![]() ![]() ![]() She also cited a model project that they funded in Benguet that is using aeroponics for quality purple yam material production. She shared that this readily-available opportunity is already gaining ground in other agricultural sectors, and purple yam farmers should take advantage of it to effectively commercialize their products through technology. In another presentation, Meliza Abeleda, Assistant Director of the Socio-Economics Research Division of the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST PCAARRD), shared that the DOST PCAARRD currently has the National Agri-Aqua Technology Business Incubation Program to establish and develop viable agribusinesses through technology incubation and acceleration. This innovation helps in maintaining the availability of quality planting materials year-round, instead of waiting for the harvest period once a year. ![]() The BPI currently generates about 500-800 yam seedlings which can be distributed for free to the public. This method involves taking nodes from healthy purple yams and cultivating them in specially formulated fluids inside a laboratory. For those who would like to start farming purple yam, Gia Butones, an agriculturist from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), shared that the BPI is already producing yam through tissue culture technology. ![]()
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