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In a significant move towards strengthening inter-university collaboration and enhancing agricultural education and research, the Visayas State University signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with three state universities and colleges, namely Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology (DEBESMSCAT), Sorsogon State University (SorSU), and Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology (ASSCAT).

[This is the full transcript of the keynote message delivered by Atty. Alain Charles J. Veloso, Private Sector Representative of the VSU Board of Regents for the 50th Commencement Exercises of the Visayas State University Alangalang.]

The Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory (PTCL) of the VSU Department of Horticulture (DOH) is now upgraded with new equipment and laboratory glassware to produce selected bamboo planting materials and other horticultural crops.

[This is the full transcript of the keynote message by Dr. Roel R. Suralta, a #ProudViscan who is the first and only Academician from the Visayas State University as conferred by the National Academy of Science and Technology or NAST.]

To assist the project on Asiatic Palm Weevil (APW), a type of pest that is a major threat to coconut production, the VSU Department of Pest Management (DPM) upgraded the old biocontrol room into a bigger facility capable of mass-producing biocontrol agents or beneficial microorganisms to control pests of coconut and other intercrops.