PCC’s NIZ Project bags PhilEASNet’s special commendation award
In recognition of Philippine Carabao Center’s (PCC) extension efforts in the National Impact Zone (NIZ) which is the province of Nueva Ecija, the NIZ Project was given a special plaque of commendation during the Philippine Extension and Advisory Services Network, Inc. (PhilEASNet) Biennial Symposium, held last October 9-10 at the Bohol Tropics Hotel in Tagbilaran […]
32 participants complete milk handling, processing, marketing training
Thirty-two participants composed of Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and Barangay Health Workers (BHW) from Don Carlos, with walk-in partakers from Valencia City and Malaybalay City, all in Bukidnon, successfully completed the three-day training on milk handling, processing and marketing held at the Regional Training Center, Philippine Carabao Center at Central Mindanao University (PCC@CMU), Musuan, Bukidnon […]
Dairy farmers urged to increase milk prod’n in support of National Feeding Program
“The new law institutionalizing a national feeding program for undernourished Filipino children in public schools has created a higher demand for locally produced milk, thus, providing livelihood opportunities for dairy farmers and boosting the local dairy industry.” This was underscored by Philippine Carabao Center’s (PCC) Executive Director Dr. Arnel Del Barrio during the celebration of […]
PCC NIZ coordinator is recipient of ‘CSC Pagasa Award’
Wilma Del Rosario, Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) National Impact Zone (NIZ) coordinator and senior science research specialist, was hailed by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) as one of this year’s Pagasa awardees. This is in recognition of her commitment and passion in promoting the economic viability of buffalo-based dairy enterprises in the country. In a […]
DA chief shares with carapreneurs strategies to level up agri sector
Dr. William Dar, the newly appointed secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), visited the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) to share some of his “new thinking” strategies in the agriculture sector, which he once handled during the administration of Joseph Estrada. In a program held on August 29 at the center’s national headquarters in the […]
New Thinking: The PCC Way
PCC at CMU gets ISO 9001:2015 Certification
MARAMAG, BUKIDNON—The TÜV Rheinland recently awarded the Philippine Carabao Center at Central Mindanao University (PCC@CMU) with ISO 9001:2015 Certification valid from July 5, 2019 to July 4, 2022. The center received the official notice of results, Friday, July 5, including the attached copy of audit report. Mary Grace Balobalo, lead auditor together with Rhene Rose […]
PCC at CMU launches the first ever dairy box in Bukidnon
To widen, promote and increase the market of buffalo dairy products in the province, the Philippine Carabao Center at Central Mindanao University (PCC@CMU) inaugurated the first ever dairy box in Bukidnon at the Door 2, Echalico Building, Sayre Highway, Don Carlos, Bukidnon last July 26. “This opportunity offered by the PCC to all carapreneurs and […]
LBC convenes local and international experts for 4th International Livestock Biotechnology Symposium
About a hundred participants comprised of researchers, scientists, international experts, and other distinctive guests involved in livestock biotechnology attended the recently concluded 4th International Livestock Biotechnology Symposium. The event took place at the University of San Agustin, Iloilo City last July 15. It was organized and spearheaded by the Department of Agriculture-Livestock Biotechnology Center (DA-LBC) […]
PCC advances gender mainstreaming through GAD focal persons’ capacity dev’t
Dedicated to provide quality products and services that are gender and development (GAD) responsive, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) capacitated its employees through a GAD training-workshop to serve as primary drivers of gender mainstreaming in the agency. This, according to Ma. Theresa Sawit, PCC GAD Focal Point System (GFPS) Undersecretary and Senior Science Research Specialist, […]