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Archives (2004): Newsbits
April
» Agri R&D finds a new home at RDMIC
» ICRISAT Director General gets second term
May
» Sec. Lorenzo gives recognition to 6 successful Bt corn farmers
June
» DA-BAR, LandBank sign MOU for national technology commercialization program
April
Agri R&D finds a new home at RDMIC
Key officials and staff of the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) gathered to celebrate the blessing of the new Research and Development Management Information Center (RDMIC) building. Coinciding with this activity was BAR Dir. William C. Medrano's 47th birthday. A whole-day Executive Committee Meeting held after the blessing was the first official business in the new building. The RDMIC building houses the BAR offices and the R&D knowledge center. 
ICRISAT Director General gets second term
Dr. William D. Dar, director general of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), former Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) director and DA secretary, was given a new five-year term of office starting 1 January 2005. The decision was made at the 50th ICRISAT Governing Board meeting held at the ICRISAT headquarters in Pantacheru (near Hyberdad), India on 29 April 2004. May
Sec. Lorenzo gives recognition to 6 successful Bt corn farmers
Six corn farmers who were successful in the growing of Bt corn were recognized on 18 May 2004 at the BSWM Convention Hall. The Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Luis P. Lorenzo, Jr. handed them their plaque of recognition during the Kasaganaan sa Mais Pangkabuhayan Tekno Fair. This activity was part of the Farmers and Fisherfolk Month celebration, which started on 17 May 2004.
June
DA-BAR, LandBank sign MOU for national technology commercialization program
To facilitate the immediate promotion and utilization of R&D results to farmers and fisherfolk, the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with LandBank of the Philippines (LBP) to implement the "DA-BAR-LBP National Technology Commercialization Program".
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