SEC DAR LEADS GROUNDBREAKING OF CLIARC-UDZ MULTI-PURPOSE R&D CENTER, INAUGURATION OF CLIARC TECHNOLOGY EXTENSION CENTER
Magalang, Pampanga – Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the groundbreaking ceremony of CLIARC-UDZ Multi-Purpose R&D Center and Inauguration of CLIARC Technology Extension Center held at DA-RFO III’s Research Outreach Station on September 14, 2020.
Funded by DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research, the Multi-Purpose R&D Center will be a laboratory for tissue culture that would focus on the micropropagation of upland crops.
With the establishment of this facility, the objective of the DA-RFO III aims to conduct different researches on upland crops for tissue culture propagation; develop protocols for upland crops production through vine cutting technique as production guide for upland farmers; produce upland crops seed/cuttings/tubers.
According to Secretary Dar, the Department of Agriculture is setting up different new programs, innovations, and plans for the growth and development of the agriculture sector in the country.
“Technology-based farming na tayo. Technology and innovations are the engines of growth for industrializing agriculture. This is now the time to really showcase what is Philippine Agriculture five years, ten years, and twenty years from now,” Secretary Dar said.
Subsequently, the Technology Extension Center established under the Rice R&D will serve as a venue for trainings, conferences, meetings, and other events.###
Writer: Rica Geda Salas
Photographer: Renzo Tobias Pineda