DOST Region I awards 425k assistance to Payas Rice Mill with grains postharvest facility
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST-I), through its Provincial Science and Technology Center- La Union (PSTC-LU) office, awarded a total of Php 425,000.00 worth of assistance to Payas Rice Mill as part of its initiative for a SETUP project titled: Technology Upgrading of Grains Postharvest Facility.
The financial assistance will be used to acquire Rice Huller Machine that intends to increase the volume of production and sales of Payas Rice Mill by at least 25%. It also aims to increase the firm’s productivity by 17% and generate employment by one (1) worker in the first year of the project implementation.
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A new day has come: DOST-TAPI welcomes its newly-appointed director
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The Technology Application and Promotion Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-TAPI) enters a new chapter with the welcoming of its newly appointed director through the person of Atty. Marion Ivy D. Decena.
Atty. Decena is one of the first certified patent valuation analysts (CPVA) in the Philippines and is one of the few recognized CPVAs in Southeast Asia.
She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Catanduanes State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
She also holds a Master of Management degree from Leyte Normal University and a Certificate in Science and Technology Program from the Asian Institute of Management.
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DOST-SEI extends deadline for Indie-Siyensya filmmaking plum
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Science filmmaking competition, Indie-Siyensya, is extending the deadline for submission of film entries to October 30, 2021.
The contest, organized by the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), is open to all Filipinos who may join as individuals or in groups.
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DOST Isabela trains Dinapigue farmers on organic fertilizer production
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Provincial Science and Technology Center (DOST-PSTC Isabela), in partnership with the National Irrigation Administration- Isabela Irrigation Management Office (NIA-Isabela IMO), recently trained farmers of Barangay Dibulo, Dinapigue, Isabela on “Organic Fertilizer and Production of Natural Farm Inputs”. This initiative supports the Organic Agriculture Act 10068, an act providing for the development and promotion of organic agriculture in the Philippines and other purposes.
Organic fertilizers are fertilizers that are naturally produced and contain carbon. For its function, fertilizers are materials that can be added to soil or plants to provide more nutrients and sustain growth.
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