The RDE program thrusts of the University are consistent with national goals and relevant to the needs of the region. These are organized according to disciplines and commodities but are implemented through an inter-unit, interdisciplinary, and inter-agency strategy.

1. Agriculture

• Vegetable Crops: carrot, bean, pea, cabbage, chayote, lettuce, celery, broccoli, cucumber, green onion, sweet pepper, mushroom, and others
• Fruit and Plantation Crops: strawberry, coffee, banana, citrus
• Ornamentals: chrysanthemum, anthurium, rose, lilium, orchid, and carnation
• Root Crops: potato, sweetpotato, taro, and yam
• Herbs and Spices
• Rice
• Animals: swine, carabao and cattle, goat and sheep, rabbit, poultry
• Farm Resources and Systems

2. Forestry

• Pine and Other Softwood Species
• Forest Plantation
• Parks, Wildlife, and Forest Range
• Bamboo, Rattan, and Forest Vines
• Molave Forest

3. Environment and Natural Resources
4. Socio-cultural-economics
5. Education
6. Health, Food, and Nutrition
7. Information and Communications Technology
8. Extension Programs