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                    [Title] => DA acts to strengthen R&D system
                    [Summary] => TAGAYTAY CITY – Agriculture research and development (R&D) administrators and specialists hammered out here recently strategies to strengthen and improve the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) R&D system in line with the realities of the time. 


Occasion was the annual planning and review workshop of the DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) held at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in this scenic Cavite City.
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The variety was discovered and identified by Dr. Ester Mariñas and Prof. Remedios Lim of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, San Marcelino (RMTU-SM) campus.

Sweet Elena has been registered with the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC). The certificate of registration was awarded to Mrs. Pineda Malabed, owner of the mango tree in Sta. Cruz, Zambales, where the variety was first identified by RMTU researchers.
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The world’s first transgenic pigeonpea, known among Filipinos as "kadyos", has been developed by the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

It is now undergoing field trials, reported ICRISAT director general William D. Dar, former Philippine Agriculture Secretary.

Dr. Dar said the GM pigeonpea is resistant to the destructive insect pest legume pod borer (Hilicoverpa armigera).
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The transgenic peanut variety has been developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
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                    [Summary] => TAGAYTAY CITY – Agriculture research and development (R&D) administrators and specialists hammered out here recently strategies to strengthen and improve the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) R&D system in line with the realities of the time. 


Occasion was the annual planning and review workshop of the DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) held at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in this scenic Cavite City.
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The variety was discovered and identified by Dr. Ester Mariñas and Prof. Remedios Lim of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, San Marcelino (RMTU-SM) campus.

Sweet Elena has been registered with the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC). The certificate of registration was awarded to Mrs. Pineda Malabed, owner of the mango tree in Sta. Cruz, Zambales, where the variety was first identified by RMTU researchers.
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The world’s first transgenic pigeonpea, known among Filipinos as "kadyos", has been developed by the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

It is now undergoing field trials, reported ICRISAT director general William D. Dar, former Philippine Agriculture Secretary.

Dr. Dar said the GM pigeonpea is resistant to the destructive insect pest legume pod borer (Hilicoverpa armigera).
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The transgenic peanut variety has been developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
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