A team from the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI), led by Executive Director Dr. Lilian Garcia and Scientist I Dr. Maria Theresa Mutia, presented its research findings on 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴 at the first “Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Regional Symposium for Asia-Pacific” on April 19-12, 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan. The NFRDI study, co-authored continue reading : NFRDI presents R&D initiatives on tawilis in Japan’ symposium for smallscale fisheries

To promote fisheries science awareness, the University of the Philippines Ichthyophilic Society (UPIS) conducted its Young Wizards of Fisheries Science (YWOFS) Inter-Regional Quiz Bowl 2024 on April 5, 2024 at UP Visayas Miagao Campus, Iloilo. As one of the partners, the Department of Agriculture – National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) attended the activity continue reading : NFRDI exhibits knowledge products at UPIS’ YWOFS 2024

To promote the administration’s food security policy framework, the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), represented by Rita dela Cruz, education section chief of the Training Division, participated in the “Food Security Cluster Communications Workshop” held on April 3-5, 2024 at the Philippine Rice Research Institute, Nueva Ecija. Attended by government communication heads from continue reading : NFRDI joins gov’t communicators, media practitioners for food security workshop

A group of fish farmers in Batangas, the Samahan ng Magmamaliputo ng Lemery, has adopted the maliputo cage culture technology developed by the DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), through the Freshwater Fisheries Research and Development Center (FFRDC) based in Butong, Batangas. From about 7,500 maliputo fingerlings that were distributed a year ago, the continue reading : Batangas fish farmers adopt NFRDI’s technology on maliputo cage culture

The DA-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) forged its partnership anew with DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)10, local government unit (LGU) of Lala, and seven incubatees for the second-year implementation of the Aquabusiness School and Technology Business Incubation (ABS-TBI) program on April 2, 2024. Organized and led by the NFRDI-Brackishwater Fisheries Research continue reading : NFRDI’s ABS-TBI stakeholders renew partnership, award agri start-up materials