ECONOMY

AND
ETHICS
Week 8
 Status of S&T in the Philippines
■ 4th most tech-ready economy in
Southeast Asia based on the
survey by Economist Intelligence
Unit (EIU).
– Considered factors:
– Access to the internet
– Digital economy infrastructure
– Openness to innovation

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 Principles of Sustainable
Development for the Future
1. Interconnectedness of Economy,
Society, and Environment
– Circular economy

2. Solidarity (no one left behind)

– Stakeholder assessment on plastic
ban

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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
I. Digital Workplace
– Technologically ready
– Responsive to the new workplace
culture
– Open offices

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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
1. Increased use of mobile and cloud technologies
– Files, instructions, checklists, reports, and other relevant data can
now be stored in cloud or sent in e-mails.
2. Virtual offices and new working styles
– Working with teams from different locations (e.g. BPO industry).
3. Digitally savvy workplace
– Machine learning and AI for optimized process and improve
efficiency.

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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
II. Agricultural Development
– Use of bioindicators for sustainable
agriculture (e.g. organic urban
farming, diversity of fungi and
bacteria, physicochemical analysis)
– Phytoremediation protocols
– Seed hybridization and GMO crops
(e.g. Bt corn in the Philippines)
– Intelligent farming equipment (e.g.
multi-function hand tractor)
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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
II. Agricultural Development
– Solar-Powered Irrigation System
(SPIS) (e.g. Matalam, Cotabato)
– Utilization of drones to spray fertilizer
especially in mountain slopes.
– Online Farmers’ Guide Map created
by DAR (e.g. AgriDOC, KROPS, RCM)

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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
III. Climate and Disaster Resilience
and Natural Resource
Management
– Assisted by United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)
– National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
– Modelling a storm surge path and
intensity
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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
III. Climate and Disaster Resilience
and Natural Resource
Management
– TV White Space Technology for
fisherfolk
– Environmental-friendly alternative
energy sources
– Solar charging stations for electric
tricycle in Boracay
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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
III. Climate and Disaster Resilience
and Natural Resource
Management
– Hybrid renewable energy power
system in Palawan
– Rapid assessment of city emissions
tool in Batangas
– Assessment of flood and landslide-
prone communities
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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
IV. Education and Research
– Money grants for collaborative
researches
– Post-doctoral center to service higher
education centers
– Include entrepreneurship culture into
engineering and science programs

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 Application of S&T in the
Philippines
V. Health and Medicine
– Electronic medical record system
– Study on the use of oxytocin on
preventing post-partum hemorrhage
to reduce maternal deaths
– Supported research on the
relationship of tobacco and
tuberculosis (TB) cases in children

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ECONOMY
AND
ETHICS
Week 8