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PCAARRD is soon to link its socioeconomic knowledge resources with the Socio-Economics Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) through a formal agreement.   

Budding researchers in the agriculture, aquatic and natural resources (AANR) sectors are in for a big boost.

Five exchange students from Chiba University of Japan visited PCAARRD as part of their 10-day environmental career orientation in the Philippines.

The prevalence of the abaca bunchy top virus (ABTV), among other problems, is threatening to dislodge the country’s position as the world’s major supplier of abaca.

PCAARRD teams anew with the Institute of Plant Breeding-Crop Science Cluster, University of the Philippines Los Baños (IPB-CSC-UPLB) for the study “Multi-location performance evaluation of new banana bunchy top virus (BBTV)-resistant lakatan cultivar”.

After the release of Techno Gabay (TG) bulletins on peanut, organic rice, mango, and bamboo in 2012, preparations are underway for another set of bulletins.

Experts fear that with its alarming spread, the coconut scale insect (CSI) could easily reach several areas if not immediately controlled.

PCAARRD will participate in the 2013 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) with its program, “Matalinong Juan, Aasenso sa Agrikultura at Pangisdaan”, on July 26 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

Current local milk production reached 18.45 million liters, a remarkable 12% growth from 2011.

Fourteen of PCAARRD’s Industry Strategic S&T Plans (ISPs) are targeted for ex ante analysis. The Council commissioned the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) to conduct the evaluation. 

The Department of Science and Technology, through PCAARRD, has provided funds to offer immediate yet long-term science and technology (S&T)-based solutions to rehabilitate banana plantations in the Davao Region.

PCAARRD’s Science and Technology Community-Based Farms (STCBF) projects in Regions I, III, and VI have recently completed their first set of capability building activities for bamboo famers.

“Syensaya”, an annual activity of the Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSCFI), will be held from July 31 to August 2.

Palates salivated with excitement as the World Food Expo (WOFEX) opened its doors to trade investors, franchisers, culinary students, foodies, bloggers, media practitioners, would-be and celebrity chefs, and businessmen at the SMX Convention Center and World Trade Center in Pasay City recently.

Cacao is an important crop around the world. Dubbed as “food of the gods”, cacao’s product has been described as being more than a food, and less than a drug.