Palo, Jan. 8 -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is putting up a regional hub for Project Smarter Approaches to Reinvigorate Agriculture as an Industry (SARAI) in Eastern Visayas to boost farm productivity and food security.

The DOST regional office in this town will host the hub meant to localize and deploy climate-resilient tools for improved food security across the country, said DOST Regional Director John Glenn Ocana in an interview on Monday.

Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum will lead the opening on Jan. 22, 2026 with other key officials from the agency's main office.

"The regional hub is a center where all the actions for SARAI will emanate from. All agriculture data from LGUs will be processed in ...