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February 1-28, 2003
Luzon Zonal Research Center
readies for action
by Thea Kristina
M. Pabuayon
The Luzon Zonal Research Center for Agriculture
(ZRCA) is set to hold its 1st quarter meeting for 2003
on February 25-28 at Lucap, Alaminos, Pangasinan. DA
Regional Field Unit (DA-RFU) II's Cagayan Valley Integrated
Agricultural Research Center (CVIARC) is coordinating
and organizing the activity.
Newly appointed director of the Bureau
of Agricultural Research Dr. William Medrano, BAR-Regional
Programs Division Chief Dr. Rustico David, Regional
Programs Coordinator for Luzon Mr. Domingo Caliwag,
and Technical Adviser Dr. Danilo Baldos will grace the
event. In attendance are regional technical directors
for R&D, regional technical advisers, and regional
integrated agricultural research center (RIARC) managers
and assistant managers from the DA-RFUs in the Luzon
area.
The workshop officially kicked off on
February 26 with field visits to various on-farm research
and R&D project sites in Pangasinan. The succeeding
days are devoted to business meetings and workshops
on various policy pronouncements following the change
of guards at BAR and other matters. These include the
finalization of the Zonal Framework Plan, conceptualization
of zonal RDE projects common to all regions, planning
Zonal activities for 2003, and discussing actions taken
on identified issues during its last meeting in September
2002.
The ZRCAs were designated last year through
Administrative Order No. 24, Series 2002, in line with
BAR's mandate of consolidating and integrating all RDE
programs and activities in both national and regional
levels under its 'one system, one program' initiative.
One ZRCA was designated each for Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao. These are DA-RFU II: CVIARC, DA-RFU
VII: Eastern Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research
Center, and DA-RFU X: Northern Mindanao Integrated Agricultural
Research Center, respectively.
Accordingly, the ZRCAs were created to
promote an integrated research agenda program through
the regional agricultural centers that address cross
regional R&D issues and problems within the zones.
With the ZRCAs, BAR can decentralize decision-making
in R&D planning, monitoring and evaluation, and
the implementation of projects within the zones. Likewise,
the ZRCAs will develop a system of coordination and
management among the zonal RIARCs, and recommend R&D
policies for adoption at the zonal and national levels.
The ZRCAs provide technical assistance
to RIARCs in planning, implementing and evaluating R&D
projects. Likewise, the ZRCAs assist BAR in identifying
and implementing other strategies to improve the RIARCs'
networking, research, and linkage activities. 
February 1-28 2003 Articles: ::
BAR director sets down 7-point agenda
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BAR strategically charts plan for 2003
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BAR directorship is now Medrano's responsibility
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State of the Art: Agricultural Commodity Research
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Luzon Zonal Research Center readies for action
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Medrano chairs CABI’s executive council
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Seeds of change: lessons learned
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Coping with El Niño the Isabela way
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Cracking the coconut oil myth
::: More February 2003 articles :::
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