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                    [Title] => Farmer-scientists to hold summit
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LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Philippines — The “cream” of the country’s outstanding farmers will meet here on March 30-31.
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                    [Title] => New tech benefits mango industry
                    [Summary] => Scientists simply call it CA.


It stands for controlled atmosphere, in which fresh produce are stored to delay their ripening and prolong their shelf life, enabling them to reach distant markets by sea shipment.


"CA storage involves keeping fresh fruits in an atmosphere of low oxygen and high carbon dioxide in combination with low temperature," explained the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCARRD).


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                    [Title] => Los Baños solves its ‘smokey mountain’ problem
                    [Summary] => LOS BANOS, Laguna – From "smokey mountain" to Ecological Waste Processing Center (EWPC).


This is the success story of Los Baños, which has been able to transform its "smokey mountain" at the foot of legendary, tree-covered Mt. Makiling into a  model of waste management.


In  years past, this internationally known university town at times won "clean and green" awards from ecological/environment bodies.


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                    [Title] => Globalization seen as threat to smallholder livestock sector
                    [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Globalization continues to pose a real threat to the country’s smallhold livestock sector, it was stressed by a research administrator here.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-04-20 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Native chicken R&D program launched
                    [Summary] => Expect better times for the country’s native chicken industry.


Basis for this optimistic projection is the launch last January off the three-year "S&T Anchor Program for Philippine Native Chicken."


The project is coordinated by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) headed by Executive Director Patricio S. Faylon. It is funded by DOST, PCARRD, DA Bureau of Agricultural  Research (BAR), DA-Region 6, and Western Visayas State University (WVSU) in Iloilo City.


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                    [Title] => Improved legume varieties
                    [Summary] => Expect the dry areas in northern Luzon to bloom soon with improved legume varieties.


Modern varieties of peanut, chickpea (garbansos) and pigeonpea (kadyos) will be available for trial in the north, courtesy of the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). 


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                    [Title] => RP’s ‘SynVar’ is world’s first synthetic coconut
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It stands for synthetic variety, considered the world’s first synthetic coconut variety whose development was pioneered by Gerardo Santos, department manager III of the Philippine Coconut Authority-Zambonga Research Center (PCA-ZRC) based in Zamboanga City.


Over the years, Santos has spearheaded the development of improved open pollinated varieties (OPVs) of coconut through the synthetic variety approach (natural way of producing elite coconut planting materials).


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                    [Title] => DOST earmarks P225-M for agri modernization
                    [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has committed P225 million to strengthen and sharpen the focus of its ongoing projects and activities in support of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA).


The amount has been earmarked from the budget allocationi of DOST's researcyh and development institutes (RDI) and councils, reported Executive Director Patricio S. Faylon of the Philippine Council forAgriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) of DOST based here.


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                    [Title] => S&T bridges gap between agri R&D and extension
                    [Summary] => Technology transfer and utilization modalities developed by the science and technology (S&T) sector have proven vital in bridging the gap between the country’s agriculture research and development (R&D) and decentralized extension systems under the local government units (LGUs).


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                    [Title] => Agri R&D gets P2B annual budget
                    [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – The sum of P2 billion is now allocated yearly for agriculture research and development (R&D) starting this year.


This is the first time that such a sum is earmarked in the national budget, said Budget and Management Secretary Emilia T. Boncodin.


Such a budget, she added, will be appropriated every year onwards "until we have fulfilled the dreams of agricultural modernization". This is in line with the Arroyo administration’s having placed agricultural modernization in the anti-poverty agenda.


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"CA storage involves keeping fresh fruits in an atmosphere of low oxygen and high carbon dioxide in combination with low temperature," explained the Los Baños-based Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCARRD).


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In  years past, this internationally known university town at times won "clean and green" awards from ecological/environment bodies.


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This is the first time that such a sum is earmarked in the national budget, said Budget and Management Secretary Emilia T. Boncodin.


Such a budget, she added, will be appropriated every year onwards "until we have fulfilled the dreams of agricultural modernization". This is in line with the Arroyo administration’s having placed agricultural modernization in the anti-poverty agenda.


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