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Construction underway for agricultural transport system in Mt. Province - DOST-PCIEERD

Published Dec 13, 2022 05:59 pm

A new cableway for an agricultural transport system is being constructed in Bauko, Mountain Province which will allow communities to transport their agricultural produce to the nearest trading center through a tramline.

According to the Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD), the project seeks to help address infrastructure needs of the upland communities in the province.

DOST-PCIEERD and the DOST Cordillera Administrative Region (DOST-CAR) Regional Office led the ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony of a new cableway for the agricultural transport system in Bauko, Mountain Province to help address the infrastructure needs of the upland communities in the province.

The Cable Ways for Agricultural Resource Transport System (CARTS) will allow communities to transport their agricultural produce to the nearest trading center through a tramline. This was funded under the DOST Grants-In-Aid (GIA) Program amounting to P13 million. The prototype of the project will be in Bauko which will be equipped with a first-person-view (FPV) system and an electric motor which can be utilized via variable-frequency drive (VFD) with a smart control system or can be done through a mobile application.

The groundbreaking ceremony is one of the highlights of the first Mountain Engineering Summit organized by DOST-PCIEERD and DOST-CAR where it gathered experts and professionals in the field and discussed issues and the necessary interventions that can be done through science, technology, and innovation.

DOST PCIEERD Executive Director Dr. Enrico Paringit expressed optimism over the opportunities that the innovation will bring to upland farmers in the area.

“We hope that through this project, we can ease the burden of our farmers in bringing their produce from farm to table and increase their productivity. As a leader and partner in innovation, DOST PCIEERD will continue to harness the power of science and technology in making the lives of our citizens easier,” he said.

Project leader Engr. Janice Kaye Aquino said the FPV system is small, light, and highly responsive cameras and the system itself is battery operated, thus allowing the operator to have an almost real-time first-person-view of what is caught by the cameras. The project is under Program Boondock: A Mountain Engineering Center Toward Sustainable Infrastructure and Upland Water Security and is expected to be completed in May next year.

Paringit stressed the value and culture of local communities where sustainability and resiliency are two of its most important pillars.

“This is truly a momentous occasion for us at PCIEERD because of our desire to highlight projects that harmonize the relationship of people, technology and environment in a manner that respects culture. We were really pushing for this project to happen,” he said.

The groundbreaking ceremony was also attended by DOST-CAR counterparts, Bauko and Mountain Province local officials, and the Towaden-Bito Farmers Association project beneficiaries and other stakeholders.

Bauko town is one of the highly elevated areas in the Cordilleras, where the road network remains a challenge faced by locals.

In the 2022 rankings released by the Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bauko was at the 170th spot with a score of –20 percent for infrastructure, of which the road network scored 0.0005, also the lowest of the 10 indicators including distance to ports, availability of basic utilities, transportation vehicles, education, health, local government unit investment, accommodation capacity, information technology capacity, and financial technology capacity.

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