THE NORTHERN MINDANAO INTEGRATED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER Introduction OurproIessorinHORT313(VegetableCropsProductionandManagement)Dr.DemetrioV.Oria broughtustoatwo-dayeducationalIieldtriponNOMIARC(NorthernMindanaoIntegratedAgricultural ResearchCenter)Dalwangan,MalaybalayCitylastSeptember5-6,2011togetherwithhisundergraduate students. We leave USM at exactly 7:30 am on September 05, 2011. We had our lunch at Malaybalay City and at exactly 1:00pm we reached our destination.theNOMIARC! It is averynice place; a place oI relaxation, the weather is cool. NOMIARCislocatedalongtheIootzonesoIMt.Kitanglad,some818metersabovesealevelin Dalwangan,MalaybalayCity.ItoccupiesanareaoI68hectares;partoIthe601.28hectaresoIMalaybalay Stock Farm acquired thru Proclamation No. 637 Reservation 329 Decree # 5348 dated November 23, 1933. As theresearcharmoItheDepartmentoIAgriculture,thecenterplaysanintegralroleinthegenerationoI technologiesoncrops,livestockandintegratedIarmingsystem.

The center is also tasked to conduct basic Iunctions oI research germplasm collection and maintenance, production and distribution oI high quality seeds and planting materials and training/technical assistance Ior the dynamicagriculturalsectorintheregion.NOMIARCisalsoknownIoritstangibleaccomplishmentinpotato research and development that paved the way to naming NOMIARC as the White Potato Center in Mindanao.

NOMIARCrecentlymarkeditsdebutinconductingtheyearlyFarmers`FieldDayandTechnology Forum, bearing thisyear`s theme 'StapleFood Substitutes: Key to Food Security. The three-day event which has drawn more than a thousand participants, consisting oI Iarmers, cooperatives and associations, government agencies,provincialandmunicipallocalgovernmentunits,statecollegesanduniversities,seedandIertilizer companiesandotheresteemedguestswithinandotherneighboringregionswitnessedIirst-handIarm technologies and researches through guided Iield tours to demonstration plot areas/clusters which allow them to discern which oI the available technologies would be best adopted in their respective Iarmlands. This year, the station has Ieatured around 53 technologies on rice, corn, vegetables, root crops, sweet sorghum, white potato, coIIee, organic crop production, alternative bioIuel plant sources, among others which are primarily aimed to increase productivity and income oI Iarmers. Todate,DA-NOMIARChastakenrecentinitiativesinreducingdependencyandimportsonrice through mainstreaming adlai by producing the crop right in the station`s Iields, in which generated seeds would begiventointerestedIarmgrowers.AccordingtoRaquelOclarit-Salingay,researchandextension(R&E) coordinator oI MASIPAG Mindanao, there are two species oI adlaiCoix lacryma-fobi var. lacryma-fobi and Coix lacryma-fobi var. ma-yuen.

The variety lacryma-fobi is the one being utilized as beads and is usually Iound in swampy areas. The variety ma-yuen, on the other hand, is the one harvested as a cereal Iood. IamquiteIascinatedwiththisgrass.Ineverknewitsnamebefore. TheIruitslooklikeaminishell with colors brown, black and usually grey. Every hard grain has a hole Ior inserting a thin piece oI nylon string. WecollectitIorthepurposeoImakingbraceletsandnecklaces.TheplantlookslikeaminiatureversionoI corn. IusuallyseeitnearwateryareaslikericeIieldandnearrivers.WeregardeditasweeduntilIseeitin. NOMIARC. The Ieatured image is very similar to what we regarded as weed. !ICTORIALS: AdmlnlsLraLlon Cfflce lronL vlew near Lhe gaLe

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EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRI! NOMIARC Dalwangan, Malaybalay City sEPTEMBER 05-06, 2011 HORT 313 (VEGETABLE CRO!S !RODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT) RUBY V. TALEON GRADUATE STUDENT GRADUATE SCHOOL - USM DR. DEMETRIO V. ORIA GRADUATE PROFESSOR GRADUATE SCHOOL - USM