1 Agricultural Extension
1 Agricultural Extension
1 Agricultural Extension
FOR
AGRICULTURISTS
Review Materials
(AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION)
Prepared by:
Dr. BLANDA R. SUMAYAO
Professor
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna 1
(AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION)
IN A NUTSHELL
⮚ has its own HISTORY
⮚ is oriented towards an OBJECTIVE
⮚ works according to PRINCIPLES
⮚ is based on THEORIES
⮚ performs FUNCTIONS
⮚ takes on VARIOUS FORMS
⮚ Chooses METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES
⮚ uses suitable TOOLS
⮚ is practiced within EXTENSION APPROACHES
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EARLY BEGINNINGS
(Europe and the USA)
⮚ started from DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
⮚ originated from UNIVERSITIES
⮚ thus derived from EDUCATIONAL
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
A. Stirrings in the 19th century England
• In 1840’s…
The term UNIVERSITY EXTENSION was first
commonly used in BRITAIN
• In 1850’s…
Discussions began in two ancient universities
⮚ OXFORD
⮚ CAMBRIDGE
about how they could serve the needs of the rapidly
growing population in the industrial, urban areas
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
• In 1867…
First practical attempt was made in what
was designated “UNIVERSITY EXTENSION”
⮚ not for students enrolled in the universities
⮚ bringing the university outside of its
campus to people who could not qualify for
entry into university
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
• In 1871…
JAMES STUART
⮚ Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
⮚ Appealed to authorities of University of
Cambridge to organize CENTERS FOR
EXTENSION LECTURES under university’s
supervision
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
• In 1873…
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE adopted the
system
• In 1876…
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON followed
• In 1878…
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD followed
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
• In 1880’s…
- system became well-established and developed into
what was to be called EXTENSION MOVEMENT
- thus, extension became a more INSTITUTIONALIZED
FUNCTION of the universities
- tri-functions therefore of universities
⮚ INSTRUCTION
⮚ RESEARCH
⮚ EXTENSION
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
• In the USA
✔1850’s – TWO DEVELOPMENTS significant to the
evolution of agricultural extension in the USA
1. Signing of the MORILL ACT of 1862 by Pres.
Lincoln during the Civil War providing for the
creation of LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES
✔Funds were made available from the Federal
Government to establish demonstration
centers/experimental stations
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
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EARLY BEGINNINGS . . .
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EXTENSION IN THE PHILIPPINE SETTING:
The Significant Milestones
• 1565
❖ The beginnings of “extension work”
through the setting up of GRANJAS
MODELOS or MODEL FARMS
✔ initiated by the first Spanish missionaries
✔ to educate farmers who grew rice, corn,
tobacco in large encomiendos.
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
• July 1910
❖ Creation of the DEMONSTRATION AND EXTENSION
DIVISION under the Bureau of Agriculture making it the
- FIRST FORMALLY ORGANIZED
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTING
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS
❖ Setting up of several experiment stations and
demonstration farms in strategic places in the country.
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Philippine Setting . . .
• 1910…
❖Agricultural schools were also
established to educate and train
government agricultural workers and
others engaged in agricultural
services.
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Philippine Setting . . .
• July 10, 1919
❖ The extension and Demonstration Division
expanded its work to include
- ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE
- RURAL CREDIT
- ANIMAL INSURANCE
❖ Person engaged in extension work were called
FARM ADVISERS
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Philippine Setting . . .
• 1923 …
❖ The name Demonstration and Extension
Division was changed to AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION SERVICE
❖ Related events
✔ HOME EXTENSION WORK was started in the
Division of Organic Chemistry of the Bureau of
Soils mainly on FOOD PRESERVATION
✔ MARIA Y. OROSA founded the home extension
service.
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Philippine Setting . . .
• 1929 …
❖ The Bureau of Agriculture was reorganized
with the creation of the
✔ Bureau of Animal Industry
✔ Bureau of Plant Industry
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Philippine Setting . . .
• 1936 …
❖ COMMONWEALTH ACT 85 was passed
establishing PROVINCIAL EXTENSION SERVICES
financed by the provincial and municipal
governments
❖ Some significant result
✔ emergence of BROADER AND MORE
COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
SYSTEM
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Philippine Setting . . .
❖ Some CONSTRAINTS
✔ The home economics group was under the
Plant Utilization Division of BPI
✔ Insufficiency of funds
✔ Unsystematic, scattered, and decentralized
agricultural extension service work done
by the different branches of government
made it difficult for extension agents to
render fully satisfactory service to the
people.
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Philippine Setting . . .
• Undated
❖ COMMONWEALTH ACT 649 was passed
INCREASING the AMOUNT
APPROPRIATED FOR EXTENSION WORK
❖ Set-up of agricultural extension service
CONTINUED UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF
WORLD WAR II
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
• 1950
❖ The Philippine Government REQUESTED the
USA to SEND AN ECONOMIC SURVEY MISSION
to the Philippines to:
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
• August 8, 1963
❖ The BAEx was RENAMED
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
COMMISSION (APC) and placed
UNDER the OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT.
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
• Undated
❖ Executive Order No. 62 creating the RICE
AND CORN AUTHORITY (RCA)
✔ extended CREDIT for seeds, pesticides,
and harvesting
✔ had FERTILIZER SUBSIDY PROGRAM for
participating farmers
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1969
❖ Executive Order No. 183 creating the
NATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
COUNCIL (NFAC)
✔ was given FULL CONTROL OF FOOD
PRODUCTION PROGRAM
✔ CONTROLLED a large portion of FUNDS for
agriculture and funding from The USAID
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1972
❖ Declaration of MARTIAL LAW
❖ Several ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
AFFECTED AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION.
