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FPRDI wins PARRFI best paper award
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FPRDI wins PARRFI best paper award
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Ms. Wency H. Carmelo, Senior Science Research Specialist of the Technology Innovation Division (TID) (accepting trophy) and her team were recipients of this year’s Philippine Agriculture and Resources Research Foundation, Inc. (PARRFI) DevelopmentAward for their paper “Design and Development of a Water Hyacinth Dryer.”
Philippine teak, ideal for mass propagation
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Philippine teak, ideal for mass propagation
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The Philippine teak (Tectona philippinensis Benth & Hook, f.) has a lot of important potential uses and is ideal for massive propagation by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). This was concluded in a recent FPRDI study funded by the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)- Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
FPRDI surveys buri rope-makers
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FPRDI surveys buri rope-makers
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A resident of Atimonan, Quezon (left) rolls ropes woven from shoots of the buri palm (Corypha elata Roxb.) (bottom). Known as “halag”, the ropes are used by fishermen to hold coconut leaves which are submerged into the sea to serve as a temporary fish sanctuary. After six months, the leaves are retrieved along with a good catch of fish.
