10 October 2009, UPLB, College, Laguna - Pagkaraan ng isang daan taon, buhay na buhay pa rin ang Los Banos spirit (After a hundred years, Los Banos spirit still lingers on). These are the buzz words heard in the Freedom Park of UPLB as thousands of alumni, students and friends of this state university celebrated its 91st Loyalty Day which coincides with the centennial year of UP at Los Banos (1909-2009). Aside from the various colleges and institutions based in the campus, among those who joined this year's affair were agriculture agencies like Bureau of Plant Industry, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippine Carabao Center and our very own Bureau of Postharvest Research nd Extension (BPRE).
Some photos above show the 8 BPRE delegates joining the celebration. There are 21 UPLB alumni in the Postharvest bureau of the Department of Agriculture including the Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, 3 Director II and 3 Director I. Its Management as well as the Executive committees are dominated by UPLB alumni. The state university is indeed the center of excellence in agriculture leadership.
BPRE, formerly the National Postharvest Institute for Research and Extension (NAPHIRE), was created on May 24, 1978 through Presidential Decree (PD) 1380. It was tasked to spearhead the development of the country's postharvest industry. As then subsidiary of the National Grains Authority (NGA in 1980), BPRE's power and functions were expanded in line with the conversion of NGA into the National Food Authority (NFA). In 1986, BPRE became an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture through Executive Order (EO) 116. After six years, it was transformed into a Bureau through EO 494. And now, with the Republic Act 8435 the Agriculture and Fishery Modernization Act (AFMA), BPRE takes the lead in providing more postharvest interventions to empower the agriculture, fishery and livestock sectors. (30)
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