PCC, partner institutions sign MOA for milk supplementation program among schoolchildren in Lupao N.E
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1st Dairy Box in Bohol launched
It is not just the heart of tourism in the province, but the municipality of Carmen has also now become a history maker in the field of dairy business enterprise as it launched the first-ever Dairy Box outlet in Bohol on August 17, 2017 at Camanayon, Tamboan, Carmen, Bohol. Managed by Tamboan Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative […]
DA Official to livestock biotech scientists, researchers: utilize biotechnology in realizing Ambisyon Natin 2040
In a brief message by the Undersecretary for Policy and Planning, Department of Agriculture (DA), and DA-Biotechnology Program Steering Committee Chair, Undersecretary Segfredo R. Serrano, he stressed the use of biotechnology as a tool in livestock productivity amidst the challenges in climate change and scarcity of land resources for agriculture during the 2nd International Livestock […]
‘Carabao’s milk can bring an end to smallholder-farmers’ poverty’, says GK social entrepreneur
Fueled by an optimized natural resource-the carabao’s milk, an end to the poverty of smallholder-farmers and their families is possible, according to Marie Cavosora, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Calaboo, a Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm Social Enterprise. She emphasized this during an innovation workshop titled “Advancing Dairy Products through Technology Development” held at the […]
‘I am very impressed by PCC’s carabao research and programs’, Indonesian director says
Very impressive!”, said Dr. Antarjo Dikin, Director of the Centre for Plant Quarantine and Biosafety, Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, in response to the carabao research program of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) last August 25 during his visit at its National Headquarters in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. Dikin, head […]
Using rice straws as carabao feed, good alternative to open-field burning, PCC nutritionist stresses
The use of rice straws as fodder for feeding carabaos is a better way to dispose these rice farm by-products compared to open-field burning. This was stressed by Dr. Daniel Aquino, animal nutrition expert and Center Director of the Philippine Carabao Center at Central Luzon State University (PCC@CLSU) in the heels of widespread farmer’s practice […]
PCC at MMSU holds seminar on buffalo health management for farmers, others
Eighty participants from two provinces in the north attended a seminar on Health Management and Common Diseases of Buffaloes conducted recently at the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), Batac City, Ilocos Norte and organized by the Philippine Carabao Center at MMSU. Three veterinarians from the Biosafety and Environment Section of the PCC National Headquarters and […]
Gov says dairy processing center to help reduce malnutrition, livelihood problems in Ilocos Sur
Reduction of malnutrition cases and opening of opportunities for income generation among farmers were seen as big benefits that will come from a newly inaugurated dairy production and processing center in a village in Santa, Ilocos Sur. This optimistic view was emphasized by Governor Ryan Singson during the inauguration recently of the center in Barangay […]
Huge flower-shaped pastillas featured in 11th Gatas ng Kalabaw Festival
A huge flower-shaped pastillas (milk candy) made from carabao’s milk was an unprecedented dairy product featured in this year’s Gatas ng Kalabaw (Carabao’s Milk) Festival held last August 9 at a gymnasium in San Jose City. The flower-like pastillas, measuring four feet in height and six feet in width, with a thickness of half inch, […]
