SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija — A total of 15 technologies have been included in the 2024 Annual Launch of Knowledge Products for Adoption and Commercialization (ALOK) hosted by the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) through its Agriculture and Food Technology Business Incubator (AFTBI). 

Included in the pitched agri-based inventions are nine technologies in the food cluster and six in the non-food cluster developed by the consortium member institutions of the Regional Agri-Aqua Innovation System Enhancement (RAISE) Program Batch 2 of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology.

Among the food cluster are Aglibut sweet tamarind ice cream; process of producing rough puff pastry with rabbit filling; composition of rabbit canned meatloaf; method of preparing instant mushroom noodles; Tibig leaf extract-based meat tenderizer; Kardeli; process of making eggplant luffa longanisa; method of preparing mushroom bulgogi; and composition of nutri-chips from mushroom, seaweeds, and malunggay leaves.

Meanwhile, pitched technologies under the non-food cluster are the mechanized bamboo stick polisher; method of producing multi-nutrient lick block as feed supplement for ruminants; production, field testing, and commercialization of boton; mechanical cacao sheller with winnowing mechanism; multi-purpose seeder; and multi-crop reduce till planter.

“The 2024 ALOK Annual Regional Pitching activity is a platform to present the technologies to potential investors to facilitate commercialization,” CLSU President Evaristo Abella said. 

Central Luzon Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium Director and CLSU Vice President for Research and Extension Edgar Orden emphasized the crucial role of commercialization in driving the development of innovative products and urged everyone to be aware and to attract potential investors to support these creative ventures.

 📷 Philippine Information Agency