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DOST-FPRDI holds 1st virtual Technology Forum
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The DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently conducted an online Technology Forum that offered livelihood ideas for small entrepreneurs.
The forum covered five most currently in-demand technologies of the Institute: charcoal briquetting; handmade paper and fossilized leaves making; bamboo-framed retractable face shields production; and personal hygiene anti-microbial products making. Resource persons were Engr. Amando Allan M. Bondad, For. Sheena Kryzel F. Siapno, Engr. Cesar O. Austria and Dr. Jennifer P. Tamayo.
DOST-FPRDI: Abaca hybrid yields quality fiber
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Brighter days may be up ahead for the country’s abaca industry. Researchers at the Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) have recently found that the “Bandala” abaca hybrid yields high quality fiber that makes it a promising material for pulp and paper.
DOST-FPRDI studies the use of heat to treat wood and bamboo
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Around the world, people in these modern times have always relied on synthetic chemicals to treat wood. Many of these chemicals, however, are known to be toxic, and can cause serious health and environmental harm if not used properly.
Researchers at the Los Baños-based DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) are currently looking into a process called thermal modification (or TM) as a more eco-friendly way of protecting wood and bamboo from insect pests and fungi.
