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Country
Report: Click here
to download the report submitted at the meeting of the
Programme Advisory Committee, November 2001 (pdf file)
National Policy Commitment:
In May 3, 1993, former President Fidel V. Ramos issued Memorandum Order No. 126
implementing Kasaganaan ng Sakahan at Kalikasan (KASAKALIKASAN), the National Integrated
Pest Management Program. KASAKALIKASAN aimed at making IPM the standard approach to crop
husbandry and pest management in rice, corn and vegetable production in the country.
Current Status: Today KASAKALIKASAN
has trained almost 200,000 farmers in more than 6,000 season-long Farmer Field Schools in
sixty-eight provinces and three cities nation-wide. The Program has a cadre of 512
specialists in IPM rice, corn, vegetables, coconut and mango. At the field level, the
Program has a training force of some 2,650 IPM trainers from local government units and
non-government organisations.
Benefits from IPM:
A
two-year study on the evolution of practices among IPM Farmer Field School (FFS) graduates
conducted by SEARCA, the Institute of Policy Studies of the University of the Philippines
at Los Banos and the FAO concluded:
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variable costs incurred by FFS farmers are significantly lower than non-FFS farmers due to
technical and allocative efficiencies resulting from training. Average cost savings per
hectare were estimated at Ps. 500 per season. |
| FFS
farmers have more knowledge of nutrient and pesticide management; had more positive
attitudes with respect the use of certified seed, water management, organic fertiliser and
farm safety. |
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FFS farmers complied with soil fertility analysis recommendations, fertiliser costs
significantly decreased without significant adverse effects on yield. |
Sustainability:
KASAKALIKASAN has grown and matured, from its modest beginnings out of the first
FAO-assisted IPM Farmer Field School experiment in Antique in 1992, and the first IPM
Specialist Training Course in Bayombong in 1993, to a self-reliant national program.
Today, the National IPM Program is wholly funded from the national government's resources
of about US$3.0 million annually
GO-NGO Partnership in
Development: Non-government organisations (NGOs) often have a number of comparative
advantages in implementing IPM training activities, including: close contacts with farmer
organisations, familiarity with participatory training approaches, and an awareness of
environmental issues. NGOs also employ large and highly qualified field staff. In view of
these advantages, KASAKALIKASAN has been actively collaborating with NGOs to develop their
technical expertise, and to strengthen their training processes.
International
Collaboration: The Program has built and expanded its cadre of international-quality
IPM trainers, providing technical assistance in the conduct of IPM training activities in
Asia: Thailand, Laos PDR, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, and in Africa: Ghana and
Kenya. Today, the Philippines takes the lead in establishing the ASEAN IPM Knowledge
Network as its initiative for regional co-operation in sustainable development. The
electronic, Internet-like, and wide-area network seeks to help ASEAN countries improve the
effectiveness of program implementation by making knowledge sharing easy among national
IPM programs.
Contact People:
GOVT. Name: Jesus Binamira
Title: National IPM Program Officer
Org. Department of Agriculture, Philippines
Tel.: (63-2) 920 4099, 928 1960
Fax: (63-2) 920 4099
E-mail: jsb@agric.searca.org
NGO Name: Gil Manuel
Title: Director
Org.: Lingap Maralita, Philippines
Tel.: (63-43) 491 5043
Fax: (63-2) 491 5043
FAO Name: Mario Corado
Title: IPM National Expert
Org.: FAO IPM Manila
Tel.: (63-2) 526 7820, 526 7861
Fax: (63-2) 526 7873, 526 7859
E-mail: ipm_mnl@mozcom.com
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