Korea Grants DA $3-M Livestock Project

The Korean government through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will provide a $3-million grant to the Department of Agriculture through the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) to implement a three-year project aimed at further increasing the production and propagation of upgraded carabaos.


In a report to Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, PCC director Libertado Cruz said the project — called “Enhancing livestock sector performance in the Philippines” — aims to establish an institutionalized electronic data capture system that will hasten genetic data evaluation and analysis, and create a unified web-based genetic information system. More . . .