Top-performing entities in the National Carabao Development Program were honored by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) during a program held in observance of its 17th founding anniversary last March 26 at the PCC Headquarters in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija. William A. Gudoy, a laboratory aide at PCC at Mariano Marcos State University […]
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S&T Boosts Top N. Ecija Dairy Coop’s Operation
Increasing milk production and improving milk quality continue to challenge dairy coops in the country.However, Angat Buhay Producers Cooperative (ABPC), a dairy coop in Calabalabaan, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija proved this can be easily done through infusion of Science and Technology (S&T). The ABPC applied S&T into the four interrelated components of the […]
PCC launches book on “Appreciating the Carabao”
An 82-page book focusing on the native swamp buffalo and on-going efforts to improve its genetics is now on sale at the Knowledge Resource Management Center or the Information Unit of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. Availability of “Appreciating the Carabao”, written by development journalist Anselmo Roque, […]
Buffalo Milk: The “Udder Cola”
One of the major concerns of our society today is malnutrition, a problem that generally occurs in children up to their adolescent period. The primary cause is nutritional deficiency due to limited intake of the required nutrients. Too often, the diet of children is one-sided; they may be eating a reasonable quantity of food but […]
DEW project reinvigorates PCC workforce
PCC currently engages in establishing a culture of commitment for excellence at work. Every Monday, PCC’s core workforce attends seminar-workshop on Developing Excellence at Work (DEW). It started last October and winds up June next year. The DEW Project, which gets inspiration from “dew” that refreshes and reinvigorates, aims to establish a culture where there […]
PCC conducts Social Preparation Training for Trainers
Coordinators for Luzon of the PCC Carabao-based Enterprise Development (CBED) Program gear up for the arrival soon of 2,000 heads of buffaloes from Brazil through a three-day Social Preparation Training (SPT) for Trainers. The training was conducted from October 14 to 16, 2009 at the PCC National Headquarters and Gene Pool (NHGP) in the Science […]
Staff re-tooled for Advanced MS Excel
The PCC Genetic IProgram (GIP) spearheaded 4-day in-house training in Advanced Excel last September 30-October 3. The training was held at the PCC Eusebio Hall. It was conducted primarily for the younger staff to enhance skills in data handling/management, focused on how to process and generate huge amount of records to maintain a good records’ […]
2 PCC research papers win AFMA R&D Paper Awards
Two PCC research papers recently won in the 21st National Research Symposium (NRS) conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), Department of Agriculture (DA) last October 8 to 9. The research papers were “Intensifying Village-level Carabao-based Dairy Cooperative Enterprise Development in Non-Traditional Dairy Communities” and “Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) for Rapid Screening […]
Ovum Pick-up Technology discussed in updates’ forum
Updates on Ultrasound-guided Ovum Pick-up also known as OPU Technology, were presented to the technical staff during the monthly gathering. Dr. Peregrino G. Duran, head of the PCC Genepool presented how OPU plays an important and promising role in speeding-up the production of superior water buffaloes. The forum was held at the PCC Mini Theater […]
