The Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA) had a productive year in 2020 despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. PSIA undertook organizational initiatives such as strategic planning, hiring a new executive director and bookkeeper, improving its social media and website, and holding regular and special meetings. It also worked on projects like the National Seed Technology Park and situation reports. PSIA advocated on issues like seed movement during quarantine and international seed trade. It sought to harmonize plant breeders' rights and farmers' rights in the Philippines. Overall, PSIA had a successful year advancing the seed industry.

1. “2020 THE YEAR THAT WAS”
The Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA)
Dr. Mary Ann P. Sayoc, President
Member of Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA) and International Seed Foundation (ISF)

2. ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES
Strategic Planning Workshop

3. New Executive Director
Dr. Gabriel Romero
New Bookkeeper
Ms. Ivy Joy Vinas
ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES

4. New Management of Social Media & Website
/philseedindustry www.philseedindustry.org
ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES

5. • Investment in treasury bonds
• Re-activation of working committees
• One-time payment of annual dues
• Code of business conduct (draft)
• 6 Regular meetings
• 7 Special meetings
ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES

6. Urban Agriculture in Caloocan City,
Las Piñas City, Luneta Park
and Novaliches
PROJECTS

7. PROJECTS
National Seed
Technology Park
• 17 PSIA member companies
completed survey on desired
services
• Demo site, seed processing,
storage facilities for industry
• Scoping Mission with Dutch
experts: to promote UPOV 1991
and provide technical assistance

8. PROJECTS
Situation Reports (Tech Dev Com)
DA-HVCDP's seed requirements
for vegetables in 2021 (Tech Dev Com)

9. Tech Dev Com Webinar
Vegetable Pathology Research at PPL-IPB: Challenges and
Opportunities for the Philippine Seed Industry
Company in Focus (Mem Dev Com)
PSIA Seedsmen’s Training 2020:
Our Seed Business in the New Normal
(Tech Dev Com)
Filipino Nutrition in the New Normal
Cloud Agribusiness: Marketing, Logistics, and Finance
Prevention over Cure: Plant Quarantine Regulations
Certified and Confident: Varietal Registration
and Plant Variety Protection
Wheat from Chaff: Philippine Seed Quality Standards
PROJECTS

10. BPI Anniversary
PSIA Office at the new
NSIC Bldg
thanks to Dir. Culaste
and Ms. Morales
(No monthly rental as long as PSIA
takes charge of BPI-NSIC garden)
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING

11. On-line interview about
PSIA on “Tuklasin Natin”
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING
Sec. William Dar
1st Year Anniversary

12. Biotech and Gene Editing Webinars
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING

13. Seed Without Borders
for Asia
Plant Breeding (APSA Webinar
on UPOV )
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING

14. Seed-based
Interventions
Webinars
Business Mirror
Food Security
Summit
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING

15. Urban Gardening Book
Sale on FB
Filipino Youth Summit
ADVOCACY & NETWORKING

16. • Appeal for unhampered movement of
agri supplies under quarantine
• Crop varietal registration guidelines
• International seed movement
• Systems approach
• ePhyto
• Seed pathway
• Re-export
• Stopping spread of illegal GM seed
• Harmonizing breeders rights and
farmers rights in PVP and UPOV 1991
POLICY OUTREACH

17. About the Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA)
• Established in 1976: 44 years old
• 26 members: 10 multinational, 8 local, 2 government, 1 academe, 5 dealers
Multinational
Local
Government
Academe
Dealers
• Bayer
• Bioseed
• East-West Seed
• Known You
• Longping
• Allied Botanical
• BMD Seeds
• Greenworld
• Harbest
• Philippine Rice Research
Institute
• Bureau of Plant Industry
• Institute of Plant Breeding,
University of the Philippines
Los Baños
• Haverson
• Keystone Seedhouse
• Ramgo
• SL Agritech
• AJJ Trading
• Jedeco Trading
• Right Agri
• St. Joseph Agrimarketing
• Pine Valley Corp.
• Kaneko
• Corteva/Pioneer
• Seedworks
• Syngenta
• Unigen
Rejoined
2020

18. BOARD, COMMITTEES AND SECRETARIAT
2020-2021
PRESIDENT Mary Ann Sayoc
East-West Seed Company, Inc.
VICE PRESIDENT Julius Barcelona
Harbest Agribusiness Corporation
CORPORATE SECRETARY Arra Jane Tiburcio
Allied Botanical Corporation
TREASURER Pamela Chan
Ramgo Seeds International Corporation
P.R.O. Agripina Rasco
University of the Philippines Los Baños
DIRECTORS
Rex Bryan B. Rivera
Bayer CropScience
Olivia Wong
Haverson Enterprises
Antonio Alfonso
Corteva Agriscience
Frisco Malabanan
SL Agritech Corporation
Haydee Cabungcal
Pilipinas Kaneko
Neo Wang
Known You Philippines
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Membership Development
Pamela Chan
Technology Development
Julius Barcelona
Quarantine & International
Trade
Olivia Wong
Variety Awareness
Leslie De Leon
Training & Extension
Frisco Malabanan
Intellectual Property & Ethics
Rex Bryan Rivera
SECRETARIAT
Executive Director
Gabriel Romero
Administrative Secretary
Bing Diwata
Bookkeeper
Ivy Viñas