Enhancing AFNR-HEI Programs through S&T-Based Capacity Building. Melvin B. Carlos 1 ABSTRACT

Enhancing AFNR-HEI Programs through S&T-Based Capacity Building Melvin B. Carlos 1 1 Director, Technology Transfer and Promotion Division, Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development ABSTRACT DOST-PCAARRD launched the Program entitled Enhancing the Demand for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Graduates Through Science and Technology (or AFNR-HRD Program) in 2008 to address the dwindling enrolment in Agriculture, Fisheries and other Natural Resources (AFNR) curricular programs in state universities and colleges (SUCs). Component Project 2 of the program called Institutional Capability Enhancement in Key Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) represents the biggest direct investment of DOST- PCAARRD to AFNR-SUCs institutional capacity building since the eighties (80s). Facilities enhancement, equipment procurement, curriculum development, learning resources enhancement and trainings for faculty, students, graduates and other clients were conducted as direct interventions to improve the institutional environment of selected SUCs in support to one of the program s objectives to increase enrolment in AFNR courses and allied fields. Overall, there were 164 facilities enhanced and 937 equipment items procured across 45 SUC beneficiaries. Equipment acquisition and facilities enhancement activities were mainly for the improvement of production, laboratory, processing, instructional and office facilities. Moreover, the AFNR degree programs were developed through enhancement of curricula and subjects. As a result, 137 AFNR curricula were reviewed, 86 were enriched, 45 were revised and nine (9) new curricula were developed. Likewise, there were 200 subjects reviewed, 199 enriched, 12 revised and 4 new subjects developed. As essential support to curricula enhancement and technopreneurial skills development of faculty and clients, 735 new learning materials were also developed comprising of 86 technical and entrepreneurship guides, 178 course syllabi, 120 training modules, 139 business plans, 38 laboratory and lecture manuals, and 159 other learning materials such as cases, technical bulletins, short courses, investment packages, leaflets, flyers, PowerPoint presentations, among others. A total of 284 technical, entrepreneurship, combined technical and entrepreneurship trainings, and study tours were also provided throughout the duration of the program to improve both the technical and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills of 1,709 faculty members; 11,064 AFNR students; 2,804 graduates; and 3,960 other clients (researchers, technicians, farmers, out-of-school-youth, and workers). Employment generation initiatives such as the conduct of 12 job fairs to assist graduates and graduating students seek gainful employment were included as part of the component. Furthermore, the program produced a total of 853 TESDA-certified clients from VSU, CLARRDEC and CVARRD, and ILARRDEC. The component also supported 23 projects that enhanced the R&D efforts of 16 partners in nine (9) regions, which contributed to the generation of 17 new technologies and 1

one (1) extension modality. The projects were able to generate contractual employment opportunities to 92 AFNR graduates to up to three (3) years period. Keywords: institutional capacity building, facilities enhancement, equipment development, learning resources enhancement, faculty and clients trainings procurement, curriculum 2

ACCOMPLISHMENTS A. CURRICULAR ENHANCEMENT In line with the standards of CHED and in the light of integrating entrepreneurship into the AFNR course offerings and in responding to the needs of the industry for qualified graduates, curricular enhancement activities focused on the review, enrichment, revision of various AFNR curricula including the development of new ones. On the aggregate, 137 AFNR curricula were reviewed under the program (Figure 1 and Table 1). Of this, 86 were enriched with the integration of management and entrepreneurship in the various curricula. Forty-five (45) curricula were revised which took sometime to be approved up to the university council/board level. Finally nine (9) new AFNR curricula were developed under the program all to the credit of MMSU. Curricula Revised 45 New Curricula 9 Curricula Reviewed 137 Curricula Enriched 86 Figure 1. Total Number of AFNR Curricula Reviewed, Enriched, Revised and Newly Developed Curricular enhancements were also undertaken through the review, enrichment, revision and development of new subjects aside from the review, enrichment, revision, and development of new curricula. Out of the total of 200 subjects reviewed, 199 were enriched, 12 were revised, while 4 were new subjects developed (Figure 2 and Table 2). Figure 2. Total Number of Subjects Reviewed, Enriched, Revised, and Newly Developed 3

