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The Department of Science and Technology Region XI (DOST XI) and the Davao Food Safety ThinkTank Inc (DFST) successfully concluded the three-part webinar series on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

In line with the objectives of the food safety project, the activity sought to help promote food safety awareness and vigilance in Davao Region especially with the current threats of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as assist Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Food Business Operators to be compliant to food safety systems.

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The prevalence of stunting among children under five years old in the Philippines has greatly improved from 33.4% in 2015 to 30.3% in 2018. However, to meet the 2022 Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) target of 21.4% reduction in stunting and the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goal target of zero malnutrition, a 2.2 and 2.5 percentage point decrease, respectively, in stunting per year have to be achieved.

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Prospective technology adoptors in Region 4A or CALABARZON are the latest batch of participants of the Virtual Technology Commercialization of Enhanced Nutribun Forum conducted by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) on September 8, 2020.

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A hardworking researcher from Southern Philippines bagged the top plum in the recently concluded 3-Minute Pitch to Policymakers Competition held on 14 August 2020, for her entry on diabetes management. 

Ms. Geraldine S. Ridad of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, representing Region 10, won the competition for her research study entitled, “Project DiabEHT: An Approach to Improve Self-care Management of Diabetes”.