CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga — A Department 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 adoption.
Bantog said DOST is looking for adaptors of their assisted inventions for their commercialization and invited the expatriates to invest in these matured technologies and create S&T- based communities.
Among the technologies are on agriculture, livestock and poultry and health and medicine.
Meanwhile, DOST-CAR also 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 Schools Division LRMDS Supervisor, accepted DOST’s challenge to give their students a break to engage in technology inventions assuring also to mentor them on exploring of technologies.
During the 2019 Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits (RICE), 15 inventions in CAR were awarded as winners with Kalinga students getting three awards.
The Calamansi Peeling Cookies of the Kalinga State University (KSU) was awarded regional winner under the 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 a regional winner under the Sibol Category-High School.
The winning inventions will be showcased in the national RICE contest this year. **PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga
