The RDE Program serve as responsive arms of the University in support to academic excellence. Through the years, these programs have vigorously pursued the task of servings as a continuing source of technologies, knowledge, information systems, management scheme, and extension services appropriate to the needs of the communities and clientele.

Vision
NVSU shall be the leading source of knowledge and information in the enhancement of productivity and competitiveness and/or leading provider of S&T-based solutions to Regional problems

Mission
NVSU shall generate appropriate, innovative as well as alternative technologies in support to the establishment and upgrading of community-based mini-industries and region-based industries

Goal
Research and publication that are relevant, responsive, well-disseminated, fully utilized and beneficial to the university and stakeholders

High quality and widely sustained networking and extension services relevant to the university and stakeholders' needs with significant impact to the community.


PROGRAM COMPONENTS

R&D PROGRAM

A. Commodity and Technology Research

a.1. Crops and cropping systems. Focus is on the development of production technologies aimed at improving productivity and profitability of various crops and cropping systems with the end view of advancing village-level agro-based industries.

a.2. Livestock and Poultry. Research undertaking is geared toward improvement of production and reproduction technology and management including measurement of efficiency levels of large cattle, small ruminants, swine and poultry through improved nutrition, husbandry management, physiological advancement and possibly genetic manipulation techniques.

a.3. Aquaculture. This focuses on the attainment of best growth efficiency of freshwater fish and other fishery products through stock manipulation and culture management, broodstock development and production of quality fish seeds for stocking.

a.4. Agricultural Management Resources. Its focus is on innovative projects as well as the improvement and utilization of resources in relation to cost-effective production technologies towards sustainable agriculture and quality environment.

a.5. Socio-economics. This undertakes investigation, assessment, exploration, generation, testing and evaluation, generation, and strengthening of development-based resources and systems with the end view of promoting the economic, socio-cultural, ideological, political and well -being of beneficiaries through sustained development.

a.6. Forestry and environmental resources management. Forestry and environmental resources management. This component focuses on increased forest resource production, development, utilization and management interfacing resource access and equity and promotion of environmental quality and sustainable development.

a.7. Special projects. This component deals with implementation, monitoring and evaluation of researches and other development activities coordinated by the Program in cooperation with other agencies. This includes piloting and commercialization of agricultural products and technologies, and forestry and environmental development programs.

B. Higher Education R & D

This component caters to higher education studies for policy, curricular and other academic program development including researches on languages, arts, culture and traditions, and other worldviews.

C. Socio-Economic/Rural Development R & D

This component deals on technology assessment programs, market-development researches, national/regional/provincial and/or institutional policy and management systems evaluation and assessment.

D. Information/Industrial Technology R&D

This component deals on info-education and communication program, development of appropriate MIS, policy research on industrial technology, product development, and effectiveness of industry-academe linkage.


EXTENSION PROGRAM

A. Technology Promotion
This component shall provide base information on appropriate technologies as well as provide a feedback mechanism from clientele. It shall promote and apply validated technologies in the form of technology fairs/exhibits, road shows, cross visits, fora/symposium/field days, educational or field demonstrations, and technology learning packages

B. Continuing Education/Training Services
This component shall develop/design and conduct short course programs, training programs as well as seminars on validated technologies and other related services to upgrade the knowledge, competency, capability, and skills of target clientele.

HUMAN RESOURCES

The RDE is manned by competent faculty and staff from the different colleges/units of the university.

 

 

PHYSICAL RESOURCES

The RDE is continuously improving and updating its physical resources to better serve its clientele.

   

 

        

 

GENERATED TECHNOLOGIES

• Production of disease –free planting materials made possible through a developed tissue-culture protocol for lakatan, cavendish, cardava, bungolan, and señorita. Numerous banana growers and cooperatives from Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela ahd benefited from the project.

 

• Ganoderma tablets as growth enhancer and biocontrol agent for crops. Ganoderma (Ganoderma harcianum) known for its medicinal values has been observed to have endomychorrhizal association with plants. With this, this species of mushroom had been found out to be an effective growth enhancer and biocontrol agent - that inhibits the growth of pathogenic microorganisms that invades the root systems of plants. A five gram tablet of ganoderma can be applied on a hill of any of these crops: vegetables, banana, citrus, and ornamental plants specifically orchids and anthuriums.

• Biogas digester with crop residues as source of methane gas. A 2.25 m3 frustrum of a cone-shaped batch type biogas digester was developed using crop (crucifers as well as rotten tomatoes, radish, carrots and cucumber) residues as source of methane gas. Gas produced can support a cooking time of 380.46 minutes or at least 6.34 hrs/day. Investment recovery is within 5.05 years. Several households are already using the technology in various municipalities of the province.

• Food processing technologies. (Commercialization of these food products are being worked out)
a. Tilapia crème as functional food formulation. It is a functional food since ingredients with therapeutic properties like soybeans, rice bran and milk casein are incorporated. The technology employs a zero-waste utilization technique; all parts of the fish like the flesh, the bones, fins, scales and entrails are utilized. Fish oil is extracted from the entrails. Packaging of the food product comes in a pack for 6-8 servings at P40.00/pack. It can be prepared as soup, or as fish seasoning for vegetables.

b. Processed fruit products. Nueva Vizcaya has abundant seasonal fruits and vegetables. Hence, wilted and rotten fruits in garbage cans is an ordinary sight in various markets in the province. The application of appropriate post harvest technologies has been found to be an effective way to address wastage of the products. Moreover, it has been noted that post harvest technologies can help diversify the market with fresh commodities, provide producers an assured market for their crops, generate income and encourage commercial scale production.

In the processing of these fruits, the zero-waste utilization technique is also employed hence, maximum utilization of the fruits. The following portharvest technologies were developed:

Intermediate Moisture Foods (Citrus, pineapple and mango)
Jam
Conserve
Marmalade
Fruit leather
Jelly

Preserved Products

• Mango (sliced, scoops)
• Pineapple
• Fruit cocktail
• Rattan fruit (Littuco)
• Mango puree

Pickled Products

• Santol
• Yam

Fermented Products

• Wine (bignay, duhat, littuco and pineaaple)
• Vinegar (rice washings, pineapple peelings, littuco, bignay etc)

 

    

 

PUBLICATIONS

• RDE Research Journal

• The Innovators