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It was first called the Masbate National Agricultural School and was established on November 15, 1952, by virtue of Republic Act No. 605, [2] authored by Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr., then the lone congressman of the province of Masbate.
The Philippines was also the world's largest rice importer in 2010. [29] In 2010, nearly 15.7 million metric tons of palay (pre-husked rice) were produced. [30] In 2010, palay accounted for 21.86% percent of gross value added in agriculture and 2.37% of GNP. [31] Self-sufficiency in rice reached 88.93% in 2015. [32]
The CPU College of Agriculture, Resources and Environmental Sciences is housed with its dean and college's office at the 2-story Dr. Lenwood Edge Building (Lenwood Edge Hall) on the main campus. The CPU Center for Rice Husk Energy and Technology, the first in the Philippines, is located in the said building.
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is a government corporate entity attached to the Department of Agriculture created through Executive Order 1061 on November 5, 1985 (as amended) to help develop high-yielding and cost-reducing technologies for farmers.
With Republic Act No. 8435 or the Agriculture and Fishery Modernization Act (AFMA), BPRE coordinates with the Post-Harvest Horticulture, Training and Research Center of the University of the Philippines Los Baños to determine postharvest technologies that can help the country's fisheries and agricultural industries. [2]
Philippine science and technology: time for bold moves. UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Press. ISBN 9789718797082. Librero, Aida R. (1990). Technology assessment for agriculture in the Philippines. Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research ...
The Philippines' Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR; Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pananaliksik sa Agrikultura), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that all agricultural research is coordinated and undertaken for maximum utility to agriculture.
Some useful resources for learning about e-agriculture in practice are the World Bank's e-sourcebook ICT in agriculture – connecting smallholder farmers to knowledge, networks and institutions (2011), [2] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013), [3] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013) [4] and Success stories on information and ...