Table 1. Number of AFNR Curricula Reviewed, Enriched, Revised and Newly Developed by Regional Project Implementer. Region Project Implementers/Partners AFNR Curricula Enhancement Reviewed Enriched Revised New I Lead Agency: ILARRDEC Partner Agencies: MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU 13 9 N/A 7 II & III Lead Agency: CLARRDEC & CVARRD Partner Agencies: CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU, QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC 28 28 N/A N/A IV-A Lead Agency: UPLB 1 N/A 1 N/A IV-B V VIII IX Southern Mindanao (Fisheries) XI Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Lead Agency: CvSU Partner Agencies: LSPU, SLSU, WPU, OMNC, BatSU, URS, RSU, UPLB 19 3 14 2 Lead Agency: BU Partner Agencies: BUCAF, BUTC, CBSUA, CNSC, DEBEMESCAT, PSU, SSC 10 10 N/A N/A Lead Agency: VSU Partner Agencies: UEP, ESSU, SLSU, NSU 16 N/A 16 N/A Lead Agency: WMSU, Partner Agencies: JRMSC, ZSCMST, JHCSC 17 17 N/A N/A Lead Agency: Zonal Center V Partner Agencies: DNSC, SPAMAST, USM, MSU-GS, SKSU-K 6 5 1 N/A Lead Agency: USEP Partner Agencies: USEP-Tagum, USEP-Mabini 4 1 3 N/A Lead Agency: Zonal Center IV Partner Agencies: MSU Naawan 10 N/A 10 N/A Lead Agency: HARRDEC Partner Agencies: BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC 13 13 N/A N/A T O T A L 137 86 45 9 4

Table 2. Number of AFNR Subjects Reviewed, Enriched, Revised and Newly Developed by Region and by Regional Project Implementers. Region Project Implementer/Partners AFNR Subject Enhancement Reviewed Enriched Revised New I Lead Agency: ILARRDEC Partner Agencies: MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU 26 26 N/A N/A II & III Lead Agency: CLARRDEC & CVARRD Partner Agencies: CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU, QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC 52 57 N/A N/A IV-A Lead Agency: UPLB 3 N/A N/A 3 IV-B VIII IX Southern Mindanao (Fisheries) XI Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Lead Agency: CvSU Partner Agencies: LSPU, SLSU, WPU, OMNC, BatSU, URS, RSU, UPLB Lead Agency: VSU Partner Agencies: UEP, ESSU, SLSU, NSU Lead Agency: WMSU, Partner Agencies: JRMSC, ZSCMST, JHCSC Lead Agency: Zonal Center V Partner Agencies: DNSC, SPAMAST, USM, MSU-GS, SKSU-K Lead Agency: USEP Partner Agencies: USEP-Tagum, USEP-Mabini Lead Agency: Zonal Center IV Partner Agencies: MSU Naawan Lead Agency: HARRDEC Partner Agencies: BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC N/A 12 N/A N/A 4 5 N/A N/A 81 70 N/A N/A 5 5 N/A N/A 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 1 24 24 N/A N/A T O T A L 200 199 12 4 5

B. Facilities Enhancement Facilities enhancement activities come in various forms such as improvements, rehabilitation, repairs, refurbishment, among others. The facilities targeted to be enhanced included those in: (a) Production, Field, Demonstration Facilities irrigation, fences, laboratories, storage rooms, animal houses, nurseries, gardens, hatcheries, barns, etc. (b) Laboratory Facilities Analytical, production laboratory (e.g. tissue culture lab) (c) Processing Facilities processing centers, income-generating projects (d) Instructional Facilities - such as training rooms/centers, audio-visual rooms (e) Office Facilities departmental or unit offices used for instruction or management of the various AFNR-HRD Projects. The program, through its partners enhanced a total of 165 facilities broken down as: 111 production facilities (67%), 22 processing facilities (13%), 20 laboratory facilities (12%), 10 instruction facilities (6%), and 2 offices facilities (1%) as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Total Number of Facilities Enhanced, by Type Table 3 shows that Region V SUCs had the most number of facilities enhanced (47 facilities) followed by Regions II and II (CLARRDEC-CVARRD with 11 SUCs) with 30 facilities and Region VIII with 21 facilities. On the overall, the program exceeded its target of 142 facilities to be enhanced by 115%. Figure 4. Samples of Facilities Enhancements in Partner SUCs. Upper-left: Training Room at VSU; Upper-center: Upper-right: Goat house at VSU; Lower-left: Fishpond Rehab at CBSUA; Lower-center: Sea Urchin/Cucumber Hatchery at CASAT-MMSU; Lower-right; Tissue Culture at SLSU. 6

