QUEZON CITY, Sept. 17 — Agriculture Secretary William Dar directed the upgrading of the Regional Integrated Agricultural Research Centers (RIARCs) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) nationwide to launch the development of technology systems that would greatly improve Philippine agriculture.
“We need to capacitate you (RIARCs) in terms of good laboratories, facilities, and equipment so that you can do your job in research and translate research outputs into something that we can massively give out to the farming and fishing communities,” said Secretary Dar during the inauguration of the regional Technology Extension Center in Magalang, Pampanga on September 14.
The DA chief announced that the government will be allotting P50 million to upgrade each regional center’s capacity to do research and technology transfer.
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