00:00A 2,000-square-meter lote was given by the city of Tumuran in Cebu
00:05for the first ever satellite office of the Bureau of Agricultural Research in Visayas.
00:10This was reported by Jocet Antista of PIA Central Visayas.
00:17The local government gave a 2,000-square-meter lote to the Bureau of Agricultural Research
00:22or BAR of the Department of Agriculture for its satellite office.
00:27This was after BAR Director Jonel Soriano announced
00:30in a post-suana forum held in Tumuran
00:33that of the six satellite offices to be built in the country,
00:36Tumuran was chosen for Visayas.
00:39As of now, we do not have satellite offices in the country.
00:44Based on our plan, based on the approval of the management,
00:48we will build five.
00:51One here in Cebu, two in Mindanao, and two in Luzon.
00:55The sixth is in the central office and in Visayas.
01:00In order for the agency to help implement the plan for the construction of the satellite office,
01:05Tumuran Municipal Mayor Democrito Diamante
01:08led a ceremonial turnover of the lote.
01:11In order for Director Jonel and his office to benefit,
01:16so that they can earn money,
01:18we will now have a ceremonial turnover of the lote
01:23for our BAR office here in Tumuran.
01:28Through the satellite offices,
01:31BAR's goal is to strengthen agricultural research and development in the country.
01:36The main goal of our office is to build new technologies.
01:44Technology for farming and fishing.
01:47Technology on how to increase our rice.
01:52Technology on how to increase the income of our farmers and fishermen.
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