The DA-BAFS Standards Development Division (SDD), together with the Technical Working Group (TWG), conducted a 5-day Finalization Writeshop on September 9 to 13, 2024, at the Boy Scouts of The Philippines, Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna. The workshop intends to expedite the finalization of the proposed final drafts of the two (2) Philippine National Standards (PNS): Agricultural and Fishery Pumpset— Specifications and Agricultural and Fishery Pumpset— Methods of Test. These Standards will be endorsed to the DA-Secretary for approval prior to their promulgation.The TWG of the mentioned PNS, is composed of the experts from various organizations including, DA-Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), DA-Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE), DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Metal Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) – Institute of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (IABE), UPLB – Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC), UPLB – Center for Agri-Fisheries and Biosystems and Mechanization, Philippine Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (PSABE) Inc., Central Isabela Agri-Manufacturing Corporation (CIAMC), and the Regional Agricultural Engineering Division (RAED) of the DA Regional Field Office (RFO)- CALABARZON.
