BICOL COLLEGE

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Cor. J. P. Rizal & R.F. Tabuena Sts.
Daraga, Albay, Philippines 4501

DOCUMENT ANALYIS

(Innovations and Technology Disruptions In The

Food Sector Within The COVID-19 Pandemic and
Post Lock Down era)

SUBMITTED BY:
Kimberly Jane M. Mitra

SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. Maricar T. Magcalen
 DOCUMENT ANALYIS
(Innovations and Technology Disruptions In The Food Sector Within The
COVID-19 Pandemic and Post Lock Down era)

Trends in Food Science & Technology is one of the

premier international peer-reviewed journals publishing

critical reviews and commentaries of current technology, food

science and human nutrition. Its role is to fill the gap between

the specialized primary journals and general trade magazines

by focusing on the most promising new research developments

and their current and potential food industry applications in a readable, scientifically

rigorous way.

By February 2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology just published a very

informative article about Innovations and Technology Disruptions In The Food Sector

Within The COVID-19 Pandemic and Post Lock Down era with the help of the

following:

Research & Innovation Department, Galanakis Laboratories ,Chania,Greece

College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

Food Waste Recovery Group, ISEKI Food Association, Vienna, Austria,

Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies,

Nigde, Turkey,

Bioscience Research Institute, Athlone Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Athlone,

Ireland,

Centre for Disinfection, Sterilization and Biosecurity, Athlone Institute of Technology,

Athlone, Ireland.

These team/companies joint forces in order to produce such informative article for all

the people who are affected by COVID-19 pandemic to give them an information and

awareness so they can stay safe and live a healthy life without worrying about food

shortage.
 The current article investigates potential innovations within the era of the COVID-19

crisis after framing them within the four issues of the food sector (food safety, bio-active

food compounds, food security, and sustainability) that are directly affected by the

pandemic. The prospect of foreseen innovations to disrupt the food sector during

lockdown periods and the post-COVID-19 era is also discussed.

After reading this article(Innovations and Technology Disruptions In The Food

Sector Within The COVID-19 Pandemic and Post Lock Down era), I feel glad that we

don’t have to think too much of food shortage but I feel bad at the same time for those

people or employees who will be replaced by this new technology. We all know that

technologies represent promising developments for maintaining and expanding our food

supply chains,and this is the reason why I can’t blame policymakers and why they also

consider incentivizing technology expansion in the food industry as it continues to hold

the promise of making production and supply processes safer, more resource efficient and

more productive, which will result in lower food prices and other positive spillovers to

society especially in this time of pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has indeed led historical changes in our society's norms

and the way people interact. It also showed direct and high impacts on the food sector,

affecting mainly bioactive compounds, food safety, food security, and sustainability.

Niche applications such as the development of nutritional and immune-boosting products

to support the health and recovery of COVID-19 patients has become popular. There is

also a trend towards intensive sustainable food production systems (such as digitization,

AI, and automation in smart agriculture) with future-proofing for the potential impact of

security risks and climate change through the supply chain to mitigate critical needs

embrace opportunities. Education and training for the next generation of workforce in

emerging technologies and accelerating initiatives that will foster behavior change of

consumers to the merits of these new business services, technologies, and products will

be becoming increasingly important. Globally, there will be a pressing focus on food

security regionally and nationally to mitigate against challenges presented by the

potential occurrence of future viral pandemics such as that caused by SARS-CoV-2 to

protect vulnerable critical supply chains.

 As I said earlier, there is a potential peril as well. Many of these technologies are

labor saving, meaning they replace the need for human labor to perform certain task. In

other place, these technology will be complementary, freeing up labor to perform more

productive tasks. But in most cases, adoption of these technology will likely mean job

and industry displacement for workers. At most risk of course, are vulnerable middle and

low-wage workers in every stage of the food industry, such displacement may be highly

disruptive to the lives of workers and their communities.

In anticipation, policymakers should be laying the ground work to support displaced

workers including partnership with private sector employers to facilitate targeted

retraining for workers that allows them to reenter the labour force quickly and with a

stronger set of skills, and another thing is to establish robust income and other social

insurance support to allow them to effectively retrain.

