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Ethnobotanical learning facility to rise in Clark

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December 27, 2024

State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is partnering with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office III and the Pampanga State Agricultural University (PSAU) to establish a 10-hectare ethnobotanical learning facility in New Clark City in Tarlac.

- By CATHERINE TALAVERA

In a statement, the BCDA said it recently signed memoranda of agreements (MOAs) with DA-RFO III and PSAU for the establishment of the Ayta Ethno Botanical Center (AEBC) in New Clark City, aimed at scaling up the capacities of local farmers and fisherfolk from the Aeta communities.

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