VSU officially rolled out LIYAB SparkLab 2025 at the VSU Smart Classroom in Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, on December 16, 2026, to kickstart a new wave of youth-led business ideas. The program is built to spark grassroots innovation across Eastern Visayas, offering hands-on training, mentorship, and vital resources for young people eager to reshape sustainable […]
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 […]
We call the coconut the “Tree of Life,” but for many families in our rural villages, the income from it barely covers the basics. Between stagnant copra prices and old-school farming methods that just aren’t cutting it anymore, the struggle is real. That’s exactly why Crislin Cruz-Cortez and her team at the National Coconut Research […]
Eastern Visayas is the Philippines’ agricultural pillar. The local coconut industry ranks as the country’s sixth-largest coconut-producing region, which sustains the livelihood of thousands of local farming households. However, managing this agricultural footprint has never been easy. The region experiences catastrophic storms year-round and is situated within the Pacific typhoon belt. In 2013, Super Typhoon […]
The Best Adopter Award at the 2026 S&T Innovations in Agri-Aqua (SINAG) Awards was awarded to the Fatima Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FMPC) of Tunga, Leyte and East-West Seed Corporation on January 30, 2026, at Pasay City. This award recognizes exemplary achievement in the adoption and commercialization of research-based agri-tech. The award is also in recognition of […]
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 National Coconut Research Center- Visayas (NCRC-V) marked a significant milestone with the launching of the Coconut Processing Shared Service Facility (SSF) alongside the celebration of its 50th Anniversary on December 17, 2025, at the NCRC-V, Visayas State University, Baybay City, Leyte. The event highlighted five decades of the center’s contributions to coconut research, technology […]
