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Coffee production in Sultan Kudarat is currently being enhanced under a government project.

In 2019, the project, “Enhancing Coffee Production in Sultan Kudarat” was approved for funding by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD). It is being implemented by the Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU) under the leadership of Dr. Marissa Hitalia. In this project, SKSU collaborates with the

Australia and Philippines partner anew for agricultural research and development (R&D).

Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) was recently appointed as a member of the Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).

The ACIAR PAC plays a key role in the planning and implementation of

Seven agriculture products developed through research and development were showcased to eight potential investors from food, agriculture, and machine industries in Ilocos region and Metro Manila in a virtual technology pitch day held recently.

Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), through its Intellectual Property and Technology Business Management (IP-TBM) project in cooperation with the provincial government of Ilocos Norte, conducted the activity.

The products or technologies pitched were:

A less-studied but major constraint on banana production called “banana bract mosaic disease (BBrMD)” will now be explored through a three-year program funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

The program, “Banana Bract Mosaic Disease in the Philippines: Geographic Distribution, Yield Loss Assessment, Virus Elimination, and Evaluation of Germplasm Collection,” will be

More technology transfer officers of the country’s state universities and colleges (SUCs) will soon be able to protect technologies in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources (AANR) sector developed through research and development by their respective institutions.

This is being accomplished in the online Intellectual Property (IP) Master Class spearheaded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and

Quality seeds are important in crop establishment, yield increase, and low incidence of pests and diseases. However, with the challenge of climate change, seeds need to be climate-resilient as well. The development of these seeds can be fast-tracked through collaboration of different countries in the Southeast and South Asian region.

This type of collaboration will be discussed during the webinar, “Regional Cooperation for Building a Resilient Seed System in the Philippines” that will be

MARAMAG, Bukidnon – Conservation and implementation of production protocols for industrial tree plantation species will hopefully improve the supply of wood in the country.

This will be done through a project that will develop conservation and production protocols for high-yielding and resistant falcata seed sources. This was recently approved for implementation by the Central Mindanao University (CMU).

The project has been recently approved for funding by the Philippine Council for

Caraga, the “timber corridor of the country,” will soon have supply of improved and fortified forest tree seeds through the Mindanao Tree Seed Center (MTSC).

The Mindanao Tree Seed Center (MTSC), one of the major sources of seeds and planting materials of the country’s National Greening Program (NGP), will soon have supply of improved and fortified forest tree seeds.

MTSC’s improved and fortified seeds will be developed through the project, “Forest Tree Seed Quality Enhancement and Development

A royal treat for fruit lovers, Queen pineapple is a smaller but sweeter pineapple in the Philippines that is enjoying growing local and international demand. Despite being more resistant to pests compared with the common pineapple varieties, some insect pests and diseases still pose threat to its quality and high yield potential.

To address this concern, the Visayas State University (VSU) identified potential biological control (biocontrol) agents that could be used in developing sustainable, safe,

Control and eradication strategies against Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in Mindanao is enhanced through a government project.

A Central Mindanao University (CMU) project identified risk factors on commercial and backyard pigs acquiring CSF as well as the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of Mindanao farmers on CSF and its control. Both information are vital in controlling and eradicating CSF, a highly infectious and fatal disease among pigs and wild boars.

Also known as hog cholera, CSF

A non-chemical and non-hazardous method of controlling citrus rind borer (CRB) in Satsuma mandarin, has been developed through the funding of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The method reduced yield loss of Satsuma mandarin due to CRB, from 75% to 87% to just 5%. CRB is an insect pest that burrows into the fruit’s rind and flesh, and causes internal rot

A total of 41 mechanical and chemical technologies developed by state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country were filed for patent.

The patents were filed as outputs of the 3rd Intellectual Property (IP) Master Class organized by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

A total of 22 mechanical technologies were filed online while 19 chemical technologies were filed online

An initiative of an agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is making tilapia farming accessible to selected beneficiaries in Laguna and Batangas.

A total of 14 farmer cooperators culturing tilapia in 17 fishponds with area of 2,798 sq m located in Laguna and Batangas benefited from the project, “Tilapia para sa Pamayanan” of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), an agency of DOST.

The project provided free

Technologies and innovations which are products of research and development with the goal of food security and sustainability in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources (AANR) sectors, will be one of the highlights of the 5th National Research and Development Conference (NRDC).

Organized and held annually by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the NRDC features outputs of government-supported programs and projects under the Harmonized National R&D Agenda (HNRDA) to

A paper, which will serve as a baseline on creating a bilingual knowledge taxonomy for the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources (AANR) sector, was recently presented in an online conference.

Titled, "Building a Filipino-English bilingual knowledge taxonomy using clustering," the paper won as Best Paper at the 2020 Computing Society of the Philippines-Information and Computing Education Conference (CSP-ICE).

Presented by Ms. Rikki Lee Mendiola, Information Systems Analyst, the paper was