MUÑOZ CITY, Nueva Ecija: With the onset of the economic integration of South East Asian nations, a regional non-profit research and training center is eyeing a program to improve the capacity and global competitiveness of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) here.

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) said the program to improve the PCC is expected to make the local livestock sector compete in a liberalized trade environment, particularly the Asean Economic Community 2015 (AEC 2015).