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The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) recently received new sets of equipment for mass production of cacao tablea. This is part of the project, “Tablea: Pangkabuhayan Para sa Kotabateňong Pamayanan: Community-Based Tablea Production for Sustainable Livelihood in Cotabato,” funded and monitored by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

Kabacan, COTABATO – The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) distributed molecularly verified cacao planting materials to cacao nursery operators as part of the Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (NICER) program, the Cacao R&D Center.

The program aims to identify genuine National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) varieties that need to be reproduced and distributed to nurseries and private farms. This will benefit the cacao nursery operators, growers, processors, and consumers.

Milkfish or bangus (Chanos chanos) is a regular offering in most Filipino dining tables as it is native in our waters, making it one of the major species produced in the Philippine aquaculture fisheries. It may contain elevated levels of some inorganic toxic elements due to environmental contaminations caused by domestic and industrial wastes.

Monitoring of these toxic elements are done by chemical testing laboratories. Hence, reliable and accurate measurements is vital in ensuring safety for

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently approved the implementation of a project that will apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) in developing an aquaponics control and monitoring system for aquaponic greenhouse.

The project dubbed, ATLANTIS or “An IoT-based Artificial Intelligence for Aquaponic Control and Monitoring of Aquaponic Greenhouse” will be implemented for two years by Batangas State University (BatStateU) through the funding support of

More people are becoming health conscious and naturally, organic produce is the best option for these individuals. Some of us may have wondered if brown-colored chicken eggs are classified as an organic produce. To give light to this matter, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) released a teaser, asking “Kapag brown egg, organic na ba kaagad?”

DOST-PCAARRD gave light to this

The “Agroforestry Support Program for Enhancing Resiliency of Community-Based Forest Management Areas (ASPIRE-CBFM)” was recently featured on “Syensya Na, Tekno Pa” of Radyo Agila, DZEC 1062 KHz. This program is funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

Program leader Roberto G. Visco explained the basic concepts of agroforestry along with the program’s overview.

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD), through the Crops Research Division (CRD), recently conducted a field monitoring visit on its three ongoing initiatives on potato, purple yam, and heirloom rice implemented by the Benguet State University (BSU).

The CRD monitoring team was welcomed by BSU President, Dr. Felipe S. Comila, who expressed his support towards more collaborations on

Genomes of three mango species (Mangifera indica, Mangifera altissima, and Mangifera odorata) were successfully sequenced in a project led by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).

Funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD), the project also reported the assembly of two of the three targeted genomes.

The improvement of the ‘Carabao’ mango variety continues through biotechnology under an ongoing project funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

Targeted to address the scab and stem-end rot (SER) diseases of mango, the project led by Dr. Edward A. Barlaan of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) strives to develop and identify molecular markers associated with scab

The Ipo and La Mesa watersheds are part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system, which supplies most of Metro Manila’s water needs. Since 2011, they have been considered critical watersheds and a site for the most extensive reforestation program, the National Greening Program (NGP).

The project, “Stable Isotopes-Based Evaluation of the Climate Change Mitigation Potential, Recovery Status, and Resilience of Reforested Soils Under the National Greening Program in Selected Critical Watersheds in Luzon

Si Renato Ramos, o “Ka Rene” sa mga kasosyo niya sa negosyo, ay nag-aalaga ng itik sa bayan ng Zaragoza sa Nueva Ecija. Sa edad na 57 taong gulang, siya ay isa sa mga pinaka-unang mag-iitik na nakasama sa programang ItikPINAS ng DOST-PCAARRD. Ang nasabing programa ay naglalayong pumili ng mga ‘mallard duck lines’ mula sa kilala nang “Pateros ducks” at makagawa ng mas mahusay na lahi ng itik.

With the aim of identifying, developing, and producing appropriate and fit strains for aquaculture production through genetic analyses, a project had determined seven freshwater prawns in Palawan that are potential sources of aquaculture broodstock.

This was one of the accomplishments of the project, “GeM-PHIL: Genetic Characterization of Macrobrachium in the Philippines for broodstock development and seed production,” headed by Ms. Arlene L. Avillanosa of the Western Philippines University –

Patuloy na pinaiigting ang industriya ng pili sa pamamagitan ng Pili Research and Development (R&D) Center ng Niche Centers in the Regions for R&D (NICER) na pinondohan ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Ang pili ay tinaguriang “Tree of Hope” sa rehiyon ng Bicol.

Inilunsad ang dalawang ‘websites’ sa pamamagitan ng proyektong, “Pili Information System and Marketplace,” ng Partido State University (ParSU). Ang nasabing websites ay magsisilbing ‘e-commerce site’ o bilihan ng mga

Ang Automated Furrow Irrigation System o AFIS ay makatutulong na makatipid sa patubig at mapataas ang ani ng tubo. 

Ang resulta ng proyektong natapos kamakailan sa Central Luzon State University (CLSU) ay ipinaliwanag ni Dr. Armando N. Espino, Jr., tagapanguna ng proyekto, sa isang ‘webinar’ tungkol sa produksyon ng tubo na inorganisa ng DOST-PCAARRD.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of the Philippines Visayas (IA-UPV), in collaboration with Trading Room Incorporated (Inc.), has developed a seaweed-based eubiotic feed supplement that significantly improved the growth performance and feed conversion efficiency of cultured tilapia, shrimp, and milkfish.

The project is part of the Department of Science and Technology-Science for Change Program’s (DOST-S4CP) Collaborative Research and Development to