Science and technology in the Philippines

Science and technology in the Philippines describes scientific and technological progress made by the Philippines and analyses related policy issues. The main agency responsible for managing science and technology (S&T) is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). There are also sectoral councils for Forestry, Agriculture and Aquaculture, the Metal Industry, Nuclear Research, Food and Nutrition, Health, Meteorology, Volcanology and Seismology.

Science and technology is an interdisciplinary topic encompassing science, technology, and their interactions:

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of explanations and predictions about nature and the universe.

Technology is the collection of techniques and processes used in the production of goods or services, or the accomplishment of objectives such as scientific investigation.^[1]

Among the men and women who have made contributions to science are Fe del Mundo in the field of pediatrics, Eduardo Quisumbing in plant taxonomy, Gavino Trono in tropical marine phycology and Maria Orosa in the field of food technology.^[2]