The Philippine Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (PSABE) will hold its annual convention on April 20-25 at the Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City, also in time for the celebration of the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Week and the International ABE Conference and Exhibition.
"The weeklong event highlights plenary talks and discussions by local and international speakers on latest trends and developments, new technologies and products systems, best practices and research, development and extension," PSABE said.
"Research and development papers will be presented in the sub-specializations of machinery and power, farm mechanization, renewable energy and automation, information technology and electrification. R&D (research and development) papers will also focus on land and water resources engineering, agro-meteorology, irrigation and drainage. Other papers will cover process engineering, structure and environment engineering, forest engineering, animal and crop structure designs and waste management," it added.
An exhibition of the latest agricultural machinery, processing equipment, nano and other cutting-edge technologies will also be an interesting feature of the event. A study tour is also scheduled to visit the modern agricultural technologies located in Iloilo City and neighboring municipalities like smart greenhouses, precision agriculture and aquaculture. Specifically, the Ephrathah Farms boasts of a smart greenhouse and a solar-powered facility growing hydroponic vegetables; and the Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research Center which houses modern production techniques for high-value crops, will be visited by the delegates.
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