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Mang Noel Mauricio, a rice farmer in this agricultural municipality, has seen many rice fields damaged badly by typhoons in the past. However, he has never seen such an occurrence when rice crops did not stoop down amidst a raging typhoon.

“Kung makikita ninyo, yung mga katabing palayan namin, lahat yan nakayuko. Nagtatanong nga ang aking mga kapitbahay kung ano ang inilagay ko daw ba sa palayan ko doon sa tabing-kalsada, ay ang sabi ko ay yung ibinigay sa akin ng DOST (If you will look at the adjacent rice fields, all of their crops are bent. My neighbors have been asking what kind of fertilizer I used. I told them it was from DOST), exclaimed Mang Noel.

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With agricultural productivity, food security, and public health at the top of its agenda, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under the leadership of Secretary Mario G. Montejo, spearheads the National Biotechnology Week (NBW) 2015 which formally opened last November 23, 2015 at SM City Dasmariñas in Cavite.

Celebrated annually, NBW showcases the latest inventions and innovations in the field of biotechnology as a response to meet the challenges of climate change that have great impact on farm harvests, crop yields and climate-related diseases. It bears the them “Kaagapay ng Mamamayan sa Pambansang Kaunlaran.”

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) presented its solar-powered fish dryer for small fishermen within the Taal Lake Protected Area, during its regional office’s 52nd anniversary celebration at the Taal Lake Conservation Center in Mataasnakahoy, Batangas last November 20, 2015.

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Visitors to the recent Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair (KLESF) in Selangor, Malaysia try the Philippines’ very own Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks or STARBOOKS, developed by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII). The first of its kind in the Philippines, STARBOOKS is a standalone information system placed in specially designed pods, and requires no Internet connection. It contains thousands of local and foreign S&T materials in various formats covering different topics like medicine, nutrition, energy, environment, and others. DOST’s “library in a box” will also be featured at the celebration of National Biotechnology Week, happening on November 23- 28, 2015 at SM City Dasmariñas, Cavite.