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ISSN 1655-3942 hronicle www.bar.gov.ph @DABAROfficial BARBARBUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHC Volume 20 | Issue No. 5 A monthly publication of the Bureau of Agricultural Research May 2019 BAR intensifies support to jackfruit R&D EVIARC Sweet is an NSIC-registered variety known as the sweetest jackfruit variety. PHOTO FROM JACKFRUIT EVIARC SWEET FB PAGE ackfruit is a champion crop is aromatic, ellipsoid in shape, and processing scheme for jackfruit to of Eastern Visayas and with contains moderate latex. The color support its commercialization in Jthe introduction of EVIARC of its aril is golden yellow. The the region. Since then, BAR has Sweet variety, Region 8 has been tree is about seven meters tall with intensified its support to jackfruit recognized as the “jackfruit capital spreading branches and produces R&D initiatives in collaboration with of the country.” The variety was on the average 35 fruits per fruiting various research institutions. named after its developer, the Eastern season. BAR has funded projects Visayas Integrated Agricultural The development of the Eastern that aimed to maximize the full Research Center (EVIARC) of the Visayas’ jackfruit industry has picked potential of jackfruit. One of which Department of Agriculture-Regional up as a result of the various Research was the BAR-VSU project that Field Office (DA-RFO) 8. and Development (R&D) initiatives was aimed to produce chitin and The EVIARC Sweet is a and other support systems of the DA- chitosan from chitin-containing National Seed Industry Council- RFO 8. crustacean exoskeleton wastes, and registered variety in 2007. Its fruit From 2010 to 2013, DA- to evaluate their potential together EVIARC, in collaboration with with raw materials for the control of IN THIS ISSUE... the Visayas State University Phytophthora palmivora, the cause (VSU), developed and introduced of the decline syndrome that plagued BAR intensifies support to.......................... 1 technology interventions on jackfruit the Eastern Visayas’ jackfruit BAR joins agri-industry research................2 DA-RFO MIMAROPA hosts 2nd.....................3 production and product processing industry in the late nineties. Chitin Bidibidi Bags now in.................................... 4 through the “Community-based and chitosan which are reported to Grand Farmer’s Fiesta features...................5 Participatory Action Research on induce resistance against several AgriTalk draws huge crowd.........................6 Scaling-up cattle production highlights.....7 Jackfruit Production and Processing diseases may have the potential to Promoting native bee species.....................8 in Barangays San Isidro and Malinao control jackfruit decline. However, Organic farming community comes........... 10 in Mahaplag, Leyte.” Funded by these were not readily available Capacitating farmers to grow......................12 Agripreneurs make income from................ 14 the Bureau of Agricultural Research to the local farmers. Through the BAR ISO TWG trains.....................................16 (BAR), the project aimed to pilot project, researchers were able to a village-level production and turn to page 13 Research Forum BAR joins agri-industry research forum Innovation and Technology Center, Los Baños, Laguna. The forum aimed to determine challenges hindering the sector’s growth and productivity, identify gaps and come up with recommendations for the private sector in providing complementary investments that will support government interventions for the agriculture and fisheries sector. This is in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive through Sulong Pilipinas, an annual Forum participants include stakeholders from selected agencies such as DA, DENR, consultative conference between DILG, DOST, and DTI. PHOTO: DLBATTAD the Duterte Administration and the private sector. In 2018, the administration solicited feedback from micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), accounting for more than 99 percent of businesses in the Philippines. Three of the top 10 MSMEs recommendations focused on agriculture which include prioritizing agricultural productivity and increase farmers’ income; building more infrastructure to improve access and mobility; and simplifying Dr. Nicomedes Eleazar (2nd to the right), BAR director, led the participants from the loan requirements for MSMEs and bureau during the agri-industry research forum. PHOTO COURTESY OF DLBATTAD farmers. The Bureau of Agricultural he National Economic and Department of Agriculture (DA) Research, as the national Development Authority, organized an agri-industry research coordinating arm of the DA Tin partnership with the forum on 15 May 2019 at the DOST- for research and development, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippine Council for Agriculture, participated