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Aug 1-31, 2003
769 new agriculturists
DA Sec Lorenzo graces oath taking
by Rita T. dela
Cruz
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total of 769 new agriculturists filled the Fiesta Pavilion
of the Manila Hotel on 27 August 2003 as they took their
professional oath and were inducted into the Philippine
Association of Agriculturists (PAA). The new batch of
agriculturists successfully passed the first licensure
examination administered by the Board of Agriculture
chaired by Dr. Fortunato Battad, former president of
the Central Luzon State University (CLSU).
The successful passers represent 22%
of the 3, 467 agriculture students who took the exam
in July 2003. The top schools for agriculture with the
most number of passers are University of the Philippines
Los Baños (UPLB) with the highest percentage
of passers (98%), Leyte State University (LSU, formerly
Visayas State College of Agriculture, ViSCA), 64%, Central
Luzon State University (CLSU), 57% and Central Mindanao
University (CMU), 42%.
Gracing the occasion was Department of
Agriculture (DA) Secretary Luis P. Lorenzo, Jr. In his
keynote speech, he stressed the importance of acquiring
expertise and skills in ensuring the quality of agriculture
as a profession and its modernization as an important
factor in the country's economic development. A businessman,
Secretary Lorenzo also emphasized the importance of
entrepreneurship in the agriculturists' pursuit to expand
their professional career along with promoting the economic
growth of the country. Armed with their expertise and
skills, the new agriculturists must not be satisfied
by subsistence production but rather aim for increased
production.
Other attendees were Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) Chairperson Antonieta Fortuna-Ibe,
Philippine Association of Agriculturists (PAA) President
Tomas Claudio, UPLB College of Agriculture Dean Candida
Adalla, LSU President Paciencia Milan, and CLSU President
Rodolfo Undan. 
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