Revitalizing Agricultural Education:

Challenges and Opportunities

Roles of PHILIPPINE HIGHER EDUCATION

Expands and
enhances
career and life
choices and
chances of
individuals

Serves as INSTRUMENT for

Poverty alleviation

Human capital formation

Technology-driven
national development &
global competitiveness

Republic Act 7722:

Analysts of the knowledge society or knowledge
economy characterize the
university not just as a generator of
knowledge, an educator of young minds and
a transmitter of culture but also as a major agent of
economic growth. It is both
a Research and Development laboratory and a
mechanism through which the
nation builds its human capital to enable it to actively
participate in the global
economy.

Universities and the

Knowledge ProductionInnovation Loop

Teaching

Extension

Research

Knowledge and Innovation

Production Loop

Teaching

Extension

AcademeCommunity
Linkage

AcademeCommunity
Linkage

Research

Knowledge and Innovation

Production Loop

Teaching

Extension

AcademeIndustry
Linkage

AcademeIndustry
Linkage

Research

Knowledge and Innovation

Production Loop

Teaching

Extension

Linkages
with other
stakeholders

Linkages
with other
stakeholders

Research

Knowledge and Innovation

Production Loop

Teaching

Extension

Nations
Wealth

Research

Human Capital;
Enterprises;
Explorations and Discoveries;
Inventions, Programs, and Designs;
Creations, Books, Data; Others

In our increasingly interconnected and

globally competitive world economy,
unleashing innovation is an essential
component of a comprehensive
economic strategy.

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The impact of innovation

Whats going on?

Philippine HE map of HEIs (2015)

Distribution of Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs)
Public = 227 (12%)*
Private = 1,708 (88%)
Total = 1,935
*excluding 453 SUC satellite campuses

Distribution of Students

Public = 1.7M (44%)

Private = 2.1M (56%)
Total = 3.8M

Number of Higher Education Institutions

(HEIs), AY 2013-2014
2000

1923
1699

1800
1600
1400
1200
1000

Total

800

Public

600

Private

400
200
0

191
224

114

77

159
91

68

148
120 28

124

80
44

27

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Asia#Asia
* Office of Planning, Research and Knowledge Management, Commission on Higher Education, 2014

22

18

12

Philippines Innovation Challenge

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ASEAN Member

Estimated Number of
Estimated Total
Researchers per million Population
population

Number of
HEIs

1. Singapore

6,927

5.3 M

2. Malaysia

1918

29.7 M

124

3. Thailand

581

67 M

159

4. Brunei

281

417,784

18

5. Indonesia

205

250 M

191

6. Vietnam

115

89.7 M

148

7. Philippines

81

102 M

1,935

8. Myanmar

18

53.2 M

176

9. Cambodia

17

15.1 M

77

10. Lao PDR

16

6.7 M

80

Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge

Enrollment
in STEAM
Baccalaureate
Programs
(5-year trend)

600000

500000

400000

300000

200000

100000

0
AY 2010-11

AY 2011-12
Science

Technology

AY 2012-13
Engineering

AY 2013-14
Agri-Fisheries

Mathematics

AY 2014-15

Number
of Graduates
in STEAM
Baccalaureate
Programs
(5-year trend)

80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0

AY 2009-10

AY 2010-11
Science

Technology

AY 2011-12
Engineering

Agri-Fisheries

AY 2012-13
Mathematics

AY 2014-15

Enrollment
in STEAM
Graduate
Programs
(5-year trend)

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
AY 2010-11

AY 2011-12
Science

Technology

AY 2012-13
Engineering

Agri-Fisheries

AY 2013-14
Mathematics

AY 2014-15

Number
of Graduates
in STEAM
Graduate
Programs
(5-year trend)

