PCC, partners sign agreement for milk supplementation among Grade 1 pupils in Muñoz
The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), Department of Education (DepEd), and the local government unit (LGU) of the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija forged an agreement last June 21 for a milk supplementation program that will reduce malnutrition incidence at least among children in Muñoz elementary schools. Representatives of the three entities signed a memorandum […]
PCC, DLD-Thailand identify specific areas of collaboration
Potential collaborations on nutrition and forage development, reproductive biotechnology, product development, breeding, and knowledge management, between the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) of Thailand and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) were explored during the “Technical Cooperation Meeting” of the said agencies on June 22, 2017. This is following the signing of Implementing Arrangement (IA) on […]
PCC trains carabao’s milk traders on milk quality testing, safety assurance
Thirteen carabao’s milk traders gained better understanding and skills on milk quality testing as well as on the safety assurance of consumers in a consultative meeting cum training held last June 9 at the PCC national headquarters in the Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija. The meeting was aimed at encouraging the milk traders […]
Research information outputs must be really needed by stakeholders, LRD-PCAARRD head emphasizes
More deliberate steps in collecting and processing information for research projects are needed in order to come up with usable outputs for the dairy industry. This was stressed by Dr. Synan Baguio, Supervising Science Research Specialist of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development-Livestock Research Division […]
PCC identifies Calayan Island as another native carabaos sanctuary
True to its mandate of conserving, promoting, and propagating the carabao as a source of milk, meat, draft power and hide, the Philippine Carabao Center is continuously exploring possible conservation sites for the country’s native carabaos. One of them which was recently identified is the Calayan Island in Cagayan. Why Calayan? Located about 39 km […]