What are the activities of PCC?
PCC promotes carabao development by carrying out the following activities and services: • Production of genetically superior buffalo germplasm for eventual distribution to breeding centers, farmer associations and cooperatives to carry out genetic improvement • Conduct of training for technicians to carry out genetic improvement. • Assistance for the development of carabao-based enterprise. • Development of technologies and assistance in policy assessment and formulation leading to a more productive carabao industry. Why invest on carabao development when farmers are shifting to farm mechanization? Shifting from the use of draft carabao to small hand tractor is apparently common in irrigated rice-producing areas. Nonetheless, the reality remains that despite the introduction of hand tractors, the farmers cannot totally do away with the draft carabaos. If carabaos are no longer used for work, then the animals have to be improved from being a mere source of draft power to a producer of m
