News and Updates

Since the third week of June, there have been reports of a vast infestation of fall armyworm in sugarcane and corn in Negros Occidental. The NCPC team, led by Director Barbara L. Caoili, conducted a field visit and assessment to investigate insect pest infestation in...

More than thirty agriculturists, educators, and crop protection practitioners from the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), Department of Agriculture - Regional Field Office (DA-RFO), Department of Agriculture - Regional Crop...

Personnel of the National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) underwent Gender Sensitivity Training (GST) and the Training on the Use of the Harmonized Gender and Development Guidelines (HGDG) on March 20 and 21, respectively.

Through a collaboration between the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Laguna and the Office of Congresswoman Ruth M. Hernandez, personnel of the National Crop Protection Center learned about Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Standard First Aid in an orientation conducted on February 21 at the NCPC Auditorium.

The National Crop Protection Center conducted a Seminar on Digital and Smartphone Photography in the Workplace on February 19 at the NCPC Auditorium.

The International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences (ISSAAS) recently awarded Sci. Melissa P. Montecalvo, a career scientist and university researcher of NCPC, with the 2023 ISSAAS Young Scientist Award during the ISSAAS International Congress and General Meeting 2023, which was held from November 8 to 10 at the Acacia Hotel in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. The congress theme for this year was “Integrated Management of Southeast Asian Agricultural Landscapes.”

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ Plant Production and Protection Division organized a Global Symposium on Sustainable Fall Armyworm (FAW) Management from October 31 to November 2 at the Empark Grand Hotel in Beijing, China.

The National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) capped off 2023 with the NCPC Holiday Cook-Off held on December 18.

The Pest Management Division of the National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) conducted training on the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum through serological and PCR-based methods. The training was held from September 25 to 29 and was conducted at the Phytobacteriology Laboratory and Plant Virology Laboratory of NCPC.