Developed Technologies

• Cover Crops for Abaca
• Intercropping Annual Crops with Abaca
• Intercropping Abaca With Established Fruit Trees
• Portable Engine-Powered Abaca Spindle Stripping Machine
• Village-Level Abaca Twisting Machine
• Village-Level Abaca Twining & Twisting Machine
• Village-Level Pulping Machine
• Village-Level Handmade Paper Dryer
• Collapsible Molders
• Abaca Slicer-Shaver
• High Value Handicraft Products From Abaca Wastes And Reject Fibers
• Handmade Paper From Abaca Stripping Wastes And Fiber Wastes
• Mushroom Culture Using Abaca Wastes
• Yarning Machine
• Portable Abaca Spindle Stripping Machine (New Model)

Potential Technologies

• Optimized media for Rapid Propagation of High-Yielding Abaca Varieties Inosa and Laylay
• Somatic Embryogenesis for Rapid Propagation and Genetic Transformation of Abaca
• Portable Tensile Strength Meter
• Portable Electeonic Moisture Tester
• Village-Level Abaca Combing Machine
• Growth Improvement of Tissue-Cultured Abaca Seedling Through Mycorrhizal Application
• Mycorrhiza for the Control of Fusarium Wilt of Abaca
• Entomopathogenetic Fungus for the Control of Aphids (Pentalonia nigronervosa)

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Productivity Improvement

• Genetic Resource Enhancement, Characterization, Evaluation, Conservation and Database
• Development of High Yielding, Pest Resistant and Stress Tolerant Abaca Varieties with Good Quality Fibers Suited to Specific End Uses
• Performance Evaluation of Promising Abaca Accessions and Hybrids
• Biotechnology-assisted Development of Abaca Varieties for Resistance to Abaca Bunchy Top Virus (ABTV) and Abaca Mosaic Virus (AMV)
• Integrated Pest Management with Emphasis on Biological Control
• Integrated Soil and Nutrient Management including Soil Conditioning and Bioremediation
• Crop Modeling
• Planting Materials Production and Supply System
• Management Strategies for Smallholder Abaca Production

Postharvest Processing, Product Development/Improvement and Diversification

• Development and/or Improvement of Postharvest Processing and Utilization Technologies
  • primary and secondary tools, machines and gadgets
  • postharvest storage practices
• Development of Technical and Industrial Products from Abaca Fibers and Wastes (non-structural car parts, structural composites, textiles, GEO textile, packaging materials, and substitute for fiberglass)

Information and Knowledge Product Management

• Development of State-of-the-Art for Abaca Technologies
• Development of Abaca Information System
• Establishment of Knowledge Product Services and Management

Socio-Economics and Policy Research

• Environmental and Economic Assessment of Smallholder Abaca-based Farming Systems in the Philippines: A Bioeconomic Modeling Approach
• Impact of Pest Management Programs on the Technical, Allocative and Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Abaca Farmers in the Philippines
• Policy Alternatives for Improving Productivity and Sustainability of Abaca Production in the Philippines
• Enhancing capacity of stakeholders for new approaches to market-driven abaca-based technologies
• Analysis of institutional arrangements for effective implementation of extension programs for abaca
• Gender and development analysis in the abaca industry

Extension

• Seedpiece Production and Distribution
• Technical Assistance
• Information Support Services