Table 3. Number of Facilities Enhanced by Type by Regional Project Implementer. Region Project Implementers/Partners Type of Facilities Enhanced Il II & III Lead Agency: ILARRDEC Partner Agencies: MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU Lead Agency: CLARRDEC & CVARRD Partner Agencies: CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU, QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC Laboratory Production Processing Instructional Office TOTAL N/A 12 N/A N/A N/A 12 2 20 8 N/A N/A 30 IV-A Lead Agency: UPLB 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 IV-B V VIII IX Southern Mindanao (Fisheries) XI Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Lead Agency: CvSU Partner Agencies: LSPU, SLSU, WPU, BatSU, URS, OMNC, RSU Lead Agency: BU Partner Agencies: BUCAF, BUTC, CBSUA, CNSC, DEBEMESCAT, PSU, SSC Lead Agency: VSU Partner Agencies: UEP, ESSU, SLSU, NSU Lead Agency: WMSU Partner Agencies: JRMSC, ZSCMST, JHCSC Lead Agency: Zonal Center V Partner Agencies: DNSC, SPAMAST, USM, MSU-GS, SKSU-K Lead Agency: USEP Partner Agencies: USEP-Tagum, USEP-Mabini Lead Agency: Zonal Center IV Partner Agencies: MSU-Naawan Lead Agency: HARRDEC Partner Agencies: BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC N/A 2 1 3 1 7 N/A 46 N/A 1 N/A 47 10 7 N/A 4 N/A 21 4 N/A 2 1 N/A 7 N/A 5 10 N/A N/A 15 2 2 N/A 1 1 6 N/A 13 1 N/A N/A 14 N/A 4 N/A N/A N/A 4 T O T A L 20 111 22 10 2 164 7

C. Equipment Procurement The equipment procured by regional implementers for their SUC partners were as varied as the following: (1) laboratory - in support of analytical and laboratory-type E-IGPs such as tissue culture laboratory; (2) production/field/demonstration field-based equipment used in various crops, livestock and fishery E-IGPs; (3) processing used for value-adding E-IGPs; (4) instructional/ ICT/Audio-Visual mainly used for students' short-term technical and entrepreneurial trainings and regular instruction purposes; and (5) office equipment those that are used for in support of project management. The Equipment Procurement Subcomponent enhanced the capability of the various SUC partners to acquire and use brand new or improved equipment not only for the use of students for the duration of the AFNR-HRD Program and but for future instructional purposes. As shown in Figure 5, production related equipment comprised the majority (322 units) of total equipment or 34%, laboratory equipment (218) or 23%, office equipment (156 units) or 17%, processing equipment (135 units) or 14%, and instructional equipment (106 units) or 11%. Figure 5. Total Number of Equipment Procured, by Type A total of 937 equipment were procured under the program with an overall accomplishment of 113% when compared to the total target of 822 items. Region V SUCs were able to procure the most number of equipment (409) representing 48% of total equipment procurement (Table 4) majority of which were production related equipment. This was followed by Region IV-B SUCs with 174, Region VIII SUCs with 69, Region IV-A SUCs with 52, while CAR SUCs had 49. Region IX SUCs and the combined region II and III SUCs each had 42 equipment purchased. The Ilocosbased SUCs purchased a total of 32 equipment while Region XI SUCs acquired 28 new units. The fisheries-based SUCs in Southern Mindanao procured 19 units and 21 for Northern Mindanao. 8

