Korean delegates pay a visit to DA-10’s Smart Greenhouse project at NMACLRC in Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.

 

MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON – Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Inchul Kim visited Wednesday, March 22, 2023, the DA-Regional Field Office 10’s (DA-RFO 10) Smart Greenhouse project at the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex (NMACLRC), in this city.

The ambassador personally inspected the project to check on its implementation and utilization after having been formally inaugurated in April last year.

The 100-million Korea-Philippine funded project is currently being utilized by DA-10 as a smart farming demonstration and research facility to showcase strawberry, cherry tomato, and white potato production in a fully automated greenhouse.

In a short dialogue with the Ambassador’s delegates, DA-RFO 10 Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations, Cora A. Dumayaca, stressed that the agency has been hosting training for numerous farmers and agricultural extensionists, as a way of promoting the Korean smart farming technology in the region.

She also underscored that the agency is currently working on the development of capsule technology suited to the local farmers’ financial capacity to adopt and replicate the Korean technology.

The Korean delegates were received by DA-10 OIC-Regional Executive Director, Carlene C. Collado, who toured them around the 11 state-of-the-art smart greenhouses, together with Lucille T. Minguez, the DA smart greenhouse project manager and Carmelito R. Lapoot, NMACLRC chief.

Ambassador Inchul Kim expressed that he was impressed with the project’s implementation, and advised DA-10 to continue the effort in optimizing its operation of the Smart Greenhouse Project.# (ATTalib/Photo credits: RDMElloren)