Suchergebnisse

To create more impact in rice farming communities, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) - Isabela Branch Station, through its project titled, 'Promotion of Rice and Rice-based Technologies in Northeast Luzon, started to engage all potential partners in the area to serve as allies in rice technology promotion. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan/Bayan- Committee on Agriculture members were identified as one group of primary movers. This committee is expected to work in coordination with the Municipal Agriculture Office in planning and implementing agriculture related projects and activities. Thus, to become more effective technology promotion partners, series of Science and Technology Updates for Legislators were conducted to educate them with the latest technologies related to rice and rice-based farming . An analysis of the participants' profile showed that across sites, majority of the Legislators who participated in the said activity were male at 95% while 5% were women. Majority of them were Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree holders which affirms their qualifications to be in the committee. However, there were 20% legislator-participants who have no background on agriculture. They were the same participants who expressed their interest to have follow-up training activities involving the farmers in their localities. All legislator-participants claimed that the activity gave them ideas on how they could better deliver their roles as chairs of the committee on agriculture and at the same time legislators to benefit their respective farmers. Majority of the participants have selected the top three most useful topics as follows: 1) Overview of the PalayCheck System, 2) ICT Tools, and 3) Climate-Smart Technologies. The participants altogether requested for the conduct of next training activities to include the Committee on Agriculture chair, Municipal Agriculturist, and Planning Officer so that they can be guided in the development of their own municipal agriculture programs.