nueva Ecija at karatig probinsya. Gamit ang information, communication, and technology (ICT) tools, ang pagsugpo sa mga peste at sakit ay maisasagawa agad bago pa man ito lumaganap sa mga taniman. Sa ganitong paraan, maiiwasan ang tuluyang pagkalugi ng mga magsasaka.

Sa proyektong Surveillance, detection, and mapping of leaf miner and anthracnose-twister diseases in onion and garlic, ang mga mananaliksik sa

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) received funding support of ₱14.5 million to improve and upgrade their shrimp R&D facilities through the DOST-PCAARRD Facilities Development for the National Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources R&D Network (NAARRDN) Program. The grant will be used for the upgrading of UPV’s existing hatcheries, larval rearing tanks, shrimp aeration systems and seawater intake systems, as well as for the procurement of highly specialized equipment and a generator set

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) invested ₱4.9 million for the facilities improvement of the University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) Tagum-Mabini Campus recently.

The investment is part of the Council’s initiative to support its partners in the region.

Livelihood in the rural parts of our country has always been a critical issue. Majority of Filipinos in the rural uplands rely on subsistence agriculture.

To help upland communities, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) funded the project, “Enhancing Livelihoods through Forest Landscape Restoration.”

The potential of sweetpotato will be bannered during an event organized by three consortia of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

Sweetpotato Farms and Industry Encounters through the Science and Technology Agenda (FIESTA) will be held on July 9-10, 2019 at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management in Quezon City.

One of the Councils of the Department of Science and Technology, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) will be showcasing the outputs of its R&D on biodiversity during the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW).

NSTW will be held from July 17 to 21, 2019 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.

Following this year’s theme, “Enabling technologies for sustainable development,” DOST-PCAARRD will address United Nations’

The Inland Aquatic Resources Research Division (IARRD) of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) visited the ongoing Niche Center in the Region (NICER) and Eel Projects at Isabela State University (ISU) and Cagayan State University (CSU) recently.

The team, headed by the Monitoring and Evaluation Section Head, Dr. Adelaida T. Calpe, together with Mr. Wilfredo C. Ibarra and Ms.

There may be various factors critical to the successful implementation of Research and Development Programs, but two elements remain constant – human resources and facilities.

In 2017, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) invested ₱10 million to improve the Science Research Laboratory (SRL) of the Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) to help its fisheries biotechnology and