The Central Philippine University (CPU) in Iloilo City will be offering the Diploma in Packaging Technology Program, which is aimed at developing and strengthening the skills in packaging technology to help reduce the country’s post-harvest agricultural losses.
This was announced by Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña during his weekly report on Friday, March 19.
The DOST chief said the course offering is one of the outputs of the DA VI funded project entitled “Enhancing the Market Competitiveness of Western Visayas Agriculture and Fishery Products through Packaging Development.” De la Peña noted that for the pioneer batch, the implementing team invited a total of 25 enrollees – 10 from DA-VI; 10 from DOST-VI, and five from selected state universities and colleges .
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