PCC holds Annual R4D In-House Review
The PCC has demonstrated its research for development (R4D) efforts, as 41 completed and on-going papers were presented and evaluated during the R4D In-House Review last July 4-6 at the PCC national headquarters in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. R&D Division chief Dr. Annabelle Sarabia said the review provides a venue for researchers […]
PCC’s CDP ComDev Communication Campaign Intervention starts July
Subsequent to the initial Participatory Communication Appraisal and Strategic Planning, the PCC’s research initiative through its Knowledge Management Division (KMD) titled “Strengthening Carabao Development Program (CDP) Communication for Development (ComDev) Campaign in Visayas and Mindanao” commences implementation of a series of communication interventions for selected areas in the said islands. According to Chrissalyn Marcelo, part […]
RiceStrawPH pushes toward development of rice straw management practices, technologies
The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) participated in the Inception Planning and Meeting Workshop held last June 26-27 at the IRRI headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna to optimize implementation of RiceStrawPH. RiceStrawPH or the “Sustainable Rice Straw Management for Food, Bioenergy, and Feed in the Philippines” […]
Sen. Villar files bill for bigger fund allocation for livestock, poultry and dairy industries
Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, assured that bigger funds are coming to boost further performance of the livestock, poultry and dairy in the country. “I have filed a bill whose enactment will see a big leap in the allocation of funds for these food sources in the country,” […]
PCC conducts R4D Pre-In-House Review
One of the sessions scheduled during the monthlong PCC 25th anniversary celebration was the Pre-In-House Review conducted last March 21 and 22. The review focused on the evaluation of the on-going and completed research activities as to their merits, limitations and opportunities for improvement. It also served as venue for sharing PCC’s research results to […]
Intellectual Property to firm up PCC’s researches
“Developing Intellectual Property Policy is important to nurture the potential of PCC’s researches for licensing and technology dissemination.” This was emphasized by Dr. Annabelle S. Sarabia, Chief of Research and Development Division during a two-day seminar-workshop on IP Management last March 19-20 at the PCC headquarters in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. As […]
Kneeling carabao wows crowd in 1st-Farmers’, Fisherfolk’s Day in Anda
They cheered, they clapped, they wolf-whistled as Luisa showed off her special talent. The event was the first ever farmers’ and fisherfolk’s day held in Anda, Pangasinan last December 14. Upon signals from her caretaker, Willy Castro, 64, of brgy. Macaleeng, she knelt while her back feet stumped the ground in cadence with the beat […]
PCC at CSU director recognized in Int’l confab
Director Franklin Rellin of the Philippine Carabao Center at Cagayan State University (PCC@CSU) was adjudged “Best Presenter” during the 4th International Conference on Rural Development and Entrepreneurship (ICORE) held at Kedah, Malaysia on November 30-December 2, 2017. Dir. Rellin presented a paper titled “Socio-economic status, interests, strengths, weakness and influence of crossbred carabao-based enterprise development […]
PCC to host 3rd National Carabao Conference on Nov. 27-28
At least 500 farmers and other stakeholders in the carabao-based industry will attend the Third National Carabao Conference (NCC) on November 27-28 at the national headquarters and gene pool of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. With the theme “KalabaJuan, Pagpupugay sa Magsasaka at Kalabaw”, the conference will […]
Challenges, opportunities in carabao-based enterprise development underscored in Int’l confab
Challenges faced by the public and private sectors engaged in enterprises anchored on the carabao industry in some Asian countries, including the Philippines, and opportunities out of these challenges were discussed in an International Conference on Carabao-based Enterprise Development (CBED) held at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) National Headquarters and Gene Pool in the Science […]