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About the Program
Coconut Hybridization Program
The Coconut Hybridization Program is one of the seven programs under the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan through the Republic Act No. 11524 or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act.
The DOST-PCAARRD was mandated to manage the 5% allocation from the Trust Fund for the funding of research and development (R&D) programs and projects on coconut hybridization, hybrid coconut seed farms, nurseries, and related activities.
CHP ResearchStrategies
- Strengthen the utilization of coconut germplasm collections for breeding and selection.
- Identification and establishment of outstanding Tall populations as sources of pollens and OPVs.
- Enhance the production protocol for hybridization to increase hybrid seed nut production.
- Establish protocol for hybridity testing.
- Population improvement and development of new hybrids through molecular breeding.
- Improvement of the production protocol of CSet for propagation of hybrids and selected high-yielding varieties.
- Identification of suitable areas for hybrid production and planting.
- Enhance and package science-based technologies on IPM, ICM, and GAP for hybrid production.
- Develop disease surveillance system and SMART-farming technologies for hybrid production
- Produce IEC materials on hybrid production protocol.
- Socioeconomic researches on changing patterns for handling hybrid production.
- Establish modality for technology transfer.
- Mapping of 1.5 M existing planted hybrid palms nationwide.
- Baseline assessment of current production and productivity of existing hybrid seedfarms.
- Adoption of IPM, ICM, and GAP for maintenance of hybrid seedfarm and possible organic production.
- Rehabilitate existing hybrids and seedfarms.
- Produce IEC materials and adopt techno-transfer modality for sustained production.