COVID–19 is undoubtedly accelerating change in the food industry. Many of these

changes will likely lead to a safer, more efficient, and more robust food supply system in

the face of this and potential future pandemics and related disasters. However, it is

important to recognize that these changes often bring disruption to the well–being of

workers in the industry and their families. It will be important for the policymakers

to facilitate solutions aimed at mitigating potential harms to these workers and help them

transition to this new economy. The pandemic has highlighted just how intricately related

lack of broadband access is to systemic inequality.

 BICOL COLLEGE
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Cor. J. P. Rizal & R.F. Tabuena Sts.
Daraga, Albay, Philippines 4501

DOCUMENTATION

(“COMMUNITY PANTRY
SA BICOL COLLEGE”)

SUBMITTED BY:
Kimberly Jane M. Mitra

SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. Maricar T. Magcalen
 “COMMUNITY PANTRY SA BICOL
COLLEGE”
DOCUMENTATION

MAY 5, 2021 Bicol college

Senior High School Department
started their Community pantry
program at the school's premise
specifically at the North Campus.
My section(Sodium) was scheduled
on the first day o the week long ＂
Community Pantry sa Bicol
College ＂ 1:00 -4:00 in the
afternoon but unfortunately, I am
not able to attend on this event since
we are currently experiencing a
Pandemic and it will give me a hard
time traveling if ever, as I am now
in Masbate, and the event's location
was in Albay. So before the day
of ＂ Community Pantry sa Bicol
College ＂ come, I decided to give
cash through money transfer to one
of my classmates instead so I can
still help our compatriots even
without my presence.

On the Day of ＂Community Pantry sa Bicol College ＂me and my other classmates who
also cannot attend the event have nothing to do than to request for an update for our adviser and
classmates who volunteered in the event. We ask for pictures from our classmates, and from those
pictures sent we saw the joy and happiness drawn from the faces of the people we helped, I feel
so grateful knowing I am also one of the reason behind those smiles.
By this, I can say that the ＂Community Pantry sa Bicol College＂was a successful event
program of Bicol College.
 BICOL COLLEGE
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Cor. J. P. Rizal & R.F. Tabuena Sts.
Daraga, Albay, Philippines 4501

NARRATIVE REPORT
(STUDIES IN CLOSED ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS:
BIOSPHERE IN A BOTTLE)

SUBMITTED BY:
Kimberly Jane M. Mitra

SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. Maricar T. Magcalen
 NARRATIVE REPORT

Day of April 2021, the group of

researchers , decided to conduct
research study, investigating how
ecosystem works. The researchers
come up with this topic or idea
because of a suggestion of one group
member who is so close to nature.
After some discussion and
brainstorming, the group of researchers
agreed to the idea proposed and
decided to make the study.
To make it happen the researchers
must first make a model of closed
ecological system. Since we are
experiencing a global pandemic, it is
hard for the researchers to make the
model together. To resolve this issue
the group of researchers talk about
what they should do. One suggested that each member should make one model, but some of the
members don’t have enough materials for it, so the researchers decided to have one member to
make the closed ecological system. Luckily one research member volunteered to make the model
and do some observations, and the other members will just wait for the report of the volunteered
member and talk about it or why it happened.
Week 1 of observation, the researchers did not find any changes other than the droplets being
formed above the closed ecological model. The researchers talked about it , and found out that it
is because of the water cycle inside the model and some of the water evaporates.
Week 2 of observation, the researchers noticed that the moisture/ droplet formed by
condensation became denser. The model appears more blurry that it is in its first week.
Week 3 of observation, the researchers found out that the process of evaporation and
condensation was evident. This just give the researchers a reason to continue the study as their
predictions was nearly the same as what is happening in the closed ecological model they have
made but the researchers do not have enough time for it.
By this, the researchers finally finished this study as they have only given a limited time and
also the researchers have already found answers for their hypothesis.