PNG explores possible cooperation with PCAARRD during visit
Papua New Guinea (PNG) officials, headed by its Minister of Parliament (MP), Honorable Ross Seymour, recently visited the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).
During the visit, PNG explored possible initiatives with the Council on agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources (AANR), and on policy formulation. PNG hopes that the visit will help them in attaining their five-year development plan for 2018-2022 especially on areas related to aquaculture and aquatic resources.
A project funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) will aim to understand traditional maize or corn and its origin of resistance against the Asian corn borer (ACB) through antibiotics, antixenosis, and tolerance.
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) recently held a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing with 30 participating state universities and colleges (SUCs) under the program, “Support to the University's Strategies in Technology Acceleration Initiatives by Nurturing the Intellectual Property and Technology Business Management Offices of the Consortia Member Agencies - Phase 2 or SUSTAIN IP-TBM.”
More projects on engineered bamboo will be implemented through the collaboration of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD), DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), and the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-ERDB). This is made possible through PCAARRD’s partnership with China.
