Welcome to Livestock
Biotechnology Center
The center aims to empower livestock industry towards research and development program
Vision
Livestock Biotechnology Center as the stronghold of livestock biotechnology research and development in the Philippines.
Mission
To empower the livestock biotechnology stakeholders towards the production of research and development programs for the improvement of livestock industry in the Philippines.
Goal
To promote a competitive, profitable, and sustainable livestock industry that enhances economic growth, animal welfare and environmental concern through judicious use of biotechnology.
Our Functions
Technology Development & Innovation
Development of innovative research programs to foster development for the Philippine livestock sector through modern biotechnology
R4D Biotechnology Capacity Building
Enhance the technical capability of R&D personnel from the Center’s network in applying modern biotechnology for livestock research
Partnerships & Fund Generation
Establishment of local & international partnerships for joint collaborative research initiatives on livestock using biotechnology
Technology Commercialization & Management
Promotion of technologies generated through Livestock Biotech R&D programs to increase public awareness and technology adoption
Thematic Areas
Genetic Improvement
Reproductive Technologies
Nutrition & Feed Efficiency
Health Management
Product Development
Policy & Advocacy
About us
The Department of Agriculture – Administrative Order (DA-AO) # 21 series of 2005, established the Agricultural Biotechnology Center.
In order to meet the requirements of a modernized livestock agricultural sector, the DA-AO # 9 series of 2008 identified the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) as the lead agency in ruminant biotechnology research.
PCC as one of the leading livestock biotechnology research agency in the Philippines was chosen to host the DA-Livestock Biotechnology Center when it was operationalized on August 06, 2014.
The DA – Livestock Biotechnology Center serves as a catalyst of the Department of Agriculture in the development and utilization of modern biotechnologies for livestock commodities. The center shall rationalize and implement the Research for Development (R4D) Agenda of the Biotech Program of the Department. They shall also provide biotechnology capacity building services to a network of R4D institutions in the utilization of modern biotechnologies
Our Work
Ribbon Cutting – 1st Regional Livestock Biotechnology Symposium
LBC – 1st Regional Livestock Biotechnology Symposium
National Biotechnology Week
Capacity Building Workshop
Exhibit Booth – National Biotechnology Week
Exhibit Booth – National Biotechnology Week
ASCOT x DA – LBC
Blogs
DA-LBC, ISAAA.org holds the 8th International Livestock Biotechnology Symposium
Today, February 13, 2025, the 8th International Livestock Biotechnology Symposium initiated by the DA-Livestock Biotechnology Center in partnership with the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA Inc.) was held with over 700...
DA-PCC’s Cryobank Section Head honored as ‘Face of Biotechnology’ awardee
Source/s: Department of Agriculture - Philippine Carabao Center, Knowledge PortalDr. Lilian P. Villamor, senior science research specialist and head of the DA-PCC’s Cryobank Section under the Research and Development Division, has been recognized as one of the eight...
The National Biotechnology Week marked its 20th celebration at UPLB
The National Biotechnology Week (NBW) 2024 spearheaded by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and UP Los Baños (UPLB), was held last November 25-29, 2024 at the E.B. Copeland Gym in UP Los Baños in Laguna.Carrying the theme, “#ExperienceBIOTECH: Expand the...
