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ISU invested majority of the RDE funds on agriculture and aquaculture-
                         related programs and projects at 97.04%. The remaining fund is used

                         for RDE on health (1.21%), energy (0.62%), higher education (0.77%)
                         and public governance (0.37%). It is noted that 63% of the agricultural
                         commodity investment is provided for livestock and poultry researches,
                         followed by fisheries sector at 18% and for crops at 10%.



                             The top three commodities with biggest amount of investment

                         sourced-out from 2017-2019 are: goat RDE Program with Php
                         90,939,056.00 of the total investment (37%), followed by freshwater
                         fisheries RDE program with PhP 28,094,812.00 (12%) and dairy cattle RDE
                         program with PhP 23,147,212.00 (9%).



                             Considering the classification of RDE activities, 53% of the grant is
                         used for applied research; while 12% of the total fund is utilized for

                         basic research. Under the same period, the University started to
                         promote and commercialized technologies generated wherein 6% and
                         8%      of    the     grant     are    used      for technology         promotion        and
                         commercialization, respectively. In support to the advancement of

                         RDE community within the University, 20% of the grant is used for
                         institutional development in which laboratories equipped with modern
                         equipment were established. Furthermore, 1% of the grant is for

                         continuous capability building of researchers.
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