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Institute of Agroforestry and Watershed Management Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University

Institute of Agroforestry and Watershed Management Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University North La Union Campus, Bacnotan, La Union. “Strengthening the Institute of Agroforestry and Watershed Management”. Rationale:. Forestry builds the nation

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Institute of Agroforestry and Watershed Management Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University

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  1. Institute of Agroforestry and Watershed Management Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University North La Union Campus, Bacnotan, La Union “Strengthening the Institute of Agroforestry and Watershed Management”

  2. Rationale: • Forestry builds the nation • Agriculture remains the backbone of the Philippine economy • R.A. # 8435 (Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act) • AFMA hopes to participate and share development • E.O. #318 (Sustainable Forest Management) • SFM – Advancement of the right of people • SFM – Balance and healthy environment in accord and rhythm and harmony of nature • Soil and water conservation and management (SWCM) • International concern imperative to development • European Union (E.O.) – Asia Link Programme • Strengthening the IAWM Curriculum • Survey/Review literature in soil and water • Updated, relevant and handy material; useful researches, policy-makers, extension workers, academicians, agencies, and state holders and end-users.

  3. Objectives General Objective: To gather relevant local research literature/technologies on soil and water conservation and management in NorthernPhilippines.

  4. Specific Objectives: To gather local research technologies generated/developed in Northern Philippines concerned with soil and water conservation management and activities; concern on socio-economic well-being; To classify the local commodities into: forestry, agroforestry and agriculture; and To develop a bibliographical database on local research strategies/technologies on soil and water conservation and management using ACCESS Program.

  5. Methodology A review of local literature, grey literature and technologies generated in Northern Philippines concerning soil and water conservation and management in forestry, agroforestry and agriculture inorder to produce a bibliographical database of watershed technologies/strategies has been conducted by one technical researcher for a period of 12 months specifically from June to 2003 to June 2004. Documents evaluated include commodity in forestry, agroforestry and agriculture. This involve the undergraduate, graduate level, research institute and acadamme.

  6. Summary and Results • There were 303 bibliographical abstracts gathered and entered in bibliographical database. The different universities where the abstracts gathered were the following: Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, garnered the highest being 206 studies (67.99%); closely followed by the Benguet State University 92 studies (30.36%) and the least was Mariano Marcos State University being 5 studies (1.65%). • Compilation of Abstract of Researches of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources were also gathered on Benguet State University Graduate Library.

  7. With reference to the type of document, undergraduate (B.S. Thesis) registered the highest number of researches being 222 studies (73.26%), distantly followed by the different research institute with 50 studied (16.50%), followed by the graduate level with 29 studies (9.57%) and book with 2 studies (0.66%). On the type of commodities, the following were generated: forestry 156 (51.49%), agroforestry 126 (41.58%) and the least is agriculture 21 studies (6.92) The research agencies/category were grouped into two, namely: acadamme 298 studies (98.35%) and research institute five studies (1.65%). Most of these literatures were not being published.

  8. Suggestions/Recommendations Category of Abstracts of Researchers Soil and water conservation strategies/technologies Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions Technology Transfer Technology Adoption Impacts Research and Development 7. Policy and Institutions

  9. There were 6 listed and compiled websites for forestry, watershed, agroforestry and agriculture related abstracts: http://www.swcc.org.cn/ISCO 2002 http://www.inbar.intpublication/pubdownload.asp?publicid=40&filetype=txt. http://www.laguna.net/~erdb/r_a_forest.html. http://www.aniin.am/da_e.htm. http://wwww.cabi_publishing.org/journals/abstract/AFA/ http://www.fftc.agnet.org/library/arrticle/bc48006.html

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