the forum led by its Department of Science and Aquatic, and Natural Resources director, Dr. Nicomedes Eleazar. ### Technology (DOST), and the Research and Development (Daryl Lou A. Battad) PRODUCTION TEAM hronicle Editor: Rita T. dela Cruz BARBUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHC Consulting Editor: Julia A. Lapitan Managing Editor/Layout: Rena S. Hermoso Writers: Clarisse Mae N. Abao, Daryl Lou A. Battad, Rita T. dela Cruz, Leoveliza C. Fontanil, Ephraim John J. Gestupa, Rena S. Hermoso, and BAR CHRONICLE is published monthly by the Applied Patrick Raymund A. Lesaca Communication Division of the Department of Agriculture Reproduction: Ricardo G. Bernardo and Lino Norman D. Reyes - Bureau of Agricultural Research, RDMIC Building, Circulation: Lyn D. Pardilla ACD Head: Julia A. Lapitan Visayas Avenue corner Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon Advisers: Dr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar, CESO IV, Director City 1104 Philippines. Digna L. Sandoval, OIC-Assistant Director This publication provides regular updates on DA-BAR’s ISSN 1655-3942 activities as the country’s national coordinator for Copyright. Bureau of Agricultural Research, Department of Agriculture 2019. agriculture and fisheries R&D. It also highlights features For subscription and inquiries, please contact us at: Tel. Nos. +63 (2) 461 2800 or 461 2900 and news articles concerning NaRDSAF-member local nos. 1136, 1143, 1139, 1138 Fax No. +63 (2) 927 5691 Email: [email protected] institutions. Articles are also available online, visit our official website: http://www.bar.gov.ph/barchronicle Follow and like us on: @DABAROfficial 2 BAR Chronicle May 2019 Issue Research Management DA-RFO MIMAROPA hosts 2nd RM Meeting ollowing the success of the PHOTO: RDELACRUZ first Research Management F(RM) meeting held in February in Quezon City, the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), as the lead coordinating agency for agriculture and fisheries research and development (R&D), spearheaded the conduct of the second RM meeting on 28-31 May 2019 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Serving as the host region for the meeting was the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) MIMAROPA. Regional Technical Director Ma. Louella Rowena de Jesus-Lorenzana welcomed the participants of the meeting expressing the region’s enthusiasm in hosting this year’s RM meeting. BAR OIC-Assistant Director DA-RFO MIMAROPA RTD for Research and Regulation Ma. Louella Rowena de Jesus- Digna Sandoval delivered a message Lorenzana (left) and BAR OIC-Asst. Dir. Digna Sandoval (right) unveil the PGR marker. in behalf of Director Nicomedes Eleazar. She noted the event as regional R&D programs; updates promotion. BAR OIC-Asst. Dir. one of the most well attended on the RRDEN implementation and Sandoval mentioned in her message RM meetings and commended zonal activities; status of RRDEN the importance of establishing a MIMAROPA for graciously hosting office; status of RRDEN networking PGR center in every region and it. funds and related activities; hoped that the facility will be Two plenary topics were Results-based Monitoring and sustained and properly maintained to presented featuring results of Evaluation training for researchers complement the conservation effort BAR-supported R&D initiatives and managers; Community-based of the government. implemented by the International Participatory Action Research data The RM meeting was attended Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and needs; and barangay agriculture by the regional technical directors the Southeast Asian Regional Center profiling survey. for research, and research managers for Graduate Study and Research in Other highlights of the event from the different Research Agriculture (SEARCA). Presenting were the inauguration of DA- Divisions of DA-RFOs and DA- the first topic on “Benchmarking RFO MIMAROPA’s Plant Genetic Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic the research capacity of the regional Resources (PGR) Center and the Resources Regional Offices. Also rice and rice-based R&D network: project site visits at the Palawan present were representatives from Key Results Recommendations” Research Experiment Station R&D implementing attached was Dr. Madonna Casimero of IRRI. including the Dairy Production agencies and staff bureaus of DA. The second topic on “Enhancing and Development Center and the The RM Meeting is a quarterly Innovation in Agricultural Research Livestock Resource Center. activity of BAR through its Program and Development” was reported to The PGR Center was established Monitoring and Evaluation Division the group by Dr. Merlyne Paunlagui as a repository of crop germplasm to ensure that all R&D initiatives of SEARCA. for the conservation and management being coordinated and supported Other topics presented of genetic diversity