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Davao City Congressman eyes FPRDI technologies

A possible collaboration is eyed between the Office of Rep. Isidro T. Ungab, Davao City’s 3rd District Representative, and the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) after a consultative meeting last 05 February 2014 at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. Rep. Ungab also chairs the House Appropriations Committee of the 16th Congress which oversees the entire budgeting process in the Lower House.

New Raw Materials Sourcebook now available

The Philippine Raw Materials Sourcebook 4 (Furniture, Decors, Woodcarvings, Gifts & Accessories) published by the Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) is now off-the-press.

Particularly crafted for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the book presents 29 new and traditionally-used plant species for the furniture and handicraft-sectors. It seeks to help handicraft and furniture producers by offering them a list of alternative sources of raw materials that are relatively heavy in volume and have qualities similar to traditional ones.

FPRDI Develops Low-cost Handicraft Dryer

One of the biggest concerns of the country’s handicraft-makers is quality drying – finding the cheapest way to thoroughly dry their raw materials and products.

According to Dr. Romulo T. Aggangan, Director of the FPRDI-DOST, “Many small and medium players in the local handicraft industry do not have their own dryers because of the high investment cost. They simply rely on the sun to dry their materials or products and so they often end up victims of bad weather. The rainy season cripples their production. They cannot deliver on time and their products are prone to the attack of molds because these are not thoroughly dried.”