DIONISIO Alvindia, the director of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) who has rank of Scientist IV, was awarded the Gawad Saka Outstanding Agricultural Scientist for Central Luzon (Region 3) by the Department of Agriculture (DA) office in that region last Jan. 17.
With that, Alvindia will represent Central Luzon in the 2025 National Gawad Saka Awards, an annual search by the DA for outstanding achievers in the field of agriculture and fisheries.