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To enhance productivity and upgrade goats in the countryside, DOST-PCAARRD in recent years has invested in the promotion of goat AI as an alternative to natural breeding. To ensure that only dry does are subjected to estrus synchronization and AI, efficient screening of pregnancy must be done, as subjecting already gestating goats may lead to …
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SemEx is a powdered semen extender formulation that is used in AI. It provides nutrients for the spermatozoa that a buck has ejaculated and buffers against changes in pH, provides an isotonic environment, and protects the spermatozoa against cold shock when cooled and stored in a chilled state or against freezing injury when the semen …
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Photo Credits: SRC-CLSU A notable project that brought the science of goat raising back to the consciousness of small and medium-scale entrepreneurs and the local government is the Farmer Livestock School on Integrated Goat Management (FLS-IGM). It is a 28-week discovery-based adult education course designed by DOST-PCARRD in 2002 and adopted as a full-blown program …
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Enhancing goat farm production performance is critical for raisers in the countryside to increase their production volume and income. To promote the genetic improvement of stocks at the farm level even without maintaining a male breeder, the National Program on Slaughter Goat promoted the Artificial Insemination Delivery System (AI-DS). This protocol includes securing the source …
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To establish a functional slaughter goat breed for Region 2 that over time can be called the Cagayan Valley Signature Goat, R&D focused on the continuous promotion of an organized breeding and selection program to produce crossbred meat goats with similar morphometric characteristics and blood composition of 75% Boer, 18.75% Native, and 6.25% Anglo Nubian. …
The potential of producing authentic halal goat is a niche that Region 12 capitalized on when it developed the halal goat production and assurance protocols in 2015, encompassing processes on halal goat production, transport and marketing, slaughtering, chevon processing, and laboratory-based haram detection. These protocols underscored the importance of identifying critical control points from production …
Through PCAARRD funding, UPLB developed the FertiGroe® nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). These inorganic single fertilizers release nutrients more slowly than the conventional inorganic fertilizers, and have strong potential to increase nutrient use efficiency. The developed FertiGroe® nanofertilizers were tested on rice, corn, eggplant, cabbage, potato, sugarcane, coffee, cacao, and banana. For coffee, …
In support of the organic agriculture program of the country, technologies for organic Arabica production have been developed by the Benguet State University (BSU) through DOST-PCAARRD funding, and are for validation in the field. Developed products for organic Arabica production include solid and liquid organic fertilizers, and biocontrol agents for coffee rust and coffee anthracnose. …
Harvesting cherries at the right maturity produces better tasting coffee. Through the SARAI Program, University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) researchers developed a mobile application named CAPHE: Coffee Application Harvest Date Estimator. This mobile App forecasts the best harvest date of Robusta, Arabica, Liberica, and Excelsa coffee varieties based on the local temperature forecast …
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Morpho-developmental changes in Robusta coffee during inflorescence emergence (BBCH 51-59), flowering (BBCH 60-69), berry development (BBCH 70-79) and berry ripening (BBCH 80-89) Understanding growth patterns is essential in developing effective farm management strategies for tropical perennial crops such as coffee. Hence, the DOST-PCAARRD-funded program “Smarter Approaches to Reinvigorate Agriculture as an Industry (SARAI) in the …