The “Domestication of the mud crab Scylla serrata” of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department’s (SEAFDEC-AQD) is this year’s winner of the Elvira O. Tan Memorial Awards for Aquaculture and Marine Fisheries.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has boosted its public awareness efforts to make public the newly enacted Republic Act (RA) 10055, also known as the Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009.
With heads tilted and mouths agape at the abundance of banana bunches ready for harvest, visitors wandered the demo farms of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)-funded project “Adoption of Science and Technology (S&T)-based Integrated Crop Management and Good Agricultural Practices for Cardaba Banana in Caraga Region”.
Guests of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) are in for a sugar-and-caffeine fix as it features recipes using coco sugar and coffee in the Technology to the People (T2P) media conference on November 10, 9:00 a.m. at its E.O. Tan Hall in Los Baños, Laguna.
Three of the 14 research and development (R&D) consortia of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) will vie for top honors in the National Symposium for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development (NSARRD) which will be held on November 10 at the Council’s Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna.
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) conferred the 2011 Excellence in Ecology and Economy Award (small enterprise category) to Jopa Enterprises, Inc. Engr. Petronio C. Limlengco, Jopa president, received the award during the 37th Philippine Business Conference (PBC) held on October 12─14 at the Fiesta Pavilion of Manila Hotel.
TINIWISAN, Butuan City - “We have fun bonding with each other and we earn extra money for our RIC projects”. Thus justified, Myrna Balisbis and about 20 other women of the Tiniwisan Rural Improvement Club (RIC) remain committed to helping the Caraga State University (CSU) in its efforts to expand abaca plantations in the region.
The annual report (AR) of the consortium is the major indicator for the consortium’s performance for the year. Thus motivated, members of the Caraga Consortium for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development (CCARRD) braved Typhoon Ramon for the training, “Reporting for impact and value” held on October 11─13 at the San Lorenzo Ruiz Retreat Center in Butuan City.
Developing barangay and home food gardens to expand the food base at the community level; encourage enterprise development; and provide poor communities food with better nutrition.
These are some of the specific objectives of the national program titled “Sapat at masustansiyang pagkain sa bawat tahanan (Sufficient nutritious food in every household)”, a project funded by the United Nation Development Program (UNDP), which generally aims to develop a model to ensure food security and nutrition
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BANGKOK, Thailand ─ About 35 information and communication managers, including representatives from the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development or PCAARRD (this writer and Mr. Ricaredo V. Manzanilla), converged at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for the Workshop on Information and Communications Management (ICM) for Agricultural Innovation in Southeast Asia.
The recent onslaught of typhoons Pedring and Quiel damaged the farms of Magsasaka Siyentistas (MS) Eustaquio Teves in Mariveles, Bataan and Oscar Sebastian in San Felipe, Zambales.
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) hosted the 15th annual meeting of the Council for Partnership on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA) in coordination with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) last October 24 as part of its continuing advocacy for sufficiency of rice in the Asia Pacific Region.
“The world takes climate change seriously.”
This is what Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) Executive Director Patricio S. Faylon assured the participants of the International Workshop on Sustainable Farming Strategies for Increased Resiliency of Asian Sloping Land Agroecosystems amid Climate Change.
Changes in temperatures, rise in sea levels, and weather extremes such as intense floods, droughts, and storms, threaten the lives and livelihoods of poor people in the sloping lands of Asia Pacific countries.
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) is currently addressing the major problem of banana growers in Mindanao --- the Panama disease or Fusarium wilt.
