The 29th Philippine Agricultural Engineering Week held by the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE) in Davao City from April 22 to 29 was attended by more than 1,700 delegates, or a 42-percent increase over the 1,200 delegates that attended the conference of the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE) in 2017 in Legazpi City. The PSAE was transformed into PSABE and opened its doors to professionals and experts from the fields of biotechnology, bioengineering, and related fields. The change of PSAE’s name to PSABE was the precursor to the holding of the 29th Philippine Agricultural Engineering Week, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 399 declaring the fourth week of April each year as Philippine Agricultural Engineering Week. He added PSAE was also transformed to PSABE based on Republic Act 10915 signed into law on July 21, 2016, or the Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Act of 2016.

Source: Manila Times May 10, 2018 16:07 UTC