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May 1-15, 2001
PhilCorn institutional plan developed
by Junelyn S. dela Rosa
The Institutional Development Division
and the Project Development Unit of the Bureau of Agricultural
Research organized a planning-workshop to prepare the
institutional development plan for the establishment
of the Philippine Corn Research Institute (PhilCorn).
The activity was held at the Agriculture Training Institute-National
Training Center at the University of the Philippines
Los Banos on 30 April 2001.
Participants in the workshop were planning
experts and scientists from UPLB, University of Southern
Mindanao, Central Mindanao University, Visayas State
College of Agriculture, Department of Agrculture (DA)-Ilagan
Experiment Station, and BAR.
The workshop commenced with individual
briefings from the participants on the current RDE developments
in corn in their respective experimental stations or
institutions. Plenary sessions followed where the participants
were divided into three groups to discuss the three
major aspects essential to the organization of PhilCorn.
These were: Organizational Structure and Manpower, Programs,
and Management.
On Organizational Structure and Manpower,
the group presented the organizational set-up of the
PhilCorn Network System and the PhilCorn Central Experiment
Station. The group also drafted the roles of the institution
at various levels. For instance, the Central Experiment
Station shall provide leadership in the conceptualization,
planning, and implementation of RDE activities while
RDE Research Centers shall provide the leadership in
the implementation of programs addressing the needs
of the service area.
The group established a set of criteria
for selecting the experimental stations. These are:
existing facilities for corn research, existing expertise
for corn research, importance of corn in the area, type
of growing environment represented, and institutional
leadership. They also identified the basic research
facilities of the partner institutions and the required
technical expertise for the Central Experiment Station
and the RDE Research Centers.
As for manpower, it was suggested that
qualifications of the 40 Cotton Development Administration
(CODA) staff be reviewed and that technical training
be conducted for them. Based on E.O. 338, the CODA staff
shall form the core personnel of PhilCorn in the meantime
while waiting for the approval of the organizational
structure. 
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PhilCorn institutional plan developed
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A second look at biotechnology
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