Republic of the Philippines

Bicol University
EXTENSION SERVICE CENTER
Legazpi City

TRAINING PROPOSAL
on
Training on the Development of Capability of Farmer Technicians

I.

Identifying Data:
Title: Training on the Development of Capability of Farmer Technicians

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Proponents:

DAR ARCCESS Lot B

Dr. Antonio P. Payonga-Area Team Leader
Prof. Jose T. de Leon- Training and Coaching Specialist
Prof. Antonio P. Padayao- Crop Specialist
Dr. Sylva Elena B. Payonga- On-call Expert
Prof. Alma O. Satimbre- On-call Expert
Prof. Judith R. Chavez- On-call Expert
Engr. Risa B. Bermundo- Area Field Technical Assistant
Ranillo P. Babagay- Area Field Technical Assistant
Edilberto B. Pecundo- Area Field Technical Assistant

Implementing Unit/Agency:
No./Type of Participants:

Duration:

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)

Bicol University (BU)
Caayunan Multi-Purpose Cooperative
Twenty five (25) Farmer Technicians
Basud Coconut and Pineapple Cooperative
Twenty five (25) Farmer Technicians
Sta. Elena Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative
Twenty five (25) Farmer Technicians

Sta. Elena Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative

- three (3) days, March 23-25, 2014
Caayunan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, and
Basud Coconut and Pineapple Cooperative
- three (3) days, April 10-12, 2014

Budgetary Requirements: Phase I = 138,830.75

Phase II = 215,250.00
Total = 354,080.75
Registration Fee (if applicable): None
Target Venue: BUCAF FTC Hall and Dormitory - Day 1 to Day 3

II.

Rationale and Brief Description of the Training

The BU-DAR ARCCESS Project: Market-Oriented Agri-Technology and Agri-Extension

Services is a support service delivery mechanism of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
created to contribute to the overall goal of rural poverty reduction particularly in agrarian reform
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areas. It aimed at improving the farm and off-farm incomes of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
(ARBs) through their organizations. It organizes the production, post-harvest, processing,
logistics, and marketing activities of ARBOs, provides common service facilities, and incubates
the agri-enterprise in order to improve farm yields, reduce inefficiencies, and achieve production
volume. Also, prioritizes organizationally-mature ARBOs that will serve as hub or center of
support services not only for their own needs but those of other ARBOs and ARBs in the
community as well
The project seeks to procure agri-technology and agri-extension providers to assist the
ARBOs. Agri-technology is the conduct of research and development on agricultural production
and processing to develop novel farm products. Agri-extension is the application of scientific
research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education and other
communication and learning activities.
One of the key component-activities of the Project is the training and coaching of Farmer
Technicians. This involves the transfer of knowledge and skills to selected ARBs who will form
part of a pool of trainors/coach. These farmer-technicians, in partnership with the CBEOs, should
be able to continue the coaching and sustain the technology transfer activities within the ARBOs
and community. Additional output shall be a training plan to be executed by the farmertechnicians.
The training and deployment of Farmer Technicians in the DAR ARCCESS project sites
is considered and important strategy to ensure successful implementation and sustainability of
the project. For one, the deployment of these technicians will address the gap of the inadequacy
of manpower confronting the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Local Government Units
(LGUs) in its program of promoting or enhancing the adoption of technologies to improve farm
production and income.
Recently, DA has embarked on identifying, training, and deploying the so Local Farmer
Technicians (LFTs) to address the said gap more particularly to ensure success of its Food Staple
Sufficiency Program (FSSP). Accordingly, Training design and program had already been
developed by the Department through the Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI). Hence for
practical reason and to make ARCCESS initiatives keep pace with this national agendum, the
training for the Farmer Technicians is aligned long this initiative and with the mechanization
aspect being given due emphasis. It has been recognized that low agricultural productivity and
profitability in the Philippines may be partly traceable to the poor adoption of mechanization
strategy in the production, harvesting and post-production processes among the farmers.
Moreover, aligning the Training to the LFT initiative of the DA shall also ensure faster and more
meaningful institutionalization of the Farmer Technicians within the structure of the LGUs and
hence of importance to the Cooperatives as well in the DAR agrarian reform areas.
This training will have two basic topical components: a) the agricultural extension
competency development and b) farming competency development. These two basic
competencies shall enable the Farmer Technician to perform his role as change agent for the
promotion of appropriate farming technologies and practices and as technical persons equipped
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with adequate know-how on the latest technologies and practices in crop production, processing
and marketing along the priority crop and /or commodity of their cooperative. An added on
feature of the training design is to bring the participants to an exposure trip where they could
have actual observation of new technologies/practices related to their economic/farm project and
at the same time give them a chance to interact with farmers who are already farmer technicians
themselves in their own locality. This strategy is believed to facilitate the teaching-learning
process and further encourage and inspire them to become farmer technicians also in their own
place.
This training program incorporates another major training that must be designed and
conducted under the Project, i.e. Farm Planning.
III.

