29th Regional Symposium on Research and Development

Rationale

Each year, the Southern Mindanao Agriculture, Aquatic and Resources Research and Development Consortium (SMAARRDEC) conducts a Regional Symposium on Research and Development Highlights (RSRDH as one of the highlights of the founding anniversary celebration of SMAARRDEC every 15th of August. The symposium puts premium in recognizing the most significant R&D results as well as to promote increased interaction among researchers, local government units (LGUs), and technology users/clients in the region. The ultimate aim is for researchers from various member-agencies to strive hard in achieving quality and relevant R&D activities, and therefore, package better technologies for the countryside sustainable development. Presented R&D outputs in this symposium will vie for best paper and poster. Winning entries will then be endorsed as regional entry to the National Symposium on Agriculture and Resources Research and Development (NSARRD) of DOST-PCAARRD and other award-giving body like DA-BAR, among others.

This year’s theme “Enabling Competitive R&D Initiatives Towards Sustainable Economic Development in Agri-aqua Sector” is a regional statement representing the values of commitment, integration and partnership, helping shape the vision of the Consortium to lead in the transformation of local agricultural practices into viable S&T farming systems. Also, with the ASEAN Integrations 2015, the Consortium gears-up to keep its relevance and remain as change catalyst by aligning its priorities towards inclusive growth and competitiveness in the agriculture, aquatic and natural resources R&D sectors,

RSRDH Objectives

‘The objectives of the RSRDH are: (a) to gather research and development workers of the SMAARRDEC member agencies to allow them to disseminate research outputs that are relevant and value adding to the Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources (AANR) sectors in this region, (b) to recognize local researchers and extension specialists’ achievements in the areas of research and development/extension work, and (c) to serve as venue to monitor and evaluate how each agency has performed in terms of resources allocation for R&D in the AANR sector. The following are the specific objectives of the RSRDH:]

• To present the most significant R&D findings of Consortium member- agencies
• To provide an occasion for the sharing of knowledge and experience among researchers from member-agencies so as to foster collaboration and integration of various multi-agency R&D undertakings
• To select outstanding technologies/information generated for recognition purposes and nomination to national award giving bodies
• To collect relevant information on potentially mature technologies
• To determine information that can be disseminated or used in policy formulation and advocacy and/or further scientific investigation
• To identify new researchable areas based on completed researches