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DA official designated as Philrice’s officer-in-charge

Posted on February 10, 2015

SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, Feb. 10 (PNA) –Agriculture Assistant Secretary Edilberto M. De Luna was designated officer-in-charge of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

De Luna replaced former Philrice executive director Eufemio T. Rasco Jr. who retired on February 3.

“I accept the challenge being assigned as OIC of PhilRice until a new executive director is selected. There is a need to continue what you have achieved,” de Luna, also the DA National Rice and Corn Program coordinator, said.

He thanked Rasco for his service to the Filipino people and praised the institute for having the “best human resource.”

“Let us work together because whatever success PhilRice has, we are all part of it,” he added.

De Luna rose from the ranks from Agriculturist I in 1987, Division Chief in 1999, to Regional Manager in 2005, all in the Philippine Coconut Authority.

President Benigno Aquino III appointed him in 2010 as DA Assistant Secretary for Field Operations and concurrently serves as the director of the National Rice and Corn Programs.

He is also chair of working committees in DA, including the Special Bids and Awards, Gawad Saka, Community-based Employment, NGOs/POs Accreditation, and Transition Investment Support for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

De Luna is also an alternate representative of the Secretary of Agriculture to the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cabinet Cluster and a permanent representative to the Joint Government of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Sajahatra Bangsamoro Development Program.

He is also part of the Advisory Board of the National Youth Commission.

He is an agriculture graduate of the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in Lucena City, Quezon and has a master’s degree in business administration from the same university. (PNA)

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