Figure 6. Samples of Equipment Procured Under the Program. 9

Table 4. Number of Equipment Procured By Type of Equipment and Project Implementer Region Project Implementers/Partners Type of Equipment Procured I II & III Lead Agency: ILARRDEC Partner Agencies: MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU Lead Agency: CLARRDEC & CVARRD Partner Agencies: CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU, QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC Laboratory Production Processing Instructional Office TOTAL N/A 9 20 1 2 32 N/A 24 7 2 9 42 IV-A Lead Agency: UPLB 23 N/A N/A 8 21 52 IV-B V VIII IX Southern Mindanao (Fisheries) XI Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Lead Agency: CvSU Partner Agencies: LSPU, SLSU, WPU, BatSU, URS, OMNC, RSU Lead Agency: BU Partner Agencies: BUCAF, BUTC, CBSUA, CNSC, DEBEMESCAT, PSU, SSC Lead Agency: VSU Partner Agencies: UEP, ESSU, SLSU, NSU Lead Agency: WMSU Partner Agencies: JRMSC, ZSCMST, JHCSC Lead Agency: Zonal Center V Partner Agencies: DNSC, SPAMAST, USM, MSU-GS, SKSU-K Lead Agency: USEP Partner Agencies: USEP-Tagum, USEP-Mabini Lead Agency: Zonal Center IV Partner Agencies: MSU-Naawan Lead Agency: HARRDEC Partner Agencies: BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC N/A N/A 73 24 77 174 149 243 1 10 6 409 38 N/A N/A 25 6 69 3 7 6 26 N/A 42 N/A 6 13 N/A N/A 19 5 N/A N/A 7 16 28 N/A 17 4 N/A N/A 21 N/A 16 11 3 19 49 T O T A L 218 322 135 100 79 937 10

D. Learning Materials Development Various learning materials (735) were developed as essential support to the program particularly to curricula enhancement, faculty and clients technopreneurial skills development. Learning materials came in various types with the following accomplishments (Figure 7): 86 technical and entrepreneurship guides (12%), 120 training modules (16%), 178 course syllabi (24%), 139 business plans (19%), 38 laboratory and lecture manuals (5%), 15 case books (2%)and 159 other types of learning materials (22%), composed of case studies, technical bulletins, PowerPoint presentations, training manuals, investment packages). Figure 7. Total Number of Learning Materials Developed, by Type Region I SUC partners were the most prolific among implementers which produced 191 various types of learning materials (Table 5). This was followed by Region IX with 136 and CAR with 101. Other regions produced less than 50 learning materials each. The program was able to surpass its total target of 331 learning materials by 214%. Figure 8. Samples of Learning Materials Developed Under the Program. 11

Table 5. Number of Learning Materials Developed By Type of Learning Material and Project Implementer Region Project Implementers/Partners Learning Materials Developed Tech/Entrep Course Training Business Lab/Lec Others TOTAL Guide Syllabi Modules Plans Manuals I Lead Agency: ILARRDEC Partner Agencies: MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU 24 78 32 N/A 13 44 191 II & III Lead Agency: CLARRDEC & CVARRD Partner Agencies: CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU, QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC 6 N/A 6 N/A N/A 23 35 IV-A Lead Agency: UPLB N/A N/A 6 N/A N/A 27 33 IV-B V VIII IX Southern Mindanao (Fisheries) XI Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Lead Agency: CvSU Partner Agencies: LSPU, SLSU, WPU, BatSU, URS, OMNC, RSU Lead Agency: BU Partner Agencies: BUCAF, BUTC, CBSUA, CNSC, DEBEMESCAT, PSU, SSC Lead Agency: VSU Partner Agencies: UEP, ESSU, SLSU, NSU Lead Agency: WMSU Partner Agencies: JRMSC, ZSCMST, JHCSC Lead Agency: Zonal Center V Partner Agencies: DNSC, SPAMAST, USM, MSU-GS, SKSU-K Lead Agency: USEP Partner Agencies: USEP-Tagum, USEP-Mabini Lead Agency: Zonal Center IV Partner Agencies: MSU-Naawan Lead Agency: HARRDEC Partner Agencies: BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC N/A N/A 30 35 N/A 22 87 28 N/A N/A 4 10 N/A 42 11 3 10 N/A N/A 3 27 N/A 65 9 48 N/A 14 136 5 2 9 N/A N/A N/A 16 1 30 5 1 1 5 44 5 N/A 7 N/A N/A 7 19 6 N/A 6 51 14 24 101 T O T A L 86 178 120 139 38 159 735 12

