AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered the expansion of the Protein-Enriched Copra Meal (PECM) Commercialization Project to the Western Visayas region.
Developed by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Biotech Center, PECM — a more affordable, sustainable, alternative protein source in animal feeds — is made through a fermentation process that increases by 45 percent the protein content in copra, which is a by-product of coconut.
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