2000
1800
1600
1400

1200
1000
800
600
400

200
0
AY 2009-10

AY 2010-11
Science

Technology

AY 2011-12
Engineering

Agri-Fisheries

AY 2012-13
Mathematics

AY 2014-15

AY 2010-11
AY 2011-12
AY 2012-13
AY 2013-14
AY 2014-15

Veterinary Technology

Veterinary Medicine

Sugar Technology

Inland Fisheries

Horticulture Management

Horticulture

Forestry

Forest Technology

Food Technology

Food Science and Technology

Food Science

Fisheries Technology

Fisheries Biology

Fisheries

Fish Processing Technology

Farming System

Development Communication

Aquaculture

Animal Technology

Animal Science

Animal Husbandry

Agronomy

Agro-Forestry

Agriculture

Agricultural Technology

Agricultural Science

Agricultural Extension

Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Development

Agricultural Chemistry

Enrollment in
Agriculture
Baccalaureate
Programs
(5-year trend)
60000

50000

40000

30000

20000

10000

Enrollment in
Agriculture
Masters
Programs
(5-year trend)
0
Agricultural Chemistry
Agricultural Development
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Management
Agricultural Science
Agriculture
Agro-Forestry
Agro-Industrial Technology Mgt.
Agrometeorology
Agronomy
Animal Husbandry
Animal Science
Aquaculture
Crop Protection
Crop Science
Development Communication
Farming System
Fisheries
Fisheries Technology
Food Science
Food Science and Technology
Food Technology
Forest Biological Science
Forest Resource Management
Forest Technology
Forestry
Grain Science
Horticulture
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation
Plant Pathology
Plant Science
Sericulture
Soil Science
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Parasitology
Veterinary Technology
Weed Science
Wild Life Studies
Wood Science and Technology

600

500

400

300

200

100

AY 2010-11
AY 2011-12
AY 2012-13
AY 2013-14
AY 2014-15

Enrollment in
Agriculture
Doctoral
Programs
(5-year trend)

3500

3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0

AY 2010-11

AY 2011-12

AY 2012-13

AY 2013-14

AY 2014-15

AY 2009-10
AY 2010-11
AY 2011-12
AY 2012-13
AY 2013-14

Veterinary Technology

Veterinary Medicine

Sugar Technology

Inland Fisheries

Horticulture Management

Horticulture

Forestry

Forest Technology

Food Technology

Food Science and Technology

Food Science

Fisheries Technology

Fisheries Biology

Fisheries

Fish Processing Technology

Farming System

Development Communication

Aquaculture

Animal Technology

Animal Science

Animal Husbandry

Agronomy

Agro-Forestry

Agriculture

Agricultural Technology

Agricultural Science

Agricultural Extension

Agricultural Engineering

Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Development

Agricultural Chemistry

Number of
Graduates
in Agriculture
Baccalaureate
Programs
(5-year trend)
6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

Number
of Graduates
in Agriculture
Masters
Programs
(5-year trend)
0
Agricultural Chemistry
Agricultural Development
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Management
Agricultural Science
Agriculture
Agro-Forestry
Agro-Industrial Technology Mgt.
Agrometeorology
Agronomy
Animal Husbandry
Animal Science
Aquaculture
Crop Protection
Crop Science
Development Communication
Farming System
Fisheries
Fisheries Technology
Food Science
Food Science and Technology
Food Technology
Forest Biological Science
Forest Resource Management
Forest Technology
Forestry
Grain Science
Horticulture
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation
Plant Pathology
Plant Science
Sericulture
Soil Science
Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Parasitology
Veterinary Technology
Weed Science
Wild Life Studies
Wood Science and Technology

120

100
80

60

40

20

AY 2009-10
AY 2010-11
AY 2011-12
AY 2012-13
2013/14

Number of
Graduates
in Agriculture
Doctoral
Programs
(5-year trend)

200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0

AY 2009-10

AY 2010-11

AY 2011-12

AY 2012-13

AY 2013-14

Number of
HEIs Offering
Agri-Fisheries
Programs
by Sector,
AY 2014-15

SUCs (51)

Private (269)

Research Output Philippines

Overall Publication Output (1980 2014)

Research Impact Philippines

Countries Comparison Publication Output

(2005 2014)

PH Universities: Trend of Output

40

PH Universities: Trend of Impact

41

Top 10 Subject Areas Impact (2005 2014)

Philippines Researchers Most Published

Journals (2005 2014)
Q4

Q4
Q2
Q4
Q2
Q1
IF N.A.
Q1
Q4
Q1

Taking Stock: Opportunities

Ecosystem

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Key thoughts
Extension is not a one-time event or activity
Extension is not a feel good program
Extension cannot win them all: Individual decisions must be
respected, studied for what they arewhy people think, feel
and act the way they do
Extension is dynamic

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Purposive and
Multidisciplinary Research
and Innovation, and
Extension Program

RELEVANCE

Presented by:
Amparo M. Wagan
Program Leader
Maria Victoria O. Espaldon

Hosting with DOST the 1ST APEC High-Level Policy

Dialogue on Science and Technology in Higher
Education, August 13-14, 2015
Science and Technology expert mobility
Cross-border education
Inter-university collaboration

Thank you.