Presented during the symposium on Human Resource Development in Food related Area dated January 21-22, 2014 at Jakarta, Indonesia

Country Report of the Philippines

Baybay City

Administration Building

VISION

The premier university of science and technology in the Visayas.

MISSION

Provide excellent instruction, conduct relevant research and foster community engagement that produce highly competent graduates necessary for the development of the country.

Visayas State University

VSU is mandated to perform four-fold of functions namely:

1.Instruction 2.Research 3.Extension

4.Production

The DFST as center of excellence in food science and technology in the Visayas.

VISION

MISSION

Enhancement of the general well-being of the beneficiaries of agriculture, fishery, and agro-industry in the Visayas through effective manpower development in food science and technology and the generation, dissemination, and application of appropriate food technology.

Department of Food Science & Technology

Department of Food Science and Technology

What are our Programs?

A. Bachelor of Science in Food Technology

B. Master of Science in Food Science and

Technology

Distribution of staff members

5

Core faculty=8

Affiliate faculty=7

Prod. Workers=3

Distribution of core faculty

MS = 4

PhD=3

BS=1

Distribution of affiliate faculty

PhD=4

MS=3

No. of enrolment

• During the peak of offering the program, the number of students reached to 200 -250 but starting 5 years ago, we observed a decrease or plateau in the enrolment (<200) for both undergraduate and graduate programs

• It is worth noting that there is an increase in the enrolment of our MS program because of DOST Scholarship

What are the jobs of our graduates after graduation?

• Teaching faculty in different academic institutions offering Food Science

• QC/QA in different food industries in Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao even abroad

• Production/Quality Supervisor

• R & D staff/supervisor/manager

• Extension workers in different Gov’t agencies

What are the jobs of our graduates after graduation?

• Technical staff in Government agencies (DOST,DOH,FDA, DTI, DA)

• Research staff in different research/academic institutions

• Entrepreneur/Businessman

What are the jobs of our graduates after graduation?

• Consultant in different NGO’s in the country /abroad

• Key Officials in Gov’t institutions as technical expert

• Sales Representative in different food products or medical products(medicines)

Strength of our graduates

• High capability in doing research because it is our culture.

• Our students got awards in scientific competitions; best/Outstanding paper/ poster in undergraduate and graduate competitions in local, regional and national level.

Strength of our graduates

• Obtained scholarships from national/international linkages for MS and PhD programs

• Our BSFT graduates can land a job immediately after graduation (90- 95%)

Strength of our graduates

• They have the skill competency

• admired by their employers because of good working attitudes thus promotion will not take long

Weaknesses

• Limited access to different facilities/equipment since the department has limited number of equipment necessary to support instruction and research activities.

• The department has limited budget thus requests for equipment takes time considering there are items which are mostly needed (chemicals, culture media etc)

Expectations

• As administrator, I am expecting that MAFF can help us in the acquisition of the necessary equipment/facilities needed to improve our laboratory courses specifically on food analysis, food microbiology and food processing for the students to improve and enhance their training considering that conduct of hands-on exercises will give a better retention on them.

Student Activities

Researches done

• Research on developing food products from rootcrops

Coconut Products

• buco strips in syrup

• nata de coco

• coco sugar

• coco spread/jam

• improved bahalina

• accelerated vinegar production

• vinegar for all season

• probiotic coco beverage

• flavored/Cocowater beverage

Fishery Products

• canned fish

- in oil

- in tomato sauce

• fish tapa

• fish tocino

• fish roll

• vege-fish noodles (green fish noodles)

• acharang guso

•Dried fish, smoked fish

•Fish balls

Dairy Products

• cheese (green, purple & orange)

• probiotic cheese

• ice cream bar (macapuno,vegetable, etc)

• choco drinks (choco, mocha, ubi, SP)

• flavored milk

• whey beverages

Current Research Activities

Thesis student working on improvement of

vacuum fried jackfruit

A Thesis output (Gummy candy using jackfruit

puree from trimmings)

Jackfruit pastillas

from low quality

pulp (trimmings)

Burger patty from

jackfruit seed flour

and jackfruit pith

Jackfruit seed in

syrup/brine

Bottled jackfruit

peel in coconut milk

Leaflets developed by students

Extension Activities

Production

Vacuum fried Jackfruit

Dehydrated jackfruit

Maraming Salamat and Mabuhay!