E. Trainings Conducted 1. Faculty Training By design, the program intended to improve the technical and entrepreneurial knowledge and skills of the faculty members of partner SUCs to enable them to become effective teachers/mentors and advance the quality of AFNR education in their respective SUCs. Substantial investments were made in the design and conduct of the required short-term courses as well as study tour programs envisioned by project implementers as important to faculty retooling and development. The accomplishments for faculty training are presented in Figures 9 and 10. The program through the project implementers was able to conduct 85 trainings, 29% or 25 were technical trainings, 21% or 18 were entrepreneurship trainings, 14% or 12 were combined technical and entrepreneurship trainings and 35% or 30 were other types of training. Technical 25 Entrepreneurship 18 Combined Technical & Entrepreneurship 12 Others 30 Figure 9. Number of Trainings Conducted for Faculty, by Type of Trainings The partner SUCs benefited from the program in terms of faculty technopreneurial skills development and retooling. About 21% or 315 faculty were trained in the technical fields, 32% or 480 faculty in the area of entrepreneurship while 12% or 183 were trained in the combined technical and entrepreneurship courses (Figure 10). A large proportion of the faculty were trained in non-technical and non-entrepreneurial courses comprising about 34% or 507 faculty. The overall accomplishment in faculty training is 149% or 1,485 actual faculty trained compared to 994 faculty targeted. 13

600 500 400 300 200 100 0 315 480 183 25 18 12 30 Technical Entrepreneurship Combined Technical & Entrepreneurship No. of Faculty Trainings No. of Faculty Trained Others Figure 10. Number of Faculty Trained by Type of Training 507 Region I had conducted the most number of faculty trainings (302) followed by Region XI (174), Region IV-B (166), Regions II and III (163), Region V (162) and Region IX (149) (Table 6). The number of faculty trained was topped by Region I (342) followed by Region V (225), Region XI (209), Region IV-B (189), Regions II and III (187), Region IX (167), Region VIII (127) while other regions trained less than 100 faculty each. Only seven (7) project implementers conducted study tours as an alternative method of faculty learning and development (Figure 11). These were BU, CvSU, WMSU, USEP, CLARRDEC- CVARRD, VSU, and ILARRDEC. Cross-visits to other SUCs enabled the faculty members an appreciation and exchange of ideas of what the other implementers were doing in terms of curricular enhancement, equipment procurement, facilities enhancement, students training, and implementation of income generating projects (IGPs) with the hope of being able to gain something to improve their own project. Also included in the study tours were regional or provincial government agencies and project sector business enterprises. About 219 faculty members benefited from study tours or 183% accomplishment over the overall target of 120 faculty members. Figure 11. Number of Faculty on Study Tours, by Region 14

Figure 12. Examples of Faculty Technopreneurial Training Activities at DNSC (U-L); USEP (U-R); CVARRD (L-L); and ILARRDEC (L-R). 15

Table 6. Number of Faculty Trainings Conducted and Number of Faculty Trained by Type of Training and Regional Implementer. Region I II & III Participating Agency Lead Agency: ILARRDEC Partner Agencies: MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU Lead Agency: CLARRDEC & CVARRD Partner Agencies: CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU; QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC Number of Faculty Trainings Technical Entrep. Combined Others Study Tours Number of Faculty Trained Total Technical Entrep. Combined Others 4 1 N/A 5 1 10 12 52 N/A 238 40 342 N/A N/A 6 2 1 8 N/A N/A 119 44 24 187 IV-A Lead Agency: UPLB 3 N/A N/A 9 N/A 12 39 N/A N/A 26 N/A 65 IV-B Lead Agency: CvSU Partner Agencies: LSPU, SLSU, WPU, 7 N/A N/A 10 2 19 87 N/A N/A 79 23 189 BatSU, URS, OMNC, RSU V Lead Agency: BU Partner Agencies: BUCAF, BUTC, N/A 3 N/A 1 1 4 N/A 100 N/A 62 63 225 CBSUA, CNSC, DEBEMESCAT, PSU, SSC VIII Lead Agency: VSU Partner Agencies: UEP, ESSU, SLSU, 2 1 N/A 2 1 6 16 32 N/A 63 16 127 NSU IX Lead Agency: WMSU Partner Agencies: JRMSC, ZSCMST, 4 1 N/A N/A 1 6 73 76 N/A N/A 18 167 JHCSC Southern Mindanao Lead Agency: Zonal Center V Partner Agencies: DNSC, SPAMAST, 2 7 N/A N/A N/A 9 11 51 N/A N/A N/A 62 (Fisheries) USM, MSU-GS, SKSU-K XI Lead Agency: USEP Partner Agencies: USEP-Tagum, USEP- Mabini 3 1 5 N/A 1 10 77 33 64 N/A 35 209 Study Tours 16 Total

Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Lead Agency: Zonal Center IV Partner Agencies: MSU-Naawan Lead Agency: HARRDEC Partner Agencies: BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC N/A 4 N/A N/A N/A 4 N/A 48 N/A N/A N/A 48 N/A N/A 1 1 N/A 2 N/A 88 N/A N/A N/A 88 T O T A L 25 18 12 30 5 90 315 480 183 512 219 1,709 17

2. Training of Students, Graduates and Other Clients a. Number of Trainings Conducted The project implementers conducted a total of one hundred ninety-four (196) training courses for students, graduates and other clients (Figure 13). Majority of the trainings conducted were technical in nature (82) or 42% of the total number of trainings conducted. Thirteen percent (13%) were entirely entrepreneurial trainings numbering about 27 short courses. Some implementers considered combining technical training with entrepreneurial training as more effective (e.g. USEP and Zonal Center IV) and there were seventy-five (75), or 38% of this type. Only eight (12) courses were conducted for other types of training, or 6%. Entrepreneurship 27 Combined Technical and Entrepreneurship 75 Technical 82 Others 12 Figure 13. Number of Trainings Conducted for Students, Graduates and Other Clients, by Type of Training b. Number of Clients Trained A total of 17,828 client-participants underwent technical, entrepreneurship, combined technical/entrepreneurship and other types of trainings. This accomplishment is 210% over the target of 8,492 clients. Figure 14 shows the number of participants trained by the SUCs under the AFNR Program. There were 11,064 students trained (or 62%), 2,804 graduates (or 16%) and 3,960 other clients (or 22%). 7,000 6,333 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 3,298 2,596 2,000 1,000-1,070 1,419 170 1,158 Technical Entrepreneurship Combined Technical and Entrepreneurship 977 423 118 69 197 Others Students Graduates Other Clients Figure 14. Number of Clients Trained, by Type of Trainings, by Type of Client 18

Majority of the clients were trained in purely technical trainings with a total of 10,701 representing 60% of total clients trained (Table 7). On purely entrepreneurial trainings, 4,185 clients were trained or 23% while 1,345 clients were trained on combined technical and entrepreneurial trainings or 8% of total clients trained. For other types of trainings, about 1,174 clients were trained or 9% of total. Regions II and II trained the most number of clients (6,197) or 35% of total trained. This was followed by Region I (2,303), VSU (1,778), Region IX (1,699), and Southern Mindanao (1,604). The rest of the regions trained less than 1,000 clients each. The region which trained the most number of students were: Regions II and III (2,688), Regions I (1,925), Region VIII (1,696), Southern Mindanao (1,584). For graduates trained, CAR surpassed other regions by training 792 graduates, followed by Region II and III (560) Region IX (477), Region I (378), Region IV-B (243), and Region V (150). The other regions have trained less than 100 graduates each. Region II and III trained the most number of other clients (2,949), followed by Student Region IX (423), Region Trainings IV-A (229) and Region IV-B (176). The rest of the regions have each trained less than 100 other clients. Figure 15. Various Trainings for Students, Graduates and Other Clients 19

