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RESEARCH FUNDINGS

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
RDE FUND SOURCE three commodities
CHED with biggest amount of
DOST investment sourced-out
DA form 2017-2019 are:
DILG goat RDE Program with
Php 90,939,056.00 of
DSWD the total investment
PRIVATE (37%), followed by
INTERNATIONAL freshwater fisheries
DOF RDE program with PhP
28,094,812.00 (12%)
SECTORAL CLASSIFICATION OF RDE GRANT and dairy cattle RDE
program with PhP
AGRICULTURE 23,147,212.00 (9%).
& AQUACULTURE
HEALTH
ENERGY
HIGHER EDUCATION
GOVERNANCE

As to 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 with-
in the university, 20% of the grant is used for institutional develop-
ment in which laboratories equipped with modern equipment were
established. Furthermore, 1% of the grant is for continuous capabil-
ity building of researchers.

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