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duction and management towards licensee partners.
attaining nutrition improvement. Total Mixed Ration (TMR), a
The program follows series food supplement for dairy cattle
of strategic steps, which consist of and buffalo- made out of farm
Social Mobilization; Nutrition and by-products like corn cubs and
Situational Analysis; Training and rice straws- was officially trans-
Action Planning of Program Plan- ferred to Central Isabela Agri Man-
ning and Implementing Commit- ufacturing Corporation (CIAMCI).
tee (PPIC); Implementation and The product was conferred with
Monitoring of BIDP and Nutrition Fairness Opinion Report (FOR) by
The university Interventions; and Assessment the DOST as per R.A 10055, or the
intensified and Re-Programming of BIDP. “Philippine Technology Transfer
utilization and With these, the program ensures Act of 2009”, before technologies
commercialization well-trained barangays toward are transferred under licensing
agreements and spinoffs.
data-driven action planning and
of appropriate sustainable management respon- There are four (4) more
matured sive to their needs. promising TLAs on products with
information This same operational strat- pending process of FOR, as dia-
and technologies egy has been augmented to the logue between ISU and prospect
for livelihood University’s Adopt-A Barangay/ industry adopters have taken
place. Beacon Cacao Agricultural
School extension modality in pro-
development pelling better extension services. Development Corporation is set
to adopt Fine Tablea and Natural
Broadening Technology Access Cacao Vinegar; and Nicolas Inte-
Aside from health and disas- grated Farm adopting Fine Tablea
ter-mitigation technologies, ISU and Dark Chocolates.
has maintained the good prac- To provide more avenue in
tice of transferring its matured promoting research-based prod-
technologies and other research ucts and technologies, ISU has con-
outputs to support communities tinued to participate in prestigious
either on establishing commercial and renowned product expos
ventures, or addressing an imme- where research institutions, tech-
diate problem. nology generators, and industry
In 2020, the University was partners and investors gather and
able to engage Technology Li- discuss viability of commercial
censing Agreements (TLA) with venture. This would consequently
partner industries in the formal pave a way for the upstaging of the
transfer of technologies, process- University’s products in the mar-
ing methods, or product ingre- ket, for a better and wider public
dients that are named with the access and utilization.
University’s intellectual property
rights. Aside from the positive Mobilizing Communities toward
value-adding to the University’s Sustainable Development
revolutionary initiatives, it brings The University’s four-pronged
development opportunities to the extension programs continued to
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