Table 7. Number of Trainings Conducted, Target vs Accomplishment, By Type of Training, By Regional Project Implementer. Region I II & III Participating Agency ILARRDEC, MMSU, DMMMSU, ISPSC, UNP, PSU CLARRDEC & CVARRD CLSU, RMTU, PAC, TCA, ISU, QSC, NVSU, CSU, BPSU, BASC Number of Trainings Conducted Techl Entrep Combd Others Total Type and Number of Clients Trained Students Graduates Other Clients Techl Entrep Combd Others Total Techl Entrep Combd Others Total Techl Entrep Combd Others Total 7 1 1 4 13 575 450 98 802 1,925 43 135 3 197 378 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,303 27 6 59 3 95 2,688 N/A N/A N/A 2,688 560 N/A N/A N/A 560 2,949 N/A N/A N/A 2,949 6,197 IV-A UPLB 4 N/A 1 N/A 5 100 N/A 40 N/A 140 31 N/A 25 N/A 56 229 N/A N/A N/A 229 425 IV-B V VIII IX Southern Mindanao (Fisheries) XI CvSU, UPLB, LSPU, SLSU, WPU, BatSU, URS, OMNC, RSU BU, BUCAF, BUTC, CBSUA, CNSC, DEBEMESCAT, PSU, SSC VSU, UEP, ESSU, SLSU, NSU WMSU, JRMSC, ZSCMST, JHCSC Zonal Center V DNSC, SPAMAST, USM, MSU-GS, SKSU- K, MOSCAT USEP, USEP-Tagum, USEP-Mabini 27 4 1 N/A 32 578 12 N/A N/A 590 N/A 198 45 N/A 243 176 N/A N/A N/A 176 1,009 1 2 N/A 1 4 184 115 60 N/A 359 N/A 150 N/A N/A 150 82 N/A N/A N/A 82 591 4 1 N/A 2 7 817 724 N/A 155 1,696 82 N/A N/A N/A 82 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,778 4 1 N/A 1 6 496 136 167 799 342 135 N/A N/A 477 N/A N/A N/A 423 423 1,699 6 9 N/A N/A 15 570 1,014 N/A N/A 1,584 4 6 N/A N/A 10 3 7 N/A N/A 10 1,604 1 1 6 1 9 62 70 562 20 714 8 3 25 N/A 36 3 N/A N/A N/A 3 753 20 Total

Northern Mindanao (Fisheries) CAR Zonal Center IV MSU System N/A N/A 7 N/A 7 N/A N/A 231 N/A 231 N/A N/A 20 N/A 20 N/A N/A 69 N/A 69 320 HARRDEC BSU, ASC, ASIST, IFSU, KASC, MPSPC N/A 1 N/A N/A 1 263 75 N/A N/A 338 N/A 792 N/A N/A 792 19 N/A N/A N/A 19 1,149 T O T A L 81 26 75 12 194 6,333 2,596 1,158 977 11,064 1,070 1,419 118 197 2,804 3,461 7 69 423 3,960 17,828 21

F. Employment Generation Initiatives 1. Job Fairs Conducted To assist graduates and graduating students seek gainful employment, the project implementers organized twelve (12) job fairs (Figure 16). Only seven (7) out of seventeen (17) projects held job fairs to promote and enhance the employability of their graduates. Four (4) job fairs were organized in Region V, two (2) job fairs each in Region II and II, and Region XI. Region IV-B, Region VIII, and Region IX each sponsored one (1) job fair. Figure 16. Number of Jobs Fair, by Regional Implementer 2. TESDA Certification of Clients Not all project implementers designed their projects for their trained clients to be TESDAcertified. Only VSU, CLARRDEC and CVARRD, ILARRDEC, WMSU had planned to have some of their clients TESDA NC II-certified. However, WMSU did not pursue their client certification due to lack of funds to cover the certification fees charged by TESDA. The program produced a total of 853 TESDA-certified clients. Region I was the most prolific with 386 certifications followed by Regions II and III (249) and lastly by Region VIII (218) (Figure 17). Figure 17. Number of TESDA-Certified Clients, by Region Implementer 22

