TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE.Bencals Food Products proprietor Ben Calunod, and DOST Bukidnon Director Ritchie Mae Guno during the turnover of equipment earlier in June 2021. Bencals was recently provided with a PHP625,000 loan to purchase equipment, and this made the enterprise become the first cocoa butter producer in Northern Mindanao.(Photo courtesy of DOST-10) MANILA-An estimated 500 farmers have benefited from the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) of the Department of Science and Technology in Region 10 (DOST-10), an executive said Wednesday. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency, DOST Bukidnon Provincial Director Ritchie Mae Guno said they recently assisted Bencals Food Products, and this assistance enabled the micro enterprise to become the first cacao butter producer in Northern Mindanao. The DOST provided Bencals with PHP625,000 loan, enabling them to purchase brand new equipment, such as industrial hydraulic butter extractor, industrial colloid mill, and i