FPRDI, DA-BAR help CamNorte pili processors
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FPRDI, DA-BAR help CamNorte pili processors
February 26, 2016
Members of the Camarines Norte Pili Growers and Processors Association (CNPGPA) learn how to make handicraft items from the pili shell (above) and extract oil from the pili nut (below) in seminar workshops held last year.
Mari bags research achievement award
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Mari bags research achievement award
February 10, 2016
Dr. Erlinda L. Mari , Scientist I, the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award in Applied Research from the Kapisanang Kimika ng Pilipinas (Chemical Society of the Philippines) - Southern Tagalog Chapter. Handing the award is Dr. Ramon A. Razal, KKP-ST President 2015, with Dr. Mary Ann Torio, KKP-ST Vice President 2015 in ceremonies held at the Boy Scout of the Philippines – International Makiling Hotel, Los Banos, Laguna last November 6, 2015.
Dr. Mari has been with FPRDI for 39 years and is currently leading the R&D Program “Abaca fiber for the pulp and paper industry and allied products development” and the project “Euphorbia tithymaloides: Propagation in mined areas and utilization of the plant’s extract as wood preservative.” (Rizalina K. Araral, 3 February 2016)#
New Journal out
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New Journal out
February 10, 2016
Volume 5 of the Philippine Forest Products Journal is now off the press and may be accessed through the FPRDI library.