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Dioscoro Umali was a Filipino agriculturist known as the "Father of Philippine Plant Breeding". He specialized in breeding rice, corn, abaca and mussaenda to improve crop yields and was awarded the National Scientist of the Philippines prize. His research and writings helped launch programs in rain-fed agriculture, social forestry, environmental conservation, and rural poverty alleviation. Under his leadership, the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture became a premier institution in Asia for

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Diane Talimodao

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