๐–๐„๐’๐Œ๐€๐€๐‘๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‚ ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐”๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“’๐ฌ ๐”๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐: ๐€ ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘&๐ƒ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐๐š๐’๐ฎ๐ฅ๐“๐š

The ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐€๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ (๐–๐„๐’๐Œ๐€๐€๐‘๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐‚), hosted by ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐–๐Œ๐’๐”), celebrated a significant triumph by winning ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ during the ๐ƒ๐Ž๐’๐“-๐๐‚๐€๐€๐‘๐‘๐ƒ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ (๐’&๐“) ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ held on November 8, 2024. This recognition highlights the consortiumโ€™s outstanding efforts in fostering research and development to address regional needs in the ZamBaSulTa.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ-๐’•๐’-๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’„๐’š๐’„๐’๐’†๐’”, is a reflection of the dedicated leadership of ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐š ๐€. ๐Ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š, ๐™๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™’๐™ˆ๐™Ž๐™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, alongside ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐จ ๐€๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š, the ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™’๐™€๐™Ž๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐˜ฟ๐™€๐˜พ. The consortium’s achievements are also rooted in the legacy of ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐š ๐€. ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ž๐ณ, ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง, whose groundwork laid the foundation for WESMAARRDEC’s current success.

The ๐”๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐, conferred by DOST-PCAARRD since 1995, acknowledges outstanding regional consortia that excel in strategic R&D management, policy formulation, and the promotion of sustainable technologies. WESMAARRDECโ€™s win in this biennial award cycle underscores its capability to deliver innovative research, formulate effective policies, and implement strategies that align with both regional and national development goals. This is the second biennial cycle in which the consortium has been recognized, showcasing its ability to consistently deliver significant research outputs and community-driven projects.

The success of WESMAARRDEC in securing the Ugnay Award is a product of ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ-๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐‚๐Œ๐ˆ๐ฌ). These member institutions have worked in unison to drive impactful research, extending the benefits of science and technology to local communities. Their efforts in sharing resources, conducting joint studies, and promoting capacity-building activities have been crucial in achieving this prestigious recognition.

By pooling expertise and resources, WESMAARRDEC and its CMIs have been able to:

โ€ข Innovate in the ๐œ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, enhancing productivity and profitability for local farmers.

โ€ข Advance poultry research through projects on ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐๐ˆ๐๐€๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ง, increasing food security.

โ€ข Promote ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž to support food self-sufficiency in densely populated areas.

The consortiumโ€™s triumph is not just a win for WMSU, but a collective achievement of all CMIs, demonstrating that ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Œ๐’†๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’”. (LMP, PAO)

The 52nd DOST-PCAARRD anniversary celebration, themed โ€œGALING PCAARRD: Excellence in agriculture, aquatic and natural resources R&D for a sustainable future,โ€ was broadcast live, showcasing the achievements of Filipino scientists, researchers, and institutions.

Watch the awarding ceremony on this live stream: https://www.facebook.com/PCAARRD/videos/1296880405097769