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Philippine Setting . . .
• November 1, 1972
❖ Presidential Decree No. 1 and
Presidential Letter of Implementation
REVERTED THE APC TO ITS ORIGINAL
NAME, THE BAEx
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Philippine Setting . . .
• Other CHANGES
❖ Functions and personnel of COOPERATIVES were
TRANSFERRED to the DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
(DILG)
❖ Presidential Decree 970
✔ ABOLISHED the Bureau of Farm Management of the
DAR
✔ DAR’s extension function was TRANSFERRED to BAEx
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Philippine Setting . . .
• July 1, 1973
❖ The BAEx was TRANSFERRED back to
DA
❖ The ABACA and OTHER FIBERS BOARD
was FUSED with BAEx
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1977
❖ A WORLD BANK MISSION APPRAISED the
Philippines’ agricultural extension service UPON
REQUEST of the Philippine government
❖ RESULTS
✔ The Philippines ADOPTED the TRAINING AND VISIT
SYSTEM (T & V)) which evolved into a development
strategy designed to improve the quality of life of
farm families through a pool of resources.
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1978
❖ PD No. 1579 and LOI No. 595 CREATED MINISTRY-
WIDE REGIONAL OFFICES in the Ministry of
Agriculture
❖ APPOINTMENT of 75 PAOs in 1980
❖ EO No. 967- RENAMED the Ministry of Agriculture
into the MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
(MAF); transferred the BFAR from the Ministry of
Natural Resources to the MAF
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1982…
❖ EO No. 803 designating the PROVINCE as
the POLITICAL UNIT OF MANAGEMENT
for INDUCING AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Philippine Setting . . .
❖ Organizational Set-up
Minister of Agriculture
Regional Director
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1987…
❖ EO No. 116 – MERGED the
✔ BAEx
✔ Agricultural Training Council
✔ Philippine Training Center for Rural
Development
into the
✔ AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (ATI)
The “BIRTH” of the ATI meant the “DEATH” of the
BAEx
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Philippine Setting . . .
ATI’s Mandate…
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1991…
❖ RA No. 7160 – LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
✔ DEVOLVED AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND
TRAINING ACTIVITES to the LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
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Philippine Setting . . .
• In 1997…
❖ A legal instrument
RA 8435 known as the AGRICULTURE
AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT
or AFMA
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Philippine Setting . . .
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Definition of Terms
❖ MODERNIZATION
✔ The PROCESS of
✔ TRANSFORMING the
✔ AGRICULTURE & FISHERIES sectors
into one that is
✔ DYNAMIC
✔ TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED
✔ COMPETITIVE
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✔ Yet CENTERED on
✔ HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
✔ and GUIDED by sound practices of
✔ SUSTAINABILITY
✔ and the PRINCIPLES of SOCIAL
JUSTICE
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Food Security…
❖ The POLICY OBJECTIVE, PLAN, and STRATEGY of
1. MEETING FOOD REQUIREMENTS of PRESENT
and FUTURE GENERATIONS of Filipinos in
SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY
2. ensuring the AVAILABILITY and AFFORDABILITY
of food TO ALL
3. either through LOCAL PRODUCTION or
IMPORTATION, or both
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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• Global competitiveness…
❖ The ABILITY to COMPETE in terms of
✔ PRICE
✔ QUALITY
✔ VOLUME
OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY PRODUCTS relative to those of OTHER
COUNTRIES
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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4. REDUCTION of rural
UNEMPLOYMENT
5. Reduction of incidence of
MALNUTRITION, and
6. IMPROVEMENT in LAND TENURE of
small farmers.
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Strategy
❖ utilization of RESEARCH RESULTS through
✔ FE
✔ NFE
✔ extension and training services
❖ development of a NATIONAL EXTENSION
SYSTEM that will help accelerate the
transformation of Philippine agriculture and
fisheries from a resource-based to a
technology-based industry
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
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• Role of LGUs
❖ Responsible for delivering direct agriculture
and fisheries extension services
❖ The province is mandated to “integrate the
operations of the agriculture extension services
and undertake an annual evaluation of all
municipal extension program.”
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Role of Private Sector
❖ Encourage PARTICIPATION of farmers and
fisherfolks cooperatives and associations and
others in the private sector in the TRAINING
and other COMPLEMENTARY EXTENSION
ACTIVITIES especially in
✔ community organizing
✔ use of participatory approaches
✔ popularization of training materials
✔ regenerative agricultural technologies
✔ agribusiness and management skills
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Role of SUCs
❖ ASSIST in the LGUs’ extension system by
IMPROVING their effectiveness and efficiency
through
✔ capability building
✔ complementary extension activities such as
❖ TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
❖ TRAINING OF LGU PERSONNEL
❖ IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES
❖ EXTENSION CUM RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
SUPPORT SERVICES.
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Financing Scheme
❖ Allocation of multi-year budgets that shall be
treated as grants
❖ Transfer of funds from DA to the LGUs as
extension grants
❖ Placing the budget for agriculture and fishery
at a minimum of 1 % of the Gross Value Added
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Philippine Setting… AFMA
• Strategic Shift
❖ From food security as the SOLE RESPONSIBILITY
of the DA TOWARDS SHARING that
responsibility with the LGUs and OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS
❖ From PURE COMMODITY, PRODUCTION
VOLUME orientation towards RESULTS,
GREATER VALUE-ADDED, PROFITABILITY, and
PEOPLE’S WELFARE
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