Farm Service Center will be operationalized at our Central Experiment Station (CES) starting this June 1 to centralize our farm operations and manage our expanding farm machinery and facilities.
Under the new setup, the Physical Plant (PPD) and Rice Engineering and Mechanization Divisions (REMD) will jointly oversee the center in implementing scheduled farm activities.
Executive Director John C. de Leon said that the joint supervision will enable PPD to ensure the serviceability of farm machines and equipment, and REMD to strategize, plan, and prepare for workload distribution.
A three-year budget shall be allocated for additional machinery and equipment currently used and managed by PPD.
The centralization is consistent with the provisions of the Agriculture and Farm Mechanization Law (Republic Act No. 10601), which promotes the development and adoption of modern, appropriate and cost-effective and environmentally safe agricultural and fisheries machinery and equipment.
