The Department of Agriculture – National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI), through its Aquaculture Research and Development Division (ARDD), conducted training sessions on urban aquaponics and polyculture of tilapia and hito for parents, teachers, and barangay officials in Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija on July 11, 2023. The Villa Nati Elementary School and continue reading : NFRDI cascades aquaponics and polyculture to parents, teachers, and barangay officials
About 88 kilos of Maliputo (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘹 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴) were successfully harvested by the Samahang Mandaragat ng San Luis, Batangas through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg) in collaboration with the Local Government of San Luis as part of the Techno-Demo Project of Maliputo Culture in Marine Cage Technology Livelihood Project in Brgy. Balite, San Luis, continue reading : NFRDI’s technology on cage-cultured Maliputo reaps bountiful harvest in San Luis, Batangas
To equip the participants with the technical knowledge on proper fish identification, 21 newly-hired second border inspectors of the DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) NCR underwent a training on fish identification on July 5, 2023 in Navotas City. Eunice Bognot and Noimie Rose Dicdiquin of the Capture Fisheries Research and Development Division (CFRDD) of continue reading : 2nd batch of BFAR second border inspectors capacitated on fish identification
To assist fish farmers in formulating aquafeeds using locally-sourced ingredients and mitigate the increasing cost of commercial aquafeeds, the DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) conducted a “Training on the Formulation of Alternative Aquafeeds” on June 29-30, 2023 in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. Organized by the Provincial Agriculturist Office-Fisheries and Coastal Resource Management (PAgO- continue reading : NFRDI upskills fishpond operators on alternative aquafeed formulation
To capacitate data enumerators in effective and efficient data collection in their assigned areas, the DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRID) through Dr. Mudjekeewis Santos, Training Division chief, served as a resource speaker in a four-day training titled, “Capacity Building on National Stock Assessment Tools and Techniques,” held on June 20-24, 2023 in Palawan. continue reading : NSAP MIMAROPA data enumerators capacitated on stock assessment, fish taxonomy
To mainstream climate change action in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) participated in a “Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation Planning for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector” held in Iloilo City on June 19-21, 2023. Spearhead by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations continue reading : NFRDI contributes in preparing BFAR’s operations manual for climate change; Dr. Santos presents CRVA for fisheries
Dr. Mary Nia Santos, head of the Aquatic Animal Health Section, Aquaculture Research and Development Division (ARDD) of the DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) presented the results of the shrimp project in the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2023 in Houston, Texas on June 15-19, 2023. The NFRDI project, “Type VI Secretion System of Vibrio spp. continue reading : Results of shrimp study presented in ASM Microbe 2023
To enhance the decision-making process for site selection of the impact assessment of mariculture project of the DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), a workshop meeting was held on June 20, 2023 in collaboration with the University of the Philippines Los Baños-School of Environmental Science and Management (UPLB-SESAM) and the DA-Bureau of Fisheries and continue reading : NFRDI, UPLB-SESAM, and BFAR collaborate for impact assessment of mariculture project
The research and development (R&D) initiatives on blue swimming crab by the Marine Fisheries Research and Development Center (MFRDC) of the National Fisheries Research and Development Center (NFRDI) in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 8 were highlighted in a summit in Iloilo City, Iloilo on June 13-15, 2023. MFRDC Chief continue reading : R&D efforts on blue swimming crab highlighted in a summit
In a pursuit to continuously hone the minds of young Filipinos, 99 students from Lemery Senior High School (LSHS) completed their work immersion cycle under the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute’s (NFRDI) Students Training Support (STrainS) Program. The work immersion, which commenced on April 11 and concluded on June 16, 2023, took place at continue reading : 99 high school students complete work immersion under NFRDI’s STrainS
