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By Alexis t. Belonio, Aries Roda D. Romallosa, Melvin B. Boquiren and Thomas L. Atido ABSTRACT   The CPU Appropriate Technology Center, in collaboration with the Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) – Dingle Campus (formerly DATeC) Sericulture Project, Dingle, Iloilo, has designed and evaluated a small-scale dryer or cocoon from January to May 2002. … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio, Aries Roda D. Romallosa and Aurora A. Lim ABSTRACT   Conversion of biomass wastes, specifically agricultural by-products, into a useful organic fertilizer using a biomass shredder is becoming popular. The high investment cost for this machine, however, hinders many farmers to practice composting. In order to make this technology available and … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio, Gerry L. Lete, Severo A. Sotocinal, Stephen C. Araña, and Celsa B. Tumonog ABSTRACT   Cassava is one of the most important crops being produces=d in Region VI, specifically in the province of Capiz. It is commonly used as food for people and as feed for livestock animals. Basically, matured cassava … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio, Gerry L. Lete, and Severo A. Sotocinal Jr. ABSTRACT   The technical and performance evaluations of the local and the imported designs of woodfuel clay stove were conducted at the Appropriate Technology Center, Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City from June 6 to 11, 2002. … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio, Melvin B. Boquiren, Severo A. Sotocinal, and Celsa B. Tumonog ABSTRACT   The Appropriate Technology Center, Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Central Philippine University in collaboration with the SUNLIT International, Inc., has designed and evaluated a vertical-type cassava chipper for chipping cassava roots. This study was conducted from February … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio, Melvin B. Boquiren and Sanny L. Apuang ABSTRACT   Manually-operated electric-coil-heated poultry incubators were designed and evaluated at the Appropriate Technology Center, Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Central Philippine University, Iloilo City from April 2000 to August 2001. Three different models of the incubator, ECH-500, -100, and -250 which … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio and Haydee P. Bustamante ABSTRACT   A deep water pumping windpump was designed and evaluated for drip irrigation at the Demonstration Area of the College of Agriculture, Mindanao State University, Fatima General Santos City (MSU-GSC). The design development of the windpump was done at the Appropriate Technology Center, Department of Agriculture … Read more

By Alexis T. Belonio and Melvin B. Boquiren ABSTRACT   Drying of perishable crops, such as sliced fruits and fish, is a major problem in the Philippines. This is especially true during the wet season where the traditional sun drying practice is difficult to accomplish due to unfavorable weather. Hence, resulting to low product quality … Read more

By Ricardo C. Sumpay, Jr. ABSTRACT   The study was conducted from February 26 to June 29, 2007 at Ilongbukid, San Rafael, Iloilo. It determined the efficiency of the different brands of organic fertilizer on the growth of lacatan banana and obtained baseline information for a follow-up study on farmer-researcher partnership on techno-transfer. The experimental … Read more

By Ricardo C. Sumpay ABSTRACT   The study was conducted from December 20, 2002 to January 21, 2003 at Jamandre Poultry Farm, Bongco, Pototan, Iloilo to evaluate the evaluate the feeding value of indigenous microorganisms (IMO), fermented fruit juice (FPJ), fish amino acid (FAA), oriental herbal nutrient (OHN), lactic acid serum (LAS) and their combined … Read more