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DOST- FPRDI wins in national techno-transfer contest
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The DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) emerged as a major winner at the recently concluded Gawad KINTAL: Kwentong Itinatangi Ng Taon sa Agham, Industriya, at Lipunan.
The Institute won the 2nd Best Commercialization Story for how its green charcoal technology has benefitted a private company in Negros Occidental. The recognition was given by the DOST-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) in a virtual awarding ceremony last July 31.
Researchers study safety of wines aged in DOST-FPRDI wine barrels
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DOST-FPRDI researchers recently started a research project that would study the safety of fruit wines aged in locally made wine barrels.
The project is an off-shoot of the Institute’s efforts at pilot-testing its own wine barrels made from tree plantation species (TPS) like big-leafed mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), mangium (Acacia mangium), and river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), and a fruit tree -- santol (Sandoricum koijape). The wine barrels were developed to find substitutes to white oak (Quercus alba), known worldwide as the best material for ageing wines.
DOST-FPRDI distributes bamboo-abaca alcohol dispenser and foot bath
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The DOST-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently distributed bamboo-abaca hands-free disinfectant dispensers and foot baths to several establishments and government offices in Los Baños, Laguna.
The bamboo dispenser releases alcohol when someone steps on the connected foot bath while the abaca acts as a sponge that disinfects the pressing footwear. The device was developed by the Institute in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
