A ceremonial planting of hybrid coconuts produced from a project of the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) was recently held to support the coconut industry through modernization together with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Pena together with National Scientist Dr. Emil Q. Javier, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Deputy Administrator for R&D Ms. Erlene C. Manohar, DOST-PCAARRD Executive Director Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora and other officials and staff took part in the event. DOST-PCAARRD Executive Director Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora was also present during the tree-planting in support of the event.
It was held as part of the field visit of an on-farm coconut hybridization setup of the project titled “Performance Evaluation of the 2-Pronged Coconut Hybridization Scheme in CALABARZON” under the leadership of Ms. Erlene C. Manohar from PCA.
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