00:00The Department of Science and Technology is helping Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
00:06to grow their business.
00:09This is what Rod Lagusan reported.
00:13Added work.
00:15This is part of the positive effect of the help of the Department of Science and Technology
00:19to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises or MSMEs.
00:23Because of their intervention,
00:24the product or service of a business improves
00:28so that its quality improves and helps in sales.
00:31Just like the Life Giving Products and Specialty Corporation here in Cagayan, De Oro City
00:35whose main product is bread.
00:37According to Gilbert,
00:39the help of the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program or SETUP by DUST
00:45greatly improved their packaging and production speed.
00:48Under this program,
00:50MSMEs are encouraged to use technological innovations
00:53to improve their product or service.
00:56Before, I didn't have a SETUP.
01:01I only had 40 employees.
01:03Now, I have 57 regular employees.
01:06Another help is the recipe of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute or FNRI
01:11for the nutrients that they make together
01:14in the Feeding Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
01:18and the Department of Education.
01:20In terms of nutritional value,
01:22it's really proven.
01:24If a child eats stunted or malnourished food,
01:28after the period of time that they should be fed,
01:33we are assured that the child will return to normal.
01:36At the same time, DOST continues to promote the use of bamboo
01:40especially in the middle of the age of climate change.
01:42Here in Cagayan, De Oro City,
01:44this industry is still alive.
01:46The main product of this factory here in Cagayan, De Oro City
01:50is bamboo
01:52which is a good alternative so that the trees won't break.
01:56From here in Cagayan, they produce different products.
02:00It became possible through Engineered Bamboo
02:03where the bamboo is processed
02:05so that the wood supply will be stronger.
02:07With this factory,
02:09we want to bring back the timber industry
02:12without cutting trees.
02:14So we cut, we are using grass, bamboo, which is sustainable.
02:19With the application of science and technology,
02:21we are turning it into beams and columns and panels.
02:24So basically, we can create buildings
02:27with a wood finish that is beautiful
02:30but without cutting trees.
02:33DOST was helped by the Forest Products Research and Development Institute, or FPRDI,
02:39in their testing to ensure that their product is durable.
02:43Meanwhile, DOST successfully completed
02:46the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week
02:48held here in the city.
02:50These are just a few of my site visits
02:52where the programs that I bring to the public
02:55bring benefits of science, just like business.
02:58Rod Lobusad for Pambalasang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
