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DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña discusses possible collaborations with UNIDO.

Bicutan, Taguig City – Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) met with Teddy G. Monroy, the Country Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in the Philippines last 08 November 2021.

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DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary for Research and Development Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara reiterated the need to invest in the country’s human capital and increase the annual budget for research and development (R&D) to help the country counter bigger challenges in the future.

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The upcoming celebration of the 2021 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW), organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), will banner two of the country’s natural remedies, Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and Lagundi, that have been further studied by our local researchers for any value against COVID-19.

For one, VCO has been known to have effective antiviral compounds that can benefit humans and animals, also a popular food supplement - GRAS (generally recognized as safe), and already widely consumed in many countries.

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Photo courtesy: Dionisio S. Bucao Phd, Supervising Education Program Specialist

Garlic - bawang in Tagalog, ahos in Bisaya - is an Asian staple as food ingredient. Every Filipino kitchen has garlic. One cannot cook adobo (a favorite Filipino dish with pork or chicken) nor eat fried rice without garlic. 

Despite our love for garlic the Philippines surprisingly produces garlic in small volume, estimated at 7,751 mt (2017), with Ilocos Norte contributing 61% of the total production followed by Occidental Mindoro (19%), and then Ilocos Sur (4%), (PSA, 2018).