The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) conducts monitoring of its 2023 innovation grants to Cebu Normal University’s “From Farm to Market: Co-creating the Cinnamon Industry in Cebu” project. The project, which aims to elevate Cebu’s cinnamon sector, secured a P4.9 million innovation grant from NEDA last year to establish a state-of-the art processing plant continue reading : CNU’s cinnamon project assessed

whose final REAP was selected as one of the three (3) BEST RE-ENTRY AND ACTION PLANS (REAP) among the 33 participating academic leaders from Southeast Asia. This annual learning event was co-organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture [SEARCA] and the HEAD FOUNDATION with this year’s theme “DESIGNING continue reading : Congratulations to Dr. Jay Picardal, one of the 10 full grant recipients in the recently completed 2024 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (LDP-HEI SOUTHEAST ASIA

for giving Team Cinnamon a bigger platform to disseminate preliminary research findings and updates of our DOST/NEDA-funded projects.

I thank Dr. Belay Agoo for the trust and confidence in my work on cinnamon. I am also grateful to NEDA, DOST-7, PSTO-7 and DOST-PCIEERD for the projects entrusted to the CNU Philippine cinnamon team! Most importantly, I thank the CNU Admin for the unparalleled support in all our projects. Daghan salamat! There is much continue reading : My gratitude to the CVAARRDC for the opportunity to share the science that I do, and the advocacy that CNU shares to empower community development under a defined Science, Technology and Innovation framework.

“From Farm to Market: Co-Creating the Cinnamon Industry in Cebu, Philippines”