Objectives:
At the end of the three-day training, the participants should have:
1. Been updated on the status, problems and prospects of the agriculture at
national and local level;
2. Been oriented about the agricultural development agenda of Bicol Region;
3. Understood and appreciated the importance of farm mechanization;
4. Understood and internalized the role and competencies of Farmer Technician;
5. Understood the methods of extension and related strategies;
6. Understood, appreciated and applied in practice the technologies and practices
in farming;
7. Gained know-how in processing of relevant farm produce; and
8. Gained know-how in marketing farm products.

IV.

Methodology of the Training:

Mechanics:
Two (2) Phases:
Phase I: Agricultural Extension Competency
Includes Study Tour
Phase II: Technical Competency
Season Long/On-Field
Lecture discussion, Games/Exercises, Powerpoint Presentations,
Mini- Workshop

V.

Training Schedule:
Day/Time

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PHASE I
(Includes Exposure
Trip)
Camarines Norte to BUCAF
Day 1
9:00AM-2:00PM
2:00PM
2:00PM-2:30PM
5:30PM
6:00PM-6:30PM

Arrival of the 75 Farmer Technicians

to BUCAF
Registration
Dinner
A. Overview of DAR ARCCESS
PROJECT: Market-Oriented
Agri-Technology and AgriExtension Services
-Overview of the Exposure Trip

6:30PM-7:00PM

B. Introductory topics
-Overview of Agriculture
-Status
-Problems
-Prospects
-development agenda for
agriculture (Bicol)

7:00PM-7:30PM

C. Importance of farm
Mechanization

7:30PM-9:00PM
10:00PM
Day 2
6:00AM
7:00AM-2:00PM

Dr. Antonio P. Payonga

Prof. Jose T. de leon
Prof. Antonio P.
Padayao Jr.
Ranillo P. Babagay
Edilberto P. Pecundo

Welcome Party
TAPS

Registration
Exposure Trip
Pineapple- Oma-Oma, Ligao City
Coco coir- Juboken Enterprises,
Camalig, Albay
Palay- Balangibang,
Polangui,
Albay

Classroom Lecture
Discussion
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3:00PM-3:30PM
3:30PM-4:30PM

D. Agricultural Extension
Competency
-Overview of Extension
-Extension Communication

4:30PM-5:30PM

-Role and functions of an Extension

Agent

5:30PM-6:00PM

-Introduction to Andragogy

6:00PM-8:00PM

-Extension Methods and Techniques

8:00PM-9:00PM

Dinner/ Planning for Phase II

Training
TAPS

9:00PM
DAY 3
7:00-12:00

PHASE II
Farming Competency
(Details will be made
during Phase I)
*Basically onfield/site and season
long
(June-August, 2014)

BUCAF to Camarines Norte

Dr. Antonio P. Payonga

Prof. Jose T. de leon
Prof. Antonio P.
Padayao Jr.
Ranillo P. Babagay
Edilberto P. Pecundo

A. Farm Planning

B. Production Process/ Cultural

Practices for Crops
-Factors Affecting Yield
-Major Activities
-Site Selection and
improvement (contour
establishment)
-Seed Selection
-Land Preparation
-Planting
-Care and Maintenance
-Cultivation
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-Weeding
-Fertilizer Application
-Pest Management and
Control
-Other needed cultural
practices
B. Harvesting
C. Post Harvest Process
-Cleaning
-Sorting/Grading
- Coco coir extraction
-Coco coir and peat
utilization and organic
fertilizer production
-coco coir and peat-based
products quality
improvement
-Processing
-Packaging
C. Marketing

VI.

