PH gets top Asian agri honors for cassava R&D

Philippines has been recognized as the “Most Outstanding Country” by the Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI), primarily due to the research and development (R&D) and extension efforts of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) in cassava production.

AFACI recognized the Philippines for its remarkable contribution and effort in the implementation of its regional cassava project for 2015 called, “Enhancing the Agricultural Mechanization of Crop Production and Postharvest Processing of Cassava.” PhilMech contributed to the project with the agency’s effort spearheaded by Dr. Romualdo Martinez, division chief of agency’s Agricultural Mechanization Division.