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Workshop for Rota ranchers, farmers
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Posted on May 14 2008
The Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension Service, under NMC’s Community Programs & Services Unit, will be conducting a workshop on neem tree production for alternative pesticides, nematode control and fertilizer workshop/field day.
The workshop is in cooperation with WSARE Rota Farmer Rancher 2007-2008 Granted Project On Organic Farming. All farmers, growers and anyone interested may attend this workshop/field day on May 19, 8:30am-4:30pm, at the NMC Rota Campus, Room B-2 and Frank Atalig’s Research Farm in Ginalangan.
Presenters and topics include:
-Organic Farming
–Gadi V.P. Reddy PhD, entomologist/chemical ecologist. Western Pacific Tropical Research Center University of Guam, UOG Station.
-Insect Pests in the CNMI
–Dr. Joaquin Tenorio, Entomologist, NMC-CREES
-Grant Project Methodology/Testimony
–Frank Atalig, WSARE Grant Producer, Sinapalo, Rota
-WSARE Grants
–Allan Sabaldica DVM, WSARE CNMI coordinator, NMC-CREES
-Field Trip
–Research Site, Ginalangan Area
For more details and registration, contact NMC–CREES Rota Campus at 532-9511/13 or 9477 or Alejandro E. Badilles at 287-0554. Limited seats. Lunch and refreshment will be served. (NMC-CREES)
