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Sugarcane breeders and researchers need not dig deep anymore into piles of index cards in search for vital information that they need in their scientific work.


All they have to do is refer to the Philippine Sugarcane Genetic Resources Data and Information Management System, or simply called Canepoint.


Produced by the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc. (PHILSURIN), Canepoint contains complete information on sugarcane, arranged for easier search, retrieval, and navigation.


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Sugarcane growers in the Philippines and in five other Asian countries now need not worry about the quality of planting materials they use.


These are disease-free, as they undergo thorough and elaborate quarantine and disease-indexing procedures established by the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc. (Philsurin) under the CFC/ISO 20: Sugar Variety Improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific project.


CFC stands for Common Fund for Commodities under the United Nations while ISO means International Sugar Organization.


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Called "CFC/ISO/20: Sugarcane Variety Improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific," the research, development, and extension (RDE) project also involves Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.


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                    [Title] => 55 elite sugarcane varieties among 5 Asian countries
                    [Summary] => Fifty-five elite sugarcane varities have been exchanged among five Asian countries under a United Nations-supported R&D project.


The sharing scheme is being implemented under the "CFC/ISO/20: Sugarcane Variety Improvement in Southeast Asia and the Pacific project which involves the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.


CFC stands for Common Fund for Commodities (a Netherlands-based UN entity) while ISO means International Sugar Organizations.


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And now it can be said: the industry’s dramatic turnaround can be considerably attributed to the Mill District Development Councils (MDDCs).


MDDCs are grassroots-level groups tasked with implementing sugar productivity enhancement programs in their respective sugar milling districts.


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                    [Title] => Build your own weather station
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In the Philippines,  sugarcane farmers,  planters,  as well as researchers benefit from accurate measurements of environmental information from weather stations installed by the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation,  Inc.


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                    [Title] => RP-China accord to perk up sugarcane R&D
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This bright outlook can be buttressed by a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed recently between the Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc. (PHILSURIN) and the Yunnan Sugarcane Research Institute (YSRI) in Kaiyuan City, Yunnan province.


MOA signatories were PHILSURIN chairman Jose Manuel Lopa and YSRI director Fan Yuanhong. Fan lead a Chinese team that visited the country recently.


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The varieties from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh has earlier undergone quarantine planting in two places in the country.


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