Monitoring and Evaluation of the NEDA Innovation Project 2023 Granted to CNU

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team recently embarked on a site visit to San Antonio, Boljoon, to oversee the progress of the “From Farm to Market: Co-creating the Cinnamon Industry in Cebu” project. During the visit, Camille Rivera-Argana, Supervising Economic Development Specialist, along with the NEDA’s Innovation Fund Management continue reading : Monitoring and Evaluation of the NEDA Innovation Project 2023 Granted to CNU

CNU’s cinnamon project assessed

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

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

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

Food Innovation R & D Exploratory Meeting

(aligned to DOST’s HNRDA 2022-2028) June 27, 2024 > UPLB Institute of Food Science and Technology > Cebu Normal University > Central Visayas Food and Innovation Center > CIT-U #CollaborationIsKey #collaborationovercompetition #UnityInDiversity

4.9M NEDA Grant Funds CNU Cinnamon Processing Facility to Rise in Alegria

Earlier today, the CNU team conducted an ocular inspection at the site in Barangay Sta. Filomena, Alegria, where the new Cinnamon Processing Facility will soon be established. This project, born from CNU’s innovative proposal, aims to elevate Cebu’s cinnamon sector. The proposal secured a 4.9 million innovation grant in August of last year from the continue reading : 4.9M NEDA Grant Funds CNU Cinnamon Processing Facility to Rise in Alegria

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.

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.

CNU RITBPB’s 2nd Grant Proposal for 2023 is approved for implementation!

Our gratitude to DOST PCIEERD IDP Program for the grant, DOST PCIEERD’s S&T Fellows for the technical assistance and support and to the previous administrators of CNU (Dr. Filomena T. Dayagbil, Dr. Daisy Palompon and Dr. Angeline M. Pogoy for the series of capacity building activities which paved the way for the conceptualization of the continue reading : CNU RITBPB’s 2nd Grant Proposal for 2023 is approved for implementation!