In a bid to sustain his public service after retirement even on a part-time basis, the country's leading Rice science agency, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), will soon engage the professional services of this blogger. This was the mutual conclusion in a dialogue between this blogger and PhilRice director Atty. Ronnie Beronio last Friday, June 4, 2010. In almost one-hour exchanges, Director Beronio expressed PhilRice directions and priorities in the next 3 years, which aside from continuous rice industry development, shall also focus on poverty alleviation and total human development. This blogger on the other hand, told Director Beronio of his rich experiences in the government service (Dept. of Agriculture, from the Philippine Cotton Corporation (7 years), Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (6 years) on to Postharvest agency (NaPHIRE, BPRE and PHilMech). These experiences may serve as the bases of Dir. Beronio giving me a special assignment for the furtherance of PhilRice's cause.
Offhand, and pending a thorough discussion with concerned PhilRice officials particularly with Deputy Director for Development Ruben Miranda, this blogger is expected to be involved in the project "Location-Specific Technology" (LSD) upscaling, which is but the result of PhilRice-JICA Technical Collaborative Program, Phase III (TCP-3). This blogger was also involved in the joint Japan-Phils. terminal evaluation of such project few months back.
Meanwhile, Dir. Beronio provided this blogger with reading materials on Philippine Rice Masterplan (2009-2013) and a document entitled, "Directing Rice Science and Technology for Sustainable Human Development" the PhilRice Corporate Strategic Plan. These will give him (this reporter) a better understanding of the macro-perspectives of this food agency. (JSF Blogs)
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