MANILA\u2013The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aqutic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) said it hopes Filipino farmers will utilize industrial tree plantation species (ITPS) through nanotechnology.<\/p>\n
ITPS are large-scale, intensively managed plantations that will eventually undergo industrial processes to produce paper, palm oil, among others.<\/p>\n
According to PCAARRD, nanotechnology will help boost the ITPS plantation. Thus, this will contribute to rehabilitation and reforestation efforts in some areas in the country.<\/p>\n
Recently, PCAARRD has funded the “Value Addition and Waste Recovery Systems for ITPS: Maximizing the Value of Philippine Industrial Tree Plantation Species through Nanotechnology Interventions and Bioplastic Production” project.<\/p>\n
The Council has allotted almost Php 5 million for the said project that aims to strengthen recent advances in forest nanotechnology and bioplastics, and add more value to the ITPS.<\/p>\n
PCAARRD said the project would run for two years, and had two components.<\/p>\n
The first component, \u201cProduction and Application of Cellulosic Nanocrystals from the Wood and Processing Wastes of ITPS\u201d and \u201cBioplastics from ITPS: Production, Characterization and Potential Applications\u201d, will determine possible new products as well as applications of nanocellulose from wood or waste materials from three commonly planted ITPS in the country — Falcata, Gmelina and Mangium.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the second component will explore the use of lignin obtained as by-product from the ITPS’ pulping.<\/p>\n
Both project components will be led by representatives from the Department of Forest Products and Paper Science of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines – Los Banos, PCAARRD said.<\/p>\n
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