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October 1-31, 2007
72-kilogram squash aces as “Pinaka-BEST” People's Choice
by Ellaine Grace L. Nagpala
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| Lifting the 72-kg squash during the final judgement. |
A heavy pumpkin weighing 72 kilograms was hailed as People's Choice and grand-prize winner for the squash category in the search for the Pinaka-BEST Agricultural Harvest held on 6 October 2007 during the awarding ceremony of the 2007 Agrilink/Aqualink/Foodlink at the World Trade Center, Pasay City, Manila.
A crowd-drawer, the pumpkin was brought all the way from Davao City as an entry of the Punetespina Orchids and Tropical Plants, Inc. to the said contest.
Sponsored by the Department of Agriculture (DA), in coordination with the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), the Pinka-BEST Agricultural Harvest was launched in line of DA's priority to make food available, abundant, and affordable to all Filipinos.
Likewise, the activity contest was conducted to give due recognition to the farmers and fisherfolk who raise and produce commodities to their maximum capability with good quality and command high value when sold in the market.
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| Lifting the 72-kg squash during the pre-screening. |
The Pinaka-BEST Agricultural Harvests were judged per commodity based on its weight (45%), length (45%) and overall appearance (10%), and where compared to the usual size of the commodities with reference to exhibit exemplary size, weight, length, and visual quality that were grown in the normal production management practices of the crop and developed within the culture period in enclosed or developed aquaculture facilities.
The grand-prize winners for each commodity received a cash-award of PhP 10,000 while a consolation prize of PhP1,000 were given to the runners-up.
The commodities include mango, Cardaba banana, pineapple, papaya, and yellow corn for the crops category; bitter gourd, eggplant, squash, cabbage, and sweet potato for the vegetable category; and tilapia, milkfish, lapu-lapu, carp, black tiger shrimp (sugpo), white shrimp, and fresh water shrimp (ulang) for the fisheries category.
Winning commodities came from Region 11 (Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental and Davao City), Region 1 (Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan and Dagupan City), Region 4A (Rizal, Quezon and Cavite), Region 5 (Camarines Norte), Region 7 (Cebu City and Negros Oriental), and Region 2 (Isabela).
The judges for the search of the Pinka-BEST Agricultural Harvest were East West Seed Company General Manager Mary Ann Sayoc, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Assistant Director Gil Adora, Ms. Jenny Remoquillo of the Ginintaung Masaganang Ani-High Value Commercial Crops Program, BAR Assistant Director Teodoro S. Solsoloy, and BAR-Program Development Division Head Carmencita V. Kagaoan. 
October 2007 Articles:
:: Yap promotes abundant & nutritious agri food products
:: World Food Day highlights “Right to Food”
:: 72-kilogram squash aces as “Pinaka-BEST” People's Choice
:: BAR awards 16 outstanding researches in agri & fisheries
:: Locally-developed ND vaccine wins PSAS Award
:: BAR conducts bio-organic fertilizer orientation
:: Eleazar receives distinguished alumni award from UPLBAA
:: UPLB celebrates Loyalty Day; Velasco highlights DA support
:: Nutritious malunggay-based recipe wins 2007 Agri-Cookfest
:: Food company eyes the potential of malunggay for biofortification
:: Beverage from malunggay
:: BAR promotes nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals derived from food crops
:: BAR introduces potential product lines from Philippine oregano
:: A fresh look at siling labuyo
:: Operating the onion industry with OPREMS
:: Empowering upland communities through Dampalit watershed project
:: Agricultural Cooperatives: Catalyst for profitability and answer to globalization
:: DA adopts IPM scheme against Brontispa
:: DA implements program to abate use of chemical fertilizers
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