Excellence in Agri, Aqua, Natural Resources Innovations

THE Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), one of the sectoral councils under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), will be celebrating its seventh anniversary on June 22, 2018.

It will be held at the prestigious Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City

This year’s anniversary theme is adopted from PCAARRD’s new corporate tagline: “Excellence in Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Innovations.”

The celebration will be marked by the conferment of three awards – the PCAARRD Best Research and Development (R&D) Paper, Dr. Elvira O. Tan, and the Ulat SIPAG awards.

The PCAARRD Best R&D Paper Awards encourages Filipino researchers to pursue quality R&D activities in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources sectors.

This award has two categories, the research category and development categories.

The research category recognizes outstanding fundamental basic research, applied research, experimental development, and/or pilot testing in the agriculture, aquatic and natural resources (AANR) sector.

While the development category recognizes output of systematic work in applying and/or adopting new knowledge and information, technology, products, processes, systems, services, machines, and equipment gained from research and/or practical experiences or best practices.

Finalists of the PCAARRD Best R&D Paper Awards will be presenting their outputs during the National Symposium on Agriculture and Aquatic Resources R&D (NSAARRD) which will be held at the DOST-PCAARRD Complex in Los Baños, Laguna.

Organized by DOST-PCAARRD, the NSAARRD recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals and institutions in improving the state of R&D in the country for the interest of the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources sectors.

It is one of the yearly highlights of the PCAARRD anniversary celebration.

Winning papers for both categories will be receiving P150,000, P125,000, and P100,000 for the first, second, and third prize places, respectively.

On the other hand, the winning consortia and implementing agency will receive P10,000 each.

Meanwhile, the Dr. Elvira O. Tan Awards recognizes the contributions of Filipino scientists and researches through the publication of R&D results in the fields of agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources, and environment in reputable scientific or technical journals.

The award pays tribute to Dr. Elvira O. Tan, an outstanding researcher and a prolific writer.

Winning papers will be receiving P100,000 each for the aquatic and agriculture categories.

While the Ulat SIPAG awards recognizes the efforts of private professional media practitioners who popularize science and technology articles in relation to PCAARRD’s Industry Strategic S&T Programs (ISPs).

The awards consist of the print and broadcast categories.

For both categories, winners will be receiving P75,000, P50,000, and P25,000 for the first, second, and third places, respectively.

Being an ISO 9001:2008-certified agency for its quality management system, PCAARRD is committed to achieving a sustained dynamic leadership in science and technology (S&T) innovation in the AANR sectors by providing a strategic leadership in promoting S&T as a platform for AANR products innovation and environment resiliency.

Guided by its core values of relevance, excellence, and cooperation, PCAARRD will remain steadfast in catalyzing the Philippine AANR sectors toward self-sufficiency and global competitiveness. (jaypeeyap@ymail.com/PN)

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