Cavite State University (CvSU) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) signed a memorandum of agreement for conducting a research project entitled “Assessment of Cleaner Production in the Meat industry in the Philippines”. The document was signed by President Divinia C. Chavez and Dr. Enrique P. Supangco representing CvSU and CHED, respectively. Dr. Supangco is the Director of the UPLB – CHED Zonal Research Center (UPLB – CHED ZRC). Under the said agreement, UPLB – CHED ZRC will provide funds amounting to Php 220,000 while CvSU will undertake the implementation of the research work.
The research will be spearheaded by Professor Conrado M. Baltazar who will act as the study leader. Dr. Edna Vida, CvSU Director for Research, and Ms. Bernadette Morelos, a staff member of the CvSU Research Center, will serve as members of the project staff. The research aims to increase the efficiency of slaughterhouses by the adoption of cleaner production practices and to reduce the amount of waste products and the level of effluent in slaughterhouses. It will be conducted within a period of one year. Initial preparations are already worked out for the actual implementation of the project. Full scale research work will start tentatively by January next year. (CMBaltazar)
