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Entering the Pharmaceutical Reinforcing Smarter City Initia-
Industry tives
In January, the University en- Cauayan City is now dubbed
tered partnership with DOST-R02 as the first Smarter City in Cagayan
and Bauertek Corporation- the Valley and one of the first among
first Filipino-owned pharmaceuti- 144 cities in the country. To date,
cal firm that manufactures herbal Cauayan City undertakes activities
supplements. The University’s that promote and utilize Smarter
counterpart focused on the area Farming, Smarter Micro, Small,
of research, producing knowledge and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs),
inputs to maximize efficiency of Smarter Industries, Smarter Jobs,
raw materials used in the mak- Smarter Government, Smarter Cli-
ing of herbal supplements. Some mate Change Adaptation, Smart-
10-hectare area of the Echague er Scientists and Engineers, and
Main Campus was dedicated Smarter Healthcare.
as initial model plantation of These activities are contin-
“Malunggay”, one of the herbal uously being supported by ISU
plants needed, for further study through its Cauayan Campus. The
and strategic measures on land Business Intelligence Research
area development and expansion. and Development Center (BIRD-C)
A separate plantation for Turmeric was established to develop several
is set for the next move, as it is the data-driven smart city applications
primary commodity that would be that will support the development
upscaled in the global market. of a smart community. The Food
Last September, the University Innovation Center also collabo-
unveiled the laboratory facilities rates with the LGU-Cauayan City
and machineries for the pre-pro- and DOST, particularly on the food
duction and processing phase. safety campaign component of the
This was thru the kind donation of SMARTER City project.
the Filipino Chinese Chamber, thru In addition to these, ISU has
Mr. Charles T. Lim, former Board conducted a capsule research and
of Regents member, Private Sector development entitled, “Develop-
Representative. ment and Adaption of Science,
Taking note of the research Technology and Innovation Model
venture, the Provincial Govern- for a Sustainable and Resilient
ment of Isabela signified support Philippine Smarter City: The Case
on the production and processing of Cauayan City”. This contains
of herb commodities. The Capitol series of researches on the Smart-
viewed Bauertek’s sourcing-out of er City components that will help
raw materials as means of provid- LGU Cauayan in sustaining the
ing alternative crops to farmers gains it has already fronted.
aside rice and corn production in
the province, opening opportu- Philippine Corn Research
nities to help the gain additional Institute
economic income. As the hardship of corn farm-
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