๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
Published by Crop Pest Management Division
The Bureau of Plant Industry โ Crop Pest Management Division (BPI-CPMD), in coordination with the Regional Crop Protection Center (RCPC) IX, conducted a survey to evaluate the existing biological control laboratories in Region IX from November 4-8, 2024. This is a collaborative project entitled โDevelopment of Innovation System for Climate Smart Pest Management for Rice (CSPM)โ between the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), which focuses on rice areas that are vulnerable to climate change. This aims to develop and promote CSPM to reduce crop losses caused by pests, increase the economic resilience of farmers, adopt sustainable technologies, and improve environmental resilience.
The biocon laboratories monitored are from Dipolog City (Zamboanga del Norte); Mahayag municipality and RCPC IX (Zamboanga del Sur); and Ipil Research Station (Zamboanga Sibugay). The BPI-CPMD staff interviewed the personnel in charge in each laboratory for different Biological Control Agents (BCAs). One of the common challenges found in the region is the farmersโ lack of knowledge about the use and importance of BCAs. Thus, demand for BCAs especially in the LGUs of Dipolog, Mahayag, and Ipil is low. This survey serves as an agenda for the regional and national government to provide seminars down to the farmers level, through information caravan, in order to promote the use of BCAs. Also, to provide technical assistance to each existing laboratories in order to sustain the mass production and distribution of BCAs.
