Institutional Research Program

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

By Ma. Victoria C. Seredrica ABSTRACT   Two studies were conducted at CPU campus, Iloilo City from October 2009 to April 2010. The first one compared the effects of IMO 5 (T4), commercial compost (T5) and leaf manures from acacia (Albizia saman) (T1), Ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala) (T2), madre de cacao (Gliricidia sepium) (T3), Inorganic fertilizers … Read more

By Ma. Victoria C. Seredrica and Hope G. Patricio ABSTRACT   The three crops were planted at different dates at three weeks interval at the back of the College of Agriculture Building. Lettuce was sown first in August 13 and harvested on October 24, 2007; Cabbage from September 4, 2007 to February 25, 2008; and … Read more

By Aries Roda D. Romallosa ABSTRACT   This study was conducted to evaluate the technical and economic performance of the designed briquetting machine that utilizes a hydraulic-type bottle-jack for better compression in producing briquettes. The machine can compact 16 cylindrical (with a hole at the center) briquettes in one pressing or about 200 to 240 … Read more

By Aries Roda D. Romallosa ABSTRACT   Four gasifier stoves, all developed at the Appropriate Technology (APPROTECH Center) of CPU, were evaluated in this study. These include: Gasifier A or the cylindrical-type single-burner, top-lit updraft (T-LUD); Gasifier B of the cylindrical-type double-burner, T-LUD (for household use); Gasifier C or the conical-type double-burner T-LUD (for industrial … Read more

By Aries Roda D. Romallosa ABSTRACT   The study was carried out from October and November 2002 at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Central Philippine University. The objectives of the study was to design and evaluate the performance of a shredder used for chopping and shredding kitchen wastes. The machine basically consists … Read more

By Aries Roda D. Romallosa, Hope G. Patricio, and Margen A. Java ABSTRACT   This study evaluated the impact of Central Philippine University (CPU) outreach interventions and activities for Brgy. Ilongnukid and adjacent communities in San Rafael, Iloilo based on recently obtained cross-sectional data vis-à-vis the 2006 and 2012 baseline results. The “post-test” or the … Read more