G. R&D in Support of Enterprise Development and Employment Generation A set of R&D projects were approved during year 2 as an adjunct to Project 2 to help enhance the capacity of partner institutions to develop potential technologies into maturity. One of the objectives was to augment the pool of technologies of participating SUCs that can be commercialized in Project 3.1 by students, alumni and other clients. These 23 projects had more than one (1) year duration; hence the technologies being developed (Table 8) are still works-in-progress. Table 8. Technologies Being Developed Under Component Project 4. Region Implementing Agency Project No. Description of Technologies in the Pipeline III, IV-A CLSU & UPLB Project 4.1 Not yet implemented III CLSU Project 4.2 Fresh Crude Extracts, Fermented Products (plant material and molasses) and Vinegar Crude Extract (from sweet sorghum) treatment against insect pests. In-vitro experiment to identify which botanical plant is effective in disease management of organic vegetable in the region. II & III DA RFU II & ISU Project 4.3 Technology Transfer Modality for Farm Led Extension (FLE) Corn CAR BSU Project 4.4a Yellow Ginger, Garlic and Chili extracts as treatment against pests Extracts of sunflower, onion, garlic chili, yellow ginger, Piper Betle, wood vinegar from rice hull and vermicompost tea against major insect pests of cabbage, tomato, potato and garden pea. I MMSU Project 4.4b Water extraction to obtain the fresh extract of the plant. Wine and Vinegar Extract Goat manure tea and distilled water as solvent as treatment for insect pests and diseases. V MGB-V & BU- LC Project 4.5a Risk scenario models and communication program for flood prone areas. V PSU & BU-TC Project 4.5b Not applicable V BU-CAF Project 4.5c Enhanced Potted Plant (EPP) technology for food security and business. V DENR, ERDS V & BU-LC Project 4.5d Karagomoi planting technologies as business opportunities for flood prone areas. CAR BSU Project 4.6a Formulation of Fish Amino Acid and Fermentation of plants parts to produce organic liquid nitrogen. Formulation of animal bones from grass eating 23

animals and oyster and mussel shells to create organic liquid phosphorus. Fermentation of Banana peels and papaya fruits to produce organic liquid potassium. Formulation of solid organic fertilizers (chicken manure, mushroom compost, wild sunflower and alnus compost) in different percent composition. Isolation and incubation of bacteria from soil. I MMSU Project 4.6b Formulation of solid organic fertilizer such as carabao manure, carbonized rice hull (CRH) and available weed species. Production of liquid organic fertilizer through fermentation. Production of Biochar and CRH. II & III CSU Project 4.6c Formulation of Organic Fertilizer III CLSU Project 4.6d Development of solid organic fertilizer products from farm waste materials. Fermentation of plant extracts and fish amino acid extract to produce liquid organic fertilizer. Formulation of microbial fertilizer products through isolation of carabao manure. IV-A UPLB Project 4.6e Efficacy testing of solid biofertilizers products. Fermentation of liquid organic fertilizers and microbials XI USM Project 4.7a In the process of Terminal Report writing IV-A UPLB Project 4.7b In the process of Terminal Report writing IV-A UPLB Project 4.8a On-going IV-A UPLB Project 4.8b On-going CAR BSU Project 4.9a Development of high-yielding varieties grown organically. II & III CSU Project 4.9b Development of varieties recommended for organic production. II & III PAC Project 4.9c Production of Open-pollinated varieties under organic condition. Fermented fruit Juice (FFJ) and Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) making. IV-A UPLB Project 4.9d Insect-repelling aromatic plants to attract pollinators and other beneficial insects. Plastic mulch to control weeds. 24

Vermicomposting as a major source of nutrients. MOSCAT Project 4.9e Caging of crossed crops to produce pure seeds and bagging and selfing of cross pollinated crops to maintain the genetic or varietal purity of the organic vegetables. Total 13 23 17 During the implementation of the projects, the students received both entrepreneurial as well as technical trainings and immersion related to the technologies being developed. The exposure of students to these projects will hopefully elicit some interest for them to pursue careers as researchers or technology transfer agents as in the case of extension workers. The accomplishments of the twenty-three (23) projects are discussed below. Simultaneous training and immersion to R&D projects was the strategy employed in the experiential learning of a total of 1,571 students. Project 4 generated contractual employment opportunities to 92 AFNR graduates to up to three (3) years period. CSU Project 4.9b contributed to 23% employment or 21 graduates while PSU and BUTC were able to employ 13 graduates or 14%. The Farmer-Led Extension (FLE) for corn in Region 2 was made possible in partnership with ISU and DA-RFU 02. There were thirty (30) equipment purchased under Component Project 4. These consisted of one (1) laboratory equipment, twelve (12) production-related equipment, and seventeen (17) office-related equipment 25

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