Department of Agriculture RFO 9-Dumalinao Experimental Site

11/04/2026

11/04/2026

Levelling of the maneuvering area in preparation for concreting to ensure easier and more efficient access for delivery trucks within the office premises.

10/03/2026

A total of 14 heads of native pigs were distributed to qualified farmers in Zamboanga del Norte to support the conservation of Philippine native pigs while providing farmers with an additional and sustainable source of income.

08/03/2026

“There is strength in unity. Personnel of the Dumalinao Experimental Site conducted a general cleaning activity to maintain the facility’s cleanliness and orderliness, ensuring a safe and conducive environment for employees and valued clients visiting the station.”

08/03/2026

“Celebrating Women’s Month by honoring the invaluable contributions of women in uplifting the lives of our farmers through research and development.”

04/03/2026

𝒵𝒟𝒮𝑅𝐸𝒮 𝒟𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒶𝑜 𝐸𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒮𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝟣𝓈𝓉 𝒬𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑀𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔:

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘠 2026 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴' 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 3 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘚𝘍 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘈-𝘉𝘈𝘙, 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 “𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘢," 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.

03/03/2026

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘋𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘰 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘙&𝘋) 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 “𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘺 (𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴) 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘢” 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 (𝘉𝘈𝘙).

The activity aimed to establish a collaborative framework for on-site validation of black soldier fly larvae meal as a sustainable and cost-effective alternative protein source in native pig production. This initiative seeks to strengthen research-for-development partnerships and promote the adoption of innovative, low-cost feeding strategies to enhance productivity and profitability among local swine raisers in the region.

14/01/2026

𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘
The Dumalinao Experimental Site conducted a collegial review of the completed research entitled "𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒊𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒁𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂" in preparation for the upcoming National Symposium for Research and Development Highlights (NSRDH).

The activity aimed to strengthen the study's technical content, validate research findings, and ensure alignment with the Department of Agriculture’s priorities on livestock productivity, sustainability, and genetic conservation for field-level application.

02/12/2025

🥳 Happy Birthday, Caryl Lumasay! 🥳

May your day be as sweet as the icing on your cake. HBD!

Enjoy your day—from your ZDSRES-DES family!

24/11/2025

The Research Division proudly celebrates a successful participation at the Regional Symposium on Research and Development Highlights (RSRDH) 2025 held at the J.H. Cerilles State College-Pagadian Campus, Pagadian City on November 21, 2025.
We brought home multiple awards across categories:
🏆 Best Paper (Research Category) – Purification of Native Pig in Zamboanga Peninsula
🥈 2nd Best Paper (Development Category) – Enhancing the Productivity of Rainfed Lowland Rice Farmers in SCALE-UP Communities in Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur
🏅 Best Scientific Poster (Development Category) – Purification of DAzampenok Chicken
Adding to this achievement, our Research Division representatives also showcased their creativity and teamwork—bagging award at the WESMAARRDEC Got Talent competition!
A big congratulations to the entire team for their hard work, dedication, and outstanding representation of the Division!

05/11/2025

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 🔓

𝘡𝘋𝘚𝘙𝘌𝘋-𝘋𝘌𝘚 || 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘐𝘐 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘈-𝘉𝘈𝘙 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 on November 4-5, 2025.

Mr. Erwin R. Salinas and his Team successfully concluded and presented their comprehensive research findings to the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) today. The completed study, entitled "Assessment of the Growth Performance and Meat Quality of Native Swine (𝙎𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙨) Fed with Black Soldier Fly (𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨) Larvae Meal (BSFLM)," represents a significant milestone in exploring sustainable and innovative feed alternatives for native swine production. This groundbreaking research evaluates the potential of BSFLM as a protein-rich feed component, examining its effects on both the developmental progress and meat quality characteristics of native pigs.

The presentation provided an in-depth examination of the study's physical accomplishments for each objective, detailing the methodologies employed and the final findings. It also highlighted all activities that were successfully completed throughout the research, including all trials conducted, comprehensive data analysis, and thorough validation of results. Additionally, the discussion addressed the challenges encountered and overcome during the study, including feed formulation adjustments, environmental factors affecting swine growth, and logistical constraints in sourcing and processing BSFLM.

Furthermore, Phase III of the study was presented with the title "Field Validation of Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal as an Alternative Feed Ingredient for Native Pigs in the Zamboanga Peninsula." The proposal aims to evaluate the effect of black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) as a dietary protein replacement for soybean meal (SBM) on the growth performance of native pigs under actual field conditions.

This milestone reflects the team’s dedication, collaboration, and continued pursuit of science-based solutions for our farmers and communities.

Onwards to more impactful research and innovations! 🌱✨