DOST-FPRDI hosts Bamboo Forum
September 8, 2015
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(Above) Ms. Leonor B. Paningbatan, Chief Trade and Industry Development Specialist, SME Development Section of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)–Region III, and Dr. Rico J. Cabangon, DOST-FPRDI researcher, talk about “Marketing of Bamboo and its By-Products” and “FPRDI’s Bamboo Processing and Utilization Technologies”, respectively, at the Bamboo Forum of the recently concluded 2015 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) celebration.
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Around 270 participants attended the event which highlighted bamboo as a viable material for the growth of sustainable community-based enterprises nationwide.
Other experts who spoke in the forum were Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau’s For. Gregorio Santos, Jr. for bamboo plantation establishment; Filbamboo Exponents, Inc. President and COO Atty. Dulce Blanca Punzalan for bamboo food and beverages; and DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute’s Engr. Edgar Garcia for funding support bamboo projects. (Rizalina K. Araral, 03 September 2015)#
