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PRESS RELEASE
DOST REPORT
EPISODE 14: Weekly Report by Sec. Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña
and POST-SONA Special

DOST initiatives

A full month into the 2nd semester of 2020, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the leadership of Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña continues to put forth its initiatives to fight COVID-19 under the 4-Ks categories under Kalusugan, Kaayusan, Kabuhayan, and Kinabukasan.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) launched on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 the Halal Training Modules aimed to help boost the Halal industry in the country.

Three modules namely ‘Halal Concepts and Principles’, ‘Halal Assurance System’, and ‘Halal Management System’ were developed by the DOST Region XI Halal Training Needs Assessment (TNA) team and were validated in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao clusters.

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Farmers believed their children will not have a future if they become rice farmers. Most Qfarmers want their children to obtain college education so they can work on non-farming jobs in urban areas or abroad.

Around 65% of the farmers wanted their children to stay away from rice farming, while only more than a third of them (35%) wanted their children to be rice farmers too. These are based on a study on “Aging Filipino Rice Farmers and Their Aspirations for Their Children,” done by Florencia G. Palis of the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

A farmer household survey was conducted among 923 farmers who were randomly selected from the three provinces representing each of the three big islands: Isabela for Luzon, Iloilo for the Visayas, and Agusan del Norte for Mindanao. The survey was complemented by in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to further understand the lives and situations of Filipino farmers.

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Contrary to popular assumption that working and studying from home might bring relief, an online survey during the pandemic shows otherwise.

In an online survey of 288 Filipinos conducted between April and May this year, while the country is on an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), many respondents expressed that the top two things wherein they experienced most difficulties with are: working or studying at home and their income being greatly affected by missing work days.

Another finding is that while the internet was cited as the main source of information on COVID, newspapers, despite being cited as source of information by some respondents, was reported as being the most trusted source.