{"id":2936,"date":"2025-07-05T03:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T03:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orminagri.com\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2025-07-05T04:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T04:17:50","slug":"provincial-agriculture-center-becoming-a-hub-for-agri-innovation-through-benchmarking-and-trainings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orminagri.com\/tl\/agritech-innovations\/provincial-agriculture-center-becoming-a-hub-for-agri-innovation-through-benchmarking-and-trainings\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Agriculture Center: Becoming a Hub for Agri-innovation Through Benchmarking and Trainings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2936\" class=\"elementor elementor-2936\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bb92ebd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bb92ebd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ce02eeb\" data-id=\"7ce02eeb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ffb6fe elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"55ffb6fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b6ee6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"66b6ee6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-101674c elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArticle by: SLolla &amp; 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Over the past months, PAC welcomed cooperatives, academic institutions, government agencies for benchmarking visits, training, and site observations.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"mso-pagination:none;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%;line-height:118%;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%\"><span lang=\"en-US\">On February 12 and 24, 2025, students from Mary Help of Christians School Inc. and Rural-Based Organizations (RBOs) took part in hands-on training on coconut-based processing, in partnership with TESDA, aiming to foster youth entrepreneurship using local resources.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"mso-pagination:none;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%;line-height:118%;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%\"><span lang=\"en-US\">A notable exchange occurred on March 10, 2025, when the Food Innovation Center (FIC) Head of Batanes, along with their Provincial Agriculturist and staff, visited PAC to innovations in food processing.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"mso-pagination:none;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%;line-height:118%;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%\"><span lang=\"en-US\">On April 3, 2025, DA-RIARC toured PAC\u2019s agri-facilities to learn best practices in value-adding and enterprise development. Cooperatives from Baco followed on April 22, with CALFAMCO attending a two-day fruit and processing training on April 24\u201325.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"mso-pagination:none;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%;line-height:118%;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%\"><span lang=\"en-US\">PAC also hosted MinSU i-BIBES participants for a food safety training on June 9, and supported ATI MIMAROPA\u2019s site visit on June 10 for their Training of Trainers on High Value Crops Processing with Gender and Development.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"mso-pagination:widow-orphan;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%;line-height:118%;text-align:justify;text-justify:newspaper;text-kashida-space:50%\"><span lang=\"en-US\">These engagements highlight PAC\u2019s growing impact as a center for capacity-building, promoting safe, value-added production, and fostering partnerships aligned with Provincial Government\u2019s vision of inclusive and sustainable agriculture.<\/span><span lang=\"en-PH\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;line-height:118%;font-family:Calibri;mso-armenian-font-family:Calibri;mso-hebrew-font-family:Calibri;mso-arabic-font-family:Calibri;mso-georgian-font-family:Calibri;mso-eudc-font-family:Calibri;language:en-PH;mso-ansi-language:en-PH;mso-ligatures:none\">\u25cf<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><p><span lang=\"en-US\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b8d9ac elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"75b8d9ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/orminagri.com\/tl\/community-events-networking\/food-innovation-festival-2023-lutong-mindoreno\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--label\">Previous<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Food Innovation Festival 2023: Lutong Mindore\u00f1o<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/orminagri.com\/tl\/agritech-innovations\/pgom-pago-joins-and-supports-the-minsu-i-bibes-grand-launch-innobidation-festival-2025\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--label\">Next<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">PGOM-PAgO Joins and Supports the MinSU                  i-BIBES Grand Launch &amp; InnoBIDAtion Festival 2025<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Provincial Agriculture Center (PAC), under the Provincial Agriculturist\u2019s Office (PAgO), continues to serve as a dynamic hub for agricultural learning, innovation, and development in Oriental Mindoro. Over the past months, PAC welcomed cooperatives, academic institutions, government agencies for benchmarking visits, training, and site observations. 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