Section 12Sec./Art. 12

Implementation and Coordination of the Program.-The PCC Advisory Board through the Executive Director shall coordinate, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the carabao program.

It shall identify, through the Directors of carabao centers and Project Leaders from the various implementing stations, the programs and projects in the areas of reproduction, breeding, distribution, nutrition, animal health, and processing of carabao meat and milk. It shall formulate strategies relative to the reproduction and distribution of the Philippine carabao.

Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao shall initially have a total of thirteen (13) carabao centers. The centers in Luzon shall be located at U.P. Los Baos (UPLB) in Laguna; Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in Nueva Ecija; Cagayan State University (CSU) in Cagayan; Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU) in Ilocos Norte; and Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU), in La Union. The centers in Visayas shall be at La Carlota Stock Farm in Negros Occidental; Ubay Stock Farm in Bohol; Visayas State College of Agriculture (VISCA) in Leyte; and West Visayas State University in Iloilo.

The centers in Mindanao shall be at Central Mindanao University (CMU) in Bukidnon; University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Cotabao; Mindanao State University in Marawi City and Mindanao Livestock Development Complex in Kalawit, Labason, Zamboanga del Norte. These centers shall specialize in the development of technology on reproduction, breeding, nutrition, animal health and processing of meat and milk.