For generations, agriculture has been in a shady situation: while farmers exhaust themselves day and night to feed the nation, they often are the ones who suffer most to put food on their own tables. Indeed, many local farmers, particularly in Baybay City, Leyte, face the same challenges, compounded by other external factors that affect […]
The National Coconut Research Center – Visayas (NCRC-V) received four prestigious awards, namely: Best Booth of the Year, Green Leadership Award, Most Innovative Booth, and Most Creative Booth during the VSU 102nd Founding Anniversary Awarding Ceremony. The Best Booth of the Year award was conferred upon NCRC-V in recognition of the booth’s outstanding overall presentation and impact. […]
In a bid to revolutionize the ube industry, the Visayas State University–Technology Business Incubator (VSU-TBI) recently hosted a transformative workshop on ‘Value-Adding Techniques for Ube Paste Production.’ The hands-on program at the PhilRootcrops Processing Facility equipped local producers and cooperatives with cutting-edge skills to elevate raw ube into premium, shelf-stable products. Under the expert guidance […]
Demo-learning sites are established to become living laboratories where innovation meets application. But what happens when the knowledge developed within them never reaches the farmers who need it most? The VSU Extension Office recently confronted this challenge head-on through a two-day training workshop on Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Production for demo-learning sites. Held in […]
The Baybay Rootcrop Farmers Association (BRFA), in partnership with the Baybay City Agricultural Office (CAO), received the Best Grants-in-Aid (GIA) Project- Provincial Level award during the 2025 Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Region VIII Science, Technology and Innovation Awards held on September 3 at Robinsons Mall, Tacloban City.
VSU-TBI successfully conducted a 3-day training on “Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Process Optimization in Cassava Grates and Flour Processing” at the PNB-KGB Multipurpose Cooperative Compound on December 17-19,2025. Organized through collaborative efforts between the VSU–Technology Business Incubator (VSU-TBI), Visayas State University (VSU), RAISE Region 8 ATBI, PhilRootcrops, and DOST–PCAARRD, the program empowered local cooperatives […]
The VSU Extension Office brought together the university’s extensionists, LGU representatives, and FITS Center staff for a two-day Techno Guide Packaging Workshop on December 10-11, shifting the focus from design alone to include dialogue – making sure farmers’ voices and local contexts shape every guide. Dr. Ulderico B. Alviola led sessions on Techno Guide Production, […]
