ILOILO CITY: Ilonggo farmers are being encouraged to branch out into genetic improvement of their livestock, especially the carabao for meat and dairy production.
However the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is also encouraging farmers to preserve the native Philippine carabao as a tool in ricefield production
PCC executive director Dr. Annabel Sarabia, herself an Ilongga, said that there is a current high demand for cara-meat, milk and other dairy products and these can be answered with the propagation of high-yielding Bulgarian Mur-rah hybrid carabao.
The genetic improvement through artificial insemination (AI) and bull loan are currently being implemented by PCC in 13 national centers in the country, which cover five in Luzon, four in the Visayas and four in Mindanao.
The PCC center in Iloilo is located at the campus of Calinog Agro-industrial College in Calinog, Iloilo while PCC administrative office is at the West Visayas State University in Iloilo City. These centers facilitate AI and bull loan and research and development of the carabao population in Western Visayas.
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