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WELCOME TO THE
SCIENCE CITY OF MUŇOZ!!!
Urban Agriculture and Urban Food System
in the Science City of Muñoz
The Science City of Muñoz …
MANILA
 One of the five (5)
cities in the Province
of Nueva Ecija
 The first and only
Science City in the
Philippines
 147 kms north of
Manila
 30 kms away from
Cabanatuan City
 12 kms away from
San Jose City
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC
Boundaries:
North
: Lupao
West
: Talugtug & Guimba
South
: Sto. Domingo
Southwest
: Talavera
East
: San Jose City & Llanera
Number of Barangays : 37
Urban : 6 barangays
Rural : 31 barangays
Land Use in Hectares:
Total Area : 16,305 Ha
•Good Governance Exemplar
•City Development Strategy Site
•Good Urban Governance Area
•Secure Tenure Site
•MDG Localization Pilot Site
Total population
(2014)
94,793
Urban population
32,774
Population Growth
Rate
2.20
Administrative Land
Area (km2)
163.05
Land devoted to
agriculture
60.22%
Number of
Households
19,151
Number of
Barangays
37
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Central Luzon State University (CLSU)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Philippine Carabao Center (PCC)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and
Mechanization (PhilMech)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - National Freshwater
Fisheries, Technology Center (BFAR-NFFTC)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Department of Science and Technology – Provincial Science
and Technology Center – (DOST-NE)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Philippine Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (PhilSCAT)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
National Small Ruminant Center (NSRC)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Fruits and Vegetables Seeds Center (FVSC)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
Philippine-Israel Center for Agricultural Training (PICAT)
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:
National Irrigation Administration
Distribution of Subsidized Rice Seeds
Distribution of 1,650 bags of SL-8H Hybid seeds under the
Rehabilitation Program of Rice
Fingerlings Dispersal
Dispersal of tilapia fingerlings to small farm reservoirs and fishpond
projects in different communities in collaboration with the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Freshwater and Fisheries
Training and Research Center
Institutional Development Activities
Skills training like vermiculture and vegetable processing for the
Rural Improvement Club Members (Women’s Organization) and hog
dispersal project for the Youth Club
Farm Business School
Farm Business School, a season-long training on Capacity Building of Small Farmers in
Entrepreneurship-Development and Market Access, a collaborative project of the Local
Government Unit of Science City of Muñoz, Food and Agriculture Organization,
Department of Agrarian Reform and Department of Agriculture
Rice Seed Production meetings/seminars
Briefing on Rice Seed Production to Ani ng Masaganang Buhay (AMU) cooperators
Dept of Agriculture
Livelihood
Mushroom Production
Goat Dispersed to 4-H Club members of Brgy.
San Andres
Dept of Agriculture
City Agriculture and Fishery Council
Establishment of Dairy Processing Plant in barangay Catalanacan, a collaborative
project of Department of Trade and Industry, City Agriculture and Fishery Council
and the Local Government Unit of Science City of Muñoz
Urban Agriculture and Food System
Urban Gardening practice in the
Science City of Muñoz
Urban Agriculture and Food System
Using recycled materials like soda plastic bottles
as potting material for vegetables.
Urban Agriculture and Food System
“Bakuran ko, Gulayan ko Program” (Vegetable Patch Backyard Project)