Yearly, BAR holds the NRS wherein various researchers and scientists from state universities and colleges (SUCs), attached agencies and staff bureaus of the Department of Agriculture (DA), and local government units (LGUs) gather to present recent researches in the field and compete for the title of Best AFMA R&D Paper Award.

This year's competition focused on the theme, "Mula sakahan patungong hapagkainan: Bringing the benefits of agricultural and fisheries R&D closer to the people" defining further the important role of R&D in meeting the challenges of poverty and food security particularly in the rural areas.

Entries totaled to 79 R&D papers from which 42 qualified of which 20 were invited to present to a panel of experts for the final evaluation on 2 October 2008. Ranking of winners was based on the garnered average point scores.

Paper entries were divided into two categories, agriculture and fisheries, competing based on the four subcategories: basic, applied, socio-economics, and development research. Applied research was further divided into two: technology generation/information generation (TG/IG) and technology adaptation/technology verification (TA/TV).

Winners who garnered an average point score of 85 percent or higher was conferred with the Best AFMA R&D Paper Award receiving a plaque and cash prize of P50,000. The first and second runners-up received P30, 000 and P20, 000, respectively. Source: Rita de la Cruz- BAR; 3/10/08

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