The DA-10 Research Division, with its 3 Research Centers, conducts research to improve the quality of crops and livestock thru germplasm maintenance, tissue culture, biotechnology, soil, water and fertilizer management, plant nutrition, plant pest control, animal disease diagnosis and prevention, agricultural economics, agricultural and environmental protection, development of climate-change resilient technologies, among others.

Major research efforts include crop varietal selection and improvement, and improvements in cultivation technologies to enhance crop performance efficiency. Responsive to technology development and diffusion on climate change adaptation and mitigation, Climate Change - Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture (CC-AMIA) Villages were established to showcase various climate change resilient technological interventions, which also enable institutional and community partnerships for development, and access to climate-relevant support services for the communities. Recently, the project: Adapting Philippine Agriculture (APA) to Climate Change is recently piloted in 12 municipalities of Bukidnon for establishing enabling mechanisms for climate resilience in agriculture.

Meanwhile, relative to the challenge decades ago on the non-availability of clean white potato planting materials, the Research Division has significantly contributed to the increase in white potato production in Region 10 thru its white potato research team in the localized development of cultivation technologies for bacterial wilt resistance, one of such technologies include the application of sunflower as a biofumigation agent which eliminate bacterial wilt in the soil by a 100%. These efforts were effective in suppressing disease epidemics in white potato and in improving crop productivity.

Diagnosis of plant diseases, collection and maintenance of germplasms of quality crop varieties, production and distribution quality seeds and planting materials and breeder stocks of animals are also undertaken. Studies on the development of organic fertilizers have also developed formulations and concoctions for organically-grown crops. Tissue culture technologies are applied to produce disease-free plantlets in flexible quantities.

To preserve and maintain the germplasm of quality varieties of crops, the 3 Research Centers maintain respective scion grove of fruit trees and plantation crops. Organic fertilizers including vermicast are also produced in vermi beds with farm wastes used substrates for African nightcrawler worms. Apiculture, beekeeping is also studied and introduced as a viable component in integrated farming systems. The Research Division, thru the RCUD, RCHD and NMACLRC is also known for its research projects on edible mushroom and the development of culturing technologies.

For livestock development, the NMACLRC for livestock, RCHD and the RCUD assist livestock growers thru the production and distribution of forage, leguminous trees and pasture grasses. Relative to this, protein forages bank are established for seed production. Grazing areas are also planted with mixed species of forage and leguminous grasses. Livestock diseases are controlled and prevented thru periodic vaccination and intensification of quarantine services.

Aside from crop and livestock and integrated farming systems research and production projects, the DA-10 Research Division also produces various lines of product innovations such as chips, crunches, cereals, confectioneries, vinegar, wines and beauty soap utilizing adlay – a potential additional Filipino staple crop, sweet potato, white potato, yacon, roselle, soybeans and assortment of local fruits and other crops using food production technologies generated from R&D. Product development involves food processing, preservation and storage techniques, selection and use of appropriate packaging, including the generation of nutrition facts and shelf life studies.

New products are also developed such as production of food and personal care formulations like minimally-processed products, convenience meals like breakfast cereals, kakanins, processed meat, beverages, jams, flour, preserves, herbal teas, among others. Prototype formulations of personal care products such as soaps are also developed.