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The Philippines’ position as the sixth largest producer of shrimps in the world, with an annual production of about 50,000 metric tons, is threatened with the outbreak of shrimp diseases such as White Spot Syndrome Virus, Hypodermic Haematopoetic Infectious Necrosis Virus, Taura Syndrome Virus, and Yellow Head Virus.

To reduce the occurrence of these diseases, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) funded a project called biofloc technology (BFT).

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“SIPAG,” which means diligence or industry, is fittingly used in the title of an event by the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) scheduled from March 2-4, 2016. It refers to the PCAARRD initiative “Strategic Industry S&T Programs for Agri-Aqua Growth” or SIPAG.

Combine this with another Tagalog word “FIESTA,” which stands for “Farms and Industry Encounters through Science and Technology Agenda,” another PCAARRD program.

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Two teachers, one from Quezon City and another from Tarlac, expressed their gratitude to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for a courseware that they deem very helpful in their teaching profession.

Meanwhile, another from Camarines Norte sent this message via the courseware’s Facebook page: “Your courseware project will be very helpful to my nieces and nephew.”

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The Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) is all set to showcase the best of its agri-aqua research and development (R&D) outputs from 2010 to 2016 in an event dubbed as SIPAG FIESTA from March 2 to 4 in PCAARRD’s headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna.