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DOST XI grants ₱1.5-M fund to CVSC for Community Empowerment Project
DAVAO DE ORO – The Department of Science and Technology Region XI (DOST XI) granted a total of ₱1,505,650.00 to the Compostela Valley State College (CVSC) for the implementation of the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) Project in the province.
DOST XI, through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) - Davao de Oro will be releasing the said amount for the procurement of supplies and equipment such as Cacao Processing machines, Decorticating Machine for Abaca Fiber Extraction for Weaving Activities, Wooden Loom Machines, and Packaging Materials. These will be used for the roll out of the CEST Project aimed to benefit the Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas, Indigenous People groups, and others in Andap and Manurigao, New Bataan.
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DOST XI grants P199K to SPAMAST for two R&D Food Projects
DAVAO OCCIDENTAL – A total of P199,070 funding support was granted by the Department of Science and Technology Region XI (DOST XI) to the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) for the conduct of two research & development (R&D) projects related to food processing.
DOST XI, through its Provincial Science and Technology Center – Davao Occidental (PSTC-Davao Occidental), funded the said project in support to the goal of promoting local food research that can help Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the food industry to improve the quality of their existing products and develop and commercialize new ones thereby, increasing their competitiveness in local and export markets.
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DOST concludes Food Safety Webinar Series
In time for the celebration of the World Food Safety Day, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) capped off its four-part Food Safety Webinar Series on June 7, 2021, with a total of 702 participants.
The webinar series aimed to provide the participants valuable insights to help their business improve it food safety program. This was hosted by DOST MindaDOST Regions IX, X, XI, XII, Caraga, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), in partnership with the 3M Philippines - Food Safety Department and was facilitated by the DOST XI Food Safety Team.
Saliklakbay Solutions Mapping Adventure piloted in one of the Barangays in Davao Occidental
The Grassroots Innovation for Inclusive Development (GRIND) Program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region XI, through its PSTC Davao Occidental successfully conducted its first SalikLakbay Solutions Mapping Adventure in Davao Occidental in a Tagakaulo Community in Datu Danwata, Municipality of Malita on May 27, 2021.
A total of 24 participants, composed of stakeholders from academe, Tagakaulo community partners, and government sectors in the province, were able to discuss problems and solutions related to heirloom foods, ethnobotanicals and indigenous crafts, among others. During the engagement, the solutions mappers conducted a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) in which the participants gave their insights for the possible interventions to the identified grassroots innovations to address problems in the community.
DOST XI collaborates with ICHARM Japan and HELP Davao Network in training Facilitators and adopting the Davao Online Synthesis System (OSS)- a Water Resilience and Disaster Platform for Davao River
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) XI in partnership with Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Davao Network is implementing a project with International Centre for Water Hazards and Risk Management (I-CHARM), Japan entitled “Science and Technology in Society for Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction Project”. The said project aims to bring Science and Technology into service for society on water-related disaster risk reduction by assuring full functionality of platforms on water and disaster – particularly torrential rainfall, flood, drought, and landslide. One of the major outputs of this project is the development of Davao Online Synthesis System (OSS) as a Platform for Water Resilience and Disasters in the Philippines. The OSS synthesizes hazard, damage, and socio-economic data, knowledge, information, experience, know-how, and technology into the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) and provides relevant stakeholders such as policy makers and disaster managers with capacity for informed decisions.
