Rubber farmers find productive use for deadwood, provides added income
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Rubber farmers in the municipality of Naga in Zamboanga Sibugay recently expressed their gratitude to the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) for creating new jobs and extra source of income using a technology that brought back “life” to deadwood.
Thru the project "Processing and Utilization of Senile and Unproductive Rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) Trees for the Production of High Value Furniture, Mouldings and Joineries”, the farmers were able to convert senile rubberwood trees or deadwood into high-value products such as quality home and school furniture.
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Pisay opens classes using KHub remote learning system
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The youth today are introduced to the computer and digital media long before they learned to read and write.
As we begin to shift towards blended learning under the new normal, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Science High School System (DOST-PSHSS) or Pisay is one of the educational institutions that quickly adapts and makes necessary adjustments when it comes to crafting its modules and developing the skill set of its teaching personnel.
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DOST Region II launches EINSTEIN 1K with innovation enablers
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region II launched its new project dubbed as EINSTEIN 1K or Engaging Innovation by Nurturing Significance of Thousand Excellent Ideas in the North on 27 August 27 2020 via DOST-RO2 Facebook page Live Stream.
EINSTEIN 1K is set to raise the bar for Region II in terms of contributed inventions, utility model, industrial design, and trademark.
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Local entrepreneur makes healthy ice cream with DOST tech
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People enjoy ice cream as a dessert but we know it can have an effect on our health. So why not make a dessert that is enjoyable and good for you at the same time?
Moving forward, this is how a young businesswoman named Clarice Angelica Hau envisioned her ice cream store in Zamboanga City when she opened Sugar and Ice Confections, the first-ever manufacturer of artisanal ice cream in the city.
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