Published February 26, 2021, 9:59 AM
More than 8,000 planting materials of a coconut hybrid have been harvested from sites in Quezon province under the coconut hybridization project funded by Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) .
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The DOST-PCAARRD said the project dubbed “Performance Evaluation of the 2-pronged Coconut Hybridization Scheme in CALABARZON” sought to ensure the availability of coconut hybrids for the Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) massive coconut planting and replanting program in the region.
“A coconut hybridization project continues to improve coconut production in Calabarzon,” it said in a statement.
Published February 3, 2021, 6:33 PM
Experts from the Department of Agricutlure (DA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have gathered together to exchange information on how to manage the fall armywork (FAW) outbreak that has affected at least 2,600 hectares of corn nationwide.
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The meeting held at the National Crop Protection Sector (NCPC) on January 23 was attended by UPLB’s leading entomologists and experts from NCPC and the Institute of Weed Science, Entomology, and Plant Pathology.
A FAW management team under UPLB’s College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS) has been conducting several research studies on armyworm since 2019.
(Photo from DOST-PCIEERD / MANILA BULLETIN)
The DoST-PCIEERD-supported R&D laboratories were presented in a virtual event through the Institution Development Program (IDP) – the University of the Philippines Cebu Laboratory; Cavite State University Simulation, Modeling, and Measurement Laboratory (CvSU SiMM Lab); the University of the Cordilleras Geographic Information System Innovation Laboratory (UC GIS InnoLab); the Bataan Peninsula State University Additive Manufacturing and Research Laboratory (BPSU AMReL); and the DoST-Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) Capability Building on Energy Efficiency and Conservation for State Universities and Colleges (ITDI CapDev Energy Efficiency).
The UP Cebu Cybersecurity Laboratory aims to create a solid platform for cybersecurity research, develop cybersecurity courses for the UP Cebu Department of Computer Science (DCS), develop training curriculum for end-user and non-tech users for their protection, and contribute to prod
Published January 9, 2021, 4:45 PM
Four data science projects under the Good Governance through Data Science and Decision Support System (GODDESS) Program of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DoST-PCIEERD) have been approved.
DoST-PCIEERD said that the program aims to address the gap in the country’s workforce for data scientists and support research and development that will enable the government to adapt to data-driven governance and evidence-based management.
The approved projects were Development of Data Analytics and Information System: Support on Social Welfare Services for Senior Citizens of Butuan City under the Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU); PhilRice Data Analytics Initiative (RiceLytics) of the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice); Optimization of a Decision Support System for Effective e-governance (ODeSSEE) on
Treelife’s virgin coconut oil from Carmen, Norh Cotabato. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN)
Mayor Sara Duterte told Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) that the use of VCO will be on “voluntary” basis after receiving a supply of organic VCO from Cotabato-based TreeLife, owned by businessman Jerry Taray, through William Lima, who is a special envoy to China.
“This is not mandatory. VCO is not endorsed by the City Government of Davao. It is made available by a third party to our patients there in TTMFs. It is accessible to them if they want,” she said.
She said the donor of the VCO was referred to the City Health Office to start the “voluntary use” of the food supplement among the willing COVID-19 patients after the local government was assured that the product has been accredited by the Food and Drugs Administration.