The Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA) had a productive year in 2020 despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. PSIA undertook organizational initiatives such as strategic planning, hiring a new executive director and bookkeeper, improving its social media and website, and holding regular and special meetings. It also worked on projects like the National Seed Technology Park and situation reports. PSIA advocated on issues like seed movement during quarantine and international seed trade. It sought to harmonize plant breeders' rights and farmers' rights in the Philippines. Overall, PSIA had a successful year advancing the seed industry.
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PSIA Year-end Report (December 2020)
1. โ2020 THE YEAR THAT WASโ
The Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA)
Dr. Mary Ann P. Sayoc, President
Member of Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA) and International Seed Foundation (ISF)
4. New Management of Social Media & Website
/philseedindustry www.philseedindustry.org
ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES
5. โข Investment in treasury bonds
โข Re-activation of working committees
โข One-time payment of annual dues
โข Code of business conduct (draft)
โข 6 Regular meetings
โข 7 Special meetings
ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES
6. Urban Agriculture in Caloocan City,
Las Piรฑas City, Luneta Park
and Novaliches
PROJECTS
7. PROJECTS
National Seed
Technology Park
โข 17 PSIA member companies
completed survey on desired
services
โข Demo site, seed processing,
storage facilities for industry
โข Scoping Mission with Dutch
experts: to promote UPOV 1991
and provide technical assistance
9. Tech Dev Com Webinar
Vegetable Pathology Research at PPL-IPB: Challenges and
Opportunities for the Philippine Seed Industry
Company in Focus (Mem Dev Com)
PSIA Seedsmenโs Training 2020:
Our Seed Business in the New Normal
(Tech Dev Com)
Filipino Nutrition in the New Normal
Cloud Agribusiness: Marketing, Logistics, and Finance
Prevention over Cure: Plant Quarantine Regulations
Certified and Confident: Varietal Registration
and Plant Variety Protection
Wheat from Chaff: Philippine Seed Quality Standards
PROJECTS
10. BPI Anniversary
PSIA Office at the new
NSIC Bldg
thanks to Dir. Culaste
and Ms. Morales
(No monthly rental as long as PSIA
takes charge of BPI-NSIC garden)
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING
11. On-line interview about
PSIA on โTuklasin Natinโ
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING
Sec. William Dar
1st Year Anniversary
16. โข Appeal for unhampered movement of
agri supplies under quarantine
โข Crop varietal registration guidelines
โข International seed movement
โข Systems approach
โข ePhyto
โข Seed pathway
โข Re-export
โข Stopping spread of illegal GM seed
โข Harmonizing breeders rights and
farmers rights in PVP and UPOV 1991
POLICY OUTREACH
17. About the Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA)
โข Established in 1976: 44 years old
โข 26 members: 10 multinational, 8 local, 2 government, 1 academe, 5 dealers
Multinational
Local
Government
Academe
Dealers
โข Bayer
โข Bioseed
โข East-West Seed
โข Known You
โข Longping
โข Allied Botanical
โข BMD Seeds
โข Greenworld
โข Harbest
โข Philippine Rice Research
Institute
โข Bureau of Plant Industry
โข Institute of Plant Breeding,
University of the Philippines
Los Baรฑos
โข Haverson
โข Keystone Seedhouse
โข Ramgo
โข SL Agritech
โข AJJ Trading
โข Jedeco Trading
โข Right Agri
โข St. Joseph Agrimarketing
โข Pine Valley Corp.
โข Kaneko
โข Corteva/Pioneer
โข Seedworks
โข Syngenta
โข Unigen
Rejoined
2020
18. BOARD, COMMITTEES AND SECRETARIAT
2020-2021
PRESIDENT Mary Ann Sayoc
East-West Seed Company, Inc.
VICE PRESIDENT Julius Barcelona
Harbest Agribusiness Corporation
CORPORATE SECRETARY Arra Jane Tiburcio
Allied Botanical Corporation
TREASURER Pamela Chan
Ramgo Seeds International Corporation
P.R.O. Agripina Rasco
University of the Philippines Los Baรฑos
DIRECTORS
Rex Bryan B. Rivera
Bayer CropScience
Olivia Wong
Haverson Enterprises
Antonio Alfonso
Corteva Agriscience
Frisco Malabanan
SL Agritech Corporation
Haydee Cabungcal
Pilipinas Kaneko
Neo Wang
Known You Philippines
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Membership Development
Pamela Chan
Technology Development
Julius Barcelona
Quarantine & International
Trade
Olivia Wong
Variety Awareness
Leslie De Leon
Training & Extension
Frisco Malabanan
Intellectual Property & Ethics
Rex Bryan Rivera
SECRETARIAT
Executive Director
Gabriel Romero
Administrative Secretary
Bing Diwata
Bookkeeper
Ivy Viรฑas