Dr. Tony La Vina, dean of the Ateneo School of Government and director of iBoP Asia, did an interview for Inside Climate Change Solutions last December 14, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
As a special event of iTalk (Innovation Talk), the Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) launched the product of their iBoP project, the SnT in a Box, last December 4, 2009 at the Ateneo de Manila University. The activity was hosted by iBoP Asia and the Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC) of the School of Science and Engineering of the Ateneo.
A group of around 30 students majoring in Electronics and Communications Engineering attended the iTalk Learning Lab session with Dr. Manuel Biona of Don Bosco Technical College last Friday, November 20.
iBoP Asia strengthens its ties with the National Research Council of Indonesia (Dewan Riset Nasional) by designating DRN as an official organizational partner and as the coordinator for iBoP Indonesia, the Indonesia network of iBoP Asia.
iBoP Asia, with the Ateneo Innovation Center (AIC), will have its first iTalk Learning Lab session with Don Bosco Technical College on November 20, 2009, 4:30-6:00 p.m. at CTC-315, Ateneo de Manila University.
The biofuels industry has so far not been kind to small producers. Romtron, the small, cooperatively-owned CME (coco-methyl-ester) producer in Romblon, has had to cease production of CME as it desperately tries to find another buyer for its product. Another small player in the CME or coco-biodiesel field is Rasza Agro Produce Corporation (RAPCo) based in San Pablo City (Laguna).
Contributed by Don Bosco Technical College – Center for Research and Training
Thursday, 22 October 2009
The continuing oil price increases have made life more difficult for drivers of jeepneys (the jeepney is a public utility vehicle in the Philippines), their families as well as those of the riding public. This has prompted the introduction of alternative fuel and engine technologies claiming to bring down fuel cost and increase the income of the drivers. There is thus a need for an unbiased look at these technologies to safeguard the interest of the sector and allow them and the...
Contributed by Kahublagan Sang Panimalay Foundation, Inc.
Friday, 16 October 2009
A group of farmers in Oton, Iloilo are determined to study the sustainability of the benefits they are getting from their rainwater ponds. Since awareness of the uses and advantages of a rainwater pond was introduced in the Municipality of Oton in 2007, these farmers voluntarily grouped themselves to observe their rainwater ponds. With the assistance of iBoP Asia, this process was strengthened.
The BoP is a socio-economic designation for the roughly 4 billion individuals who live below $4 per day, living mostly in rural villages and urban slums in developing countries.
Contrary to popular assumptions, there is the emerging idea of a
BOP-centric approach that can tap the market potential of those at the
bottom of the pyramid.
Dr. Tony La Vina, dean of the Ateneo School of Government and director of iBoP Asia, did an interview for Inside Climate Change Solutions last December 14, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
