DOST turns over CEST Fund to LGU Naval

The Department of Science and Technology Regional Office No.8 turned over a project fund amounting to P500,000.00 to the Local Government Unit of Naval during the 2nd Livelihood Summit held on February 9, 2022, at BIPSU Gym, Naval, Biliran. The fund is intended to support the livelihood development, food sufficiency, and nutrition projects of the town under the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology Program of DOST.

The DOST-VIII Regional Director Engr. Ernesto M. Granada personally handed the check to the Mayor of Naval, Hon. Gerard Roger M. Espina, and witnessed by Biliran Province State University President, Dr. Victor C. Canezo Jr., DOST-Biliran Provincial S&T Director Dr. Romeo L. Dignos, and the San Pablo Farmers Association members as the project's target beneficiaries. 

Moreover, the project which is entitled, "Science and Technology Based Intervention to the Marginalized Communities of Biliran Province" is generally aimed to capacitate the marginalized sectors involving men and women. It has three components: 1) the utilization of STARBOOKS as science and technology-based information resources for the LGU livelihood and training center; 2) provision of technology support for enterprise development on mushroom production; 3) product development on mushroom preservation for food sufficiency and nutrition. Indeed, throughout the years, the DOST has been continuously moving technologies to the countryside aiming to build progressive, empowered and resilient rural communities.