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FPRDI helps Bagong Silang Elementary School
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FPRDI helps Bagong Silang Elementary School
July 8, 2013
Rainy days are here and the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) has extended help to a remote village school that is constantly at the mercy of heavy rains.
Thru its Adopt-a-School Project, colorful raincoats, rubber slippers and some school supplies were distributed last 27 June 2013 to 112 students of the Bagong Silang Elementary School at Brgy. Bagong Silang in Mt. Makiling, Los Banos, Laguna. The project was led by the Technical Services Division (TSD) and was part of FPRDI’s activities for its anniversary celebration last year.
Philippine “bio-jewels” on the rise
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Philippine “bio-jewels” on the rise
July 1, 2013
Did you know that the fields and forests of the Philippines abound with beautifully designed fruits and seeds that can be used to make world class fashion jewelry?
According to Dr. Ramiro P. Escobin, Scientist I of the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI), “The use of forest fruits and seeds (or “bio-jewels”) for fashion accessories is now a growing industry in Brazil, especially in areas near the Amazon jungle. The company Click-Brazil, for instance, currently exports 90% of the 5,000 bio-jewelry items it makes every month.
Local rubber industry has bright prospects
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Local rubber industry has bright prospects
June 21, 2013
Things are looking up for the country’s natural rubber industry.
This was the good news shared by Engr. Belen B. Bisana, Supervising Science Research Specialist and Chief of FPRDI’s Bio-Energy and Equipment Development Section, during the Institute’s Technical Seminar on 23 May 2013.
“By 2017, the Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI), a global tire manufacturing company based in the country, is projected to produce 50,000 tires a day. This presents an opportunity for the Philippines to increase natural rubber production by 12% for the YTPI alone,” said Bisana.
