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The Northern Mindanao Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (NOMCAARRD) conducts the Farms and Industry Encounters through the Science and Technology Agenda (FIESTA) at the Central Mindanao University (CMU), University Town, Musuan, Barangay Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon.
Dr. Maria Luisa R. Soliven, CMU President and Regional Research Development and Coordinating Council Chair (center right) and Director Marita A. Carlos of the Applied Communication Division, Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) (center left) lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which formally opens the two-day event at the CMU Convention Center. Farmers, investors, fisherfolk, industry partners, civil society organizations, students, extension workers, entrepreneurs, media people, scientists and researchers are participating in the event. DOST-PCAARRD, which initiated FIESTA as a technology diffusion platform, funded the activity together with other agencies. FIESTA is a PCAARRD event-based technology transfer modality that aims to promote S&T and its products towards providing competitive and profitable business ventures for the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the agriculture, aquatic and natural resources sectors of the country. With engineered bamboo and goat production as the banner technologies of the event, the NOMCAARRD FIESTA adopted the tagline Kawayan ug Kanding FIESTA sa NOMCAARRD.