RDE Programs

Productivity Improvement

  • Genetic Resource Enhancement, Characterization, Evaluation, Conservation and Database
  • Development of High Yielding, Pest Resistant and Stress Tolerant Abaca Varieties with Good Quality Fibers Suited to Specific End Uses
  • Performance Evaluation of Promising Abaca Accessions and Hybrids
  • Biotechnology-assisted Development of Abaca Varieties for Resistance to Abaca Bunchy Top Virus (ABTV) and Abaca Mosaic Virus (AMV)
  • Integrated Pest Management with Emphasis on Biological Control
  • Integrated Soil and Nutrient Management including Soil Conditioning and Bioremediation
  • Crop Modeling
  • Planting Materials Production and Supply System
  • Management Strategies for Smallholder Abaca Production

Postharvest Processing, Product Development/Improvement and Diversification

  • Development and/or Improvement of Postharvest Processing and Utilization Technologies
    • primary and secondary tools, machines and gadgets
    • postharvest storage practices
  • Development of Technical and Industrial Products from Abaca Fibers and Wastes (non-structural car parts, structural composites, textiles, GEO textile, packaging materials, and substitute for fiberglass)

Information and Knowledge Product Management

  • Development of State-of-the-Art for Abaca Technologies
  • Development of Abaca Information System
  • Establishment of Knowledge Product Services and Management

Socio-Economics and Policy Research

  • Environmental and Economic Assessment of Smallholder Abaca-based Farming Systems in the Philippines: A Bioeconomic Modeling Approach
  • Impact of Pest Management Programs on the Technical, Allocative and Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Abaca Farmers in the Philippines
  • Policy Alternatives for Improving Productivity and Sustainability of Abaca Production in the Philippines
  • Enhancing capacity of stakeholders for new approaches to market-driven abaca-based technologies
  • Analysis of institutional arrangements for effective implementation of extension programs for abaca
  • Gender and development analysis in the abaca industry

Extension

  • Seedpiece Production and Distribution
  • Technical Assistance
  • Information Support Services

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