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CARAGA establishes BIONet-BIOCommerce CenterBUTUAN CITY - A facility designed to boost the trade of agricultural biotechnology products has been established in this city, considered to be the capital of the Caraga Region. The BIONet-Biocommerce Center was inaugurated recently at the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources building of the Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology (NORMISIST). NORMISIST is located at the heart of the Caraga Region, which is now in the thick of strengthening the papaya and abaca industries in the four provinces comprising the region. The research institute successfully developed disease-free plants of abaca and papaya for the benefit of the Caraga High Vegetable Cluster and the Caraga Abaca cluster. BIONet and NORMISIST will support the papaya and abaca cultivators by providing them the technology and private sector linkages. Abaca and papaya are the best bets of BIONet to help uplift the economic status of farmers in the region. NORMISIST is working double time to propagate abaca, a plant indigenous to the Philippines, particularly its disease-free strains. On the other hand, papaya, which is now in demand, is expected to supply natural ingredients and other substances for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. BIONet will also push the cultivation of malunggay, which is the source of food and feeds aside from biodiesel, and thus increase the incomes of farmers. The Office of the Vice President for Research and Development of the NORMISIST will work closely with Caraga Consortium for Agriculture, Forestry Resources Research and Development (CCARRD) in supervising the operations of BIONet. |
CARAGA establishes BIONet-BIOCommerce Center |
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