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DIRECTOR ALICIA ILAGA

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Biotech abaca variety eyed to revive troubled industry

April 26, 2009 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture and the Mindanao State University (MSU) are collaborating to reinvigorate the troubled abaca industry in the south which used to be a big foreign exchange earner through a newly-developed...

Agriculture

DA official pushes more investments in abaca

October 31, 2008 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) must encourage the expansion of existing abaca plantations and encourage local entrepreneurs ...

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DA pushes CL as aggie biotech hub

October 26, 2008 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture-Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO) is eyeing to develop Central Luzon as a hub for agricultural ...

Agriculture

PCA eyes clonal propagation of coconut

March 18, 2007 - 12:00am

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is embarking on a project that will help establish a protocol for the clonal propagation of coconut to improve the efficiency of somatic embryo formation, germination and...

Agriculture

Biotek products soon to be commercialized

July 23, 2006 - 12:00am

More products of agricultural biotechnology developed by Filipino scientists will soon be commercialized as the government steps up its program to increase food production and ensure the country’s food security. Agriculture...

Agriculture