AT LEAST 26 businesses owned by third-year BS Entrepreneurship and BSE Major in Agribusiness students of the Ateneo de Davao University were featured during the Lunsad 2024 on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the SM City Activity Center.This year marked the formal launch of their businesses outside campus after registering with the Department of Trade and Industry .
For instance, Jules Bonete of JIRS Co explained their innovative product “Hito-Cino,” the first catfish tocino, promoting sustainable food practices.“We started our business thinking about the discarded hito . In catfish breeding, you will discard the male fish after harvesting semen, which would go to waste if not processed. So instead of wasting it, we thought, why not create a product out of it,” Bonete said.