CITY
OF TABUK, Kalinga -- A Dept. of Science and
Technology official invited members of
the Igorot Global Organization residing abroad to invest
in their homeland.
During the 13th Igorot
International Consultation (IIC) hosted by Kalinga province from February 7-10,
DOST Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Regional Director Nancy Bantog
presented to the more than 200 delegates the available DOST-funded
technologies for adaption.
Bantog said DOST is
looking for adaptors of their assisted inventions for their commercialization
and invited the expatriates to invest on these technology and create a culture of S&T- based
communities.
These include those on
agriculture, livestock and poultry and health and medicine.
The DOST-CAR had
conducted a research and development and inventors forum for school
representatives and research coaches at the provincial science and technology
training center here.
Evelyn Ganotice , Tabuk
City School Division LRMDS Supervisor, accepted DOST’s challenge to
give their students a break to engage in technology inventions assuring also to
mentor their students on exploring technologies.
During
the 2019 Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits (RICE), 15 inventions in CAR
were awarded winners with Kalinga students getting three awards.
The Calamansi Peeling
Cookies of the Kalinga State University (KSU) was awarded regional winner under
Outstanding Utility Model Category while the Chicken Taro Balls, also of KSU,
won first runner-up. The Solar Powered Light Trap for Rice
Insect of Camalog National High School in Pinukpuk was also regional winner under
Sibol Category-High School.
The winning inventions
will be showcased in the national RICE contest this year. (PAB-PIA CAR,
Kalinga)
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