DA to build P300 M biotech center
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is building a P300-million biotechnology center to generate improved technologies for the local farm sector.
The facility, which will be housed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), will be the biggest biotech center of DA so far.
Majority of the funding or about P277 million will come from the US government through the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act while the balance will come from PhilRice.
“It will cover the construction of new buildings, purchasing of state-of-the-art biotechnology equipment and laboratory furniture, and monitoring and evaluation of the project in coordination with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries,” said Roel Suralta, head of DA’s crop biotechnology center.
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