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iod of August, 2008 to January, 2009, covering
two seasons of planting and harvesting, NSFP
produced certified seeds of improved inbred
rice varieties .This season from April to August
2009, NSFP engages in the production of registered
seeds of NSICRc138 and 156 for seed
growers. Income was also generated from
services offered to clients through the flatbed
dryer. Payment for processed corn seeds from
IPB is still to be processed and collected.
Interphasing R&D with Instruction and Entrepreneurship.
NSFP involved agriculture students
by adopting the concept of the microproject of
the BAT curriculum. This on-going endeavor
involves a scheme where the microproject, to
be managed by students, ventures on production
of certified seeds of improved inbred rice
varieties. NSFP supervises the students in the
conduct of the microproject specifically in application
of technologies for seed production. For
this semester, two BAT students are preparing
their proposals.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
This portion discusses accomplishments of
NSFP in contributing to institutional development
through linkaging and income generation.
The contribution takes the form of capacity
building for workers, facilities development for
improved services and enhanced seed production,
and interphasing technologies with instruction
and entrepreneurship .
Capacity Building
Institutional linkage and the NSFP’s
effort to continually strengthen it resulted in the
sharpening of manpower skills for workers in
the project. NSFP sponsored attendance of its
workers to the following important undertakings:
National Seed Production Network
Congress organized by PhilRice and
held at Cebu City on September 2
2-24,2008.
Process documentation writeshop for
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Kennedy Round 2 (KR2)-NEDA funded
projects coordinated by NEDA, Region 02
at Tuguegarao, Cagayan on October 22-23,
2008.
Training on utilization and mainte
nance of the flatbed dryer coordinated
by BPRE and held at the Farmers
Training Center of NVSU, Bayom
bong, Nueva Vizcaya on November 8-
9, 2008.
Northern Luzon Showcase of Innova
tions and Best Practices coordinat
ed by the Commission on Higher Edu
cation (CHED), the Department of
Science and Technology (DOST), and
NEDA, Region 2 held at Benguet
State University, La Trinidad, Benguet
on November 16-19, 2009. The NVSU
Seed Foundation Project was present
ed in this forum as one of NVSU’s
Best Practices. Full paper on the proj
ect is due for publication this year by
the same organizers.
Seed Growers’ Forum by IPB held at
IPB, University of the Philippines at
Los Baños, College, Laguna on June
4, 2009
PhilRice facilitated last year the official
membership of NVSU to the SeedNet, granting
authority to NVSU to access foundation seeds
and produce registered seeds of improved rice
varieties. Production of registered seeds for
growers in Nueva Vizcaya is a niche for NSFP
since the production of certified seeds has been
handed down to the rice production workers of
NVSU through the inter-phasing scheme with
BAP. Production of registered seeds requires
more careful supervision and operations since
the certification process provides higher standards
for registered seeds. In light of capacity
building, this means sharpening further production
and management skills of those involved in
the project.
The farmers’ field day on January 16,
2009 brought over a 100 participants composed
of farmers, researchers, extension work-
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