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Johnrell S. Zuniega, university research associate, and Dr. Elda B. Esguerra, director of the Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC), bagged the 2019 Philippine Agriculture and Resources Research Foundation, Inc. (PARRFI) Research and Development (R&D) Award (Research Category). The award was given by the Los Banos Science Community [...]

The Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC) is playing an active role in the continuous capacity building to boost the vegetable industry in Region 3 (Central Luzon). Leonisa A. Artes, PHTRC extension coordinator, served as resource person in a series of trainings conducted by the Agricultural Training Institute [...]

Wella L. Absulio, university researcher from the PHTRC, was one of only two Philippine representatives to the “Multicountry Observational Study Mission in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Advanced Posharvest Handling Technologies” held last June 10-14 in Tokyo, Japan. Eighteen participants from 11 countries attended the study mission which included [...]

Leonisa A. Artes, extension specialist of the PHTRC, lectured on Preharvest, Harvest, and Postharvest Handling of Vegetables last May 10 for VeggiEskwela at the East-West Seed Foundation Main Office in San Rafael, Bulacan. She also served as resource person during a Three-day Capacity Enhancement Training Program on Postharvest Handling [...]

“Training of Trainers on Postharvest Management of Horticultural Produce” was how Dr. Elda B. Esguerra, director of the PHTRC, and her team capped the implementation of their one-year project titled “Capacity Development and Technical Support to Generate an Evidence Base to Inform the Scale Up of Postharvest Loss Reduction [...]

The Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC) is this year’s Achievement Awardee in Technology Development, a recognition given by the PhilFruits Association, Inc. during the 26th National Fruit Symposium held in Davao City last October 16-19. The team of PHTRC Director Elda B. Esguerra, Dr. Dormita R. del [...]

The PHTRC library’s Information Literacy Program (ILP) was conducted last September 5-7 at the PHTRC library in partnership with the CAFS Library Committee chaired by Dr. Evalour T. Aspuria. Two sessions were conducted, every 9:00-10:00AM and 3:00-4:00PM daily, for three days. Topics discussed were literature search using the various [...]

The staff of the Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC), headed by the project leader and director of the center, Dr. Elda B. Esguerra, conducted an “Awareness Seminar on Postharvest Handling of Vegetables (Focus on Tomatoes)” last July 25 at Binuangan, Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya. Majority of [...]

The Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC) played host to visiting staff of the National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science (NIHHS) of the Rural Development Administration (RDA), Korea last June 6-9. The activity was in line with the monitoring and documentation of the project titled “Application of [...]

Researchers from the Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC) bagged the top prize in the Best Poster (Overall) Category during the 5th UPREPSS Annual Scientific Conference and 9th General Assembly Meeting held at the Shercon Resort, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas. The poster, authored by Dr. Dormita R. del [...]