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World Vision forum features DOST-FPRDI technologies
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| Deputy Director Felix B. Tamolang talks about DOST-FPRDI’s S&T programs and services to SMEs and communities. |
DOST-FPRDI Deputy Director Felix B. Tamolang presented the Institute’s programs and services at the 2018 Luzon Economic Development Forum organized by World Vision Philippines. Before an audience composed of 98 community, business and farmer leaders from eight provinces, he discussed the different DOST-FPRDI technologies and services that can be adopted by SMEs, communities, and cooperatives which make use of forest-based materials.
DOST-FPRDI Bamboo Processing Technologies showcased at the La Union and Ilocos Sur S&T Caravans
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DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute’s (DOST-FPRDI) bamboo processing technologies were showcased in the recent Science & Technology Caravans in La Union and Ilocos Sur.
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| Dr. Rico Cabangon talks about DOST-FPRDI’s bamboo processing technologies in La Union. |
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| La Union participants listen to Dr. Cabangon’s presentation. |
DOST-FPRDI develops competent rubber farmers, tappers and trainers
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For the first time come June, a group of high school students in Zamboanga Sibugay will be learning how to grow, plant and harvest the sap of rubber trees – the most important crop in their province.
The task of teaching the rubber production course may seem daunting, but teacher Elsa Vendiola is confident she will be able to teach the subject well, thanks to a recent training she went to.
Organized by the DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), the training was designed to teach four competencies: establish a rubber budwood and seedlings nursery, plant rubber trees and seedlings, do a budding operation, and harvest latex.
“From the course, I learned not only concepts but skills I could pass on not only to my students but even to my peers in school,” explains Vendiola.
For Esmeraldo Hanito of the University of Southern Mindanao, the training made him see that more efficient ways of rubber tapping are available. “This new knowledge excites me as I am about to retire from academe soon,” says Hanito.
Vendiola and Hanito were among the 25 trainees who were assessed and awarded the National Certificate II (NC II) by the Technical Education and Skills Authority (TESDA). This means that they “demonstrated necessary skill and knowledge to perform the tasks carried out by a professional.”