Budgetary Requirements

PHASE I
Items
Meals and snacks

DAR ARCCESS

From
BUESC/BUCAF/
BUPC

Caayunan
25 pax x 350 x 3days = 26,250.00
BACOPICO
25 pax x 350 x 3days = 26,250.00
SEFMPC
25 pax x350 x 3days = 26,250.00
Total=78,750.00

Training supplies and materials 6,580.75

and equipment
Resource Person
Accommodation
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computer
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And Travel Expenses

Honorariums (Resource
Person,
Facilitator, Training Staff,etc.)
Gasoline/Transportation
Travel Expenses of Resource
Speaker and training staff
Rental of Venue
Rental of Facilities
Contingency Fund
Total

Oma-Oma=3 personsx300=900.00
Balangibang= 1 personx300=300
Polangui= 1 personx300=300
Token amounting = 500
Gasoline = 20,000
Driver = 3,500
25,000

BU Bus
BUPC Bus

BUCAF FTC
BUCAF
3,000
138,830.75

PHASE II
Items

DAR ARCCESS

From
BUESC/BUCAF/
BUPC

Meals and snacks

3 days (lunch and snacks) x140 Php x
75 persons
= 31,500.00
30days snacks x 75 persons x 75 Php
= 168,750.00
Training supplies and materials
and equipment
Resource Person
Accommodation
And Travel Expenses
Honorariums (Resource
15,000.00
Person,
Facilitator, Training Staff,etc.)
Gasoline/Transportation
Travel Expenses of Resource
Speaker and training staff
Rental of Venue
Rental of Facilities
Contingency Fund
Total
215,250.00
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VII.

Impact Assessment:
Objectives

Indicators

1. Been updated on
status,
problems
prospects
of
agriculture at national
local level

the Knowledge gain

and
the
and

Instrument for Impact

Assessment/Sources of
Data
Pre and post training
evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

2. Been oriented about the Knowledge gain

agricultural development
agenda of Bicol Region;

Pre and post training

evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

3. Understood
appreciated
importance
of
Mechanization;

Pre and post training

evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

and Knowledge gain

the
Farm

4. Understood
and Knowledge gain and
internalized the role and application
competencies of Farmer
Technician;

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Training impact evaluation
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5. Understood
the Knowledge gain and
appreciated methods of application
extension and related
strategies

Pre and post training

evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

6. Understood, appreciated Knowledge gain and

and applied in practice the application
technologies and practices
in farming; and

Pre and post training

evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

7. Gained know-how in Knowledge gain and

processing of relevant application
farm produce.

Pre and post training

evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

8. Gained know-how in Knowledge gain and

marketing farm product
application

Pre and post training

evaluation results
Training impact evaluation
results
Training
proceedings/documentatio
n

VIII. Approval Sheet:

Prepared:

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JOSE T. DE LEON, MSc

Coaching and Training Specialist, Lot B

BU-DAR ARCCESS LOT B TEAM

ANTONIO P. PADAYAO JR.
Crop Specialist

ALMA O. SATIMBRE
On-Call Expert
ANTONIO P. PAYONGA, PhD
Team Leader

Reviewed by the BU Extension Review Committee (BUERC):

MA. CORAZON R. NAZ, MSn

Head, DAR Section
BUESC

PAMELA N. ROJAS
Planning Officer,

ROSEMARIE R. JADIE
Head, CE Section
Recommending Approval:
MARISSA N. ESTRELLA, PhD
Dean

Approved:
LEILANI D. PAVILANDO, MSci.
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BUESC, Director

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