By Tarra Quismundo
Filipino agriculture students from various
universities around the Philippines dominated an 11-month international agro
studies program in Israel, bagging excellence awards for research on improving
the quality of produce.
Roughly half of this year’s agrostudies
graduates from the Wingate Institute in Netanya are Filipinos, the Department
of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported.
“The Filipino graduates of the program are
students from as far as Ilocos to Cotabato, who are currently taking
agriculture courses and were selected through a rigid screening process
conducted by their respective university officials,” the DFA said.
Philippine graduates also received three of
four awards of excellence following the training.
Program head Yaron Tamir especially complimented
Philippine delegates from the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University in
Northern Luzon.
The Philippine group outnumbered
contingents from other Asian countries like Cambodia, India, Myanmar and
Vietnam in the program, which brought trainees around agricultural facilities
and colleges around Israel.
During graduation ceremonies on Aug. 1,
two Filipino teams were recognized for outstanding research: Jim Albert Tubig,
Harry Santos and Marlon Sto. Domingo received commendation for their research
on fungal disease in bananas while Gabriel Fantilanan, Reyvan Nievares, Geron
Pareja, Cris Malic Jr., Jerry Bainggan and Patrick de la Cruz also won an award
for looking at the effects of hot water treatment on growing grapefruit.
Filipino students Ariel Cardinez, Erly
Saleng and Ramil Eliazar were also recognized for extracurricular activities
related to their training.
In his message during the graduation
rites, Philippine Ambassador to Israel Generoso D.G. Calonge encouraged the
graduates “to put dignity back in farming and to be proud of what they have
accomplished.”
Another batch of trainees from the
Philippines is set to arrive in Israel in October.
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