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Science & Technology Helps Agro-Forest Farm Diversify Into Eco-Friendly Hand Soaps

Science and technology are playing crucial roles in fostering the growth of a Laguna-based agro-forest farm beyond food service. The technical expertise of the Department of Science and Technology's Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) is nurturing the farm's venture into the production of eco-friendly hand soaps, under its Technology Business Incubation (TBI) Program and the Piloting of Select FPRDI Technologies Project.

MSME Technovation Hub for bamboo, forest-based products opens in Laguna

A Technovation Hub to help develop bamboo and forest-based products by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) has been opened by the Department of Science and Technology - Forest Product Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) in Los Baños, Laguna.

Philippine-made bamboo-framed face shield PPE to be mass-produced

The bamboo-framed face shield personal protective equipment (PPE) recently developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Philippines is set to be mass-produced for Cabuyao town in Laguna.

Bamboo-based antimicrobial soaps, hand mists developed by Filipino scientists to fight coronavirus

Bamboo and other local forest resources have been used in the new antimicrobial soaps and hand mists developed by Filipino scientists to help Filipinos fight the coronavirus disease.

Filipino scientists discover new species of Shooting Star flower in Quezon Province

A new subspecies of Hoya - also known as shooting star – was discovered by Filipino scientists in Quezon Province. The new addition to the great variety of the Asian flower-bearing vine was reported by...

Why an Eco-friendly Green Charcoal is Best for your Grill

Using green charcoal may soon be the “in” thing soon for top players in the country’s chicken roasting industry after a techno-demo of locally developed charcoal briquette. A Pampanga-based firm and technologies from the Department...

Bohol furniture maker’s success credited to local invention

Bohol Furniture and Lumber Supply has risen from being a fledgling small lumber retailer to a major company, thanks to a local Filipino invention. Cirilo Sumampong’s company in Dauis now commands a gross income of...
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