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In the
First National NGO Consultative Workshop in 1990, participating
NGOs identified specific needs for skills training in the various
aspects of agroforestry. Responding to this, the Institute of Agroforestry
(formerly the UPLB Agroforestry Program) or IAF developed a set
of courses to provide development agents easy access to technical
capability-building opportunities at the least possible cost. Coordinating
with other UPBL units, IAF implements these agroforestry training
courses to improve the technical competency of upland change agents.
Through the years, the same set of courses have catered to the needs
of other sectors including local and national government agencies,
local government units, and academic and research institutions.
Concrete output in each course is a re-entry plan integrating the
learnings gained in the organization's present and future programs
and plans. Implemented in the respective sites of the trainees,
these re-entry plans are monitored and assessed by the Institute
when resources permit.
Since 1991, the Institute has
trained more than a thousand development agents from offices and
projects of NGOs, government agencies, local government units,
and academic and research institutions nationwide. Because of
the courses' relevance, participation of foreign trainees are
continously increasing. More are expected to participate as the
need to sustain resource conservation through agroforestry is
realized.
Agroforestry Project Planning
and Management
This 1-week course deals with the
concepts and principles of planning and managing agroforestry
projects. It covers the following areas: Current Upland Issues;
Agroforestry Concepts, Principles, Systems and Practices; Participatory
Rural Appraisal; Monitoring and Evaluation; Investment Analysis;
Feasibility Study Preparation; Social Mobilization as a Strategy
for Sustainable Agroforestry Project Implementation; Systematic
Managerial Analysis; Conflict Management; Project Proposal Preparation;
and Indicative Planning.
Integrated Pest Management for
Agroforest Farms
This 1-week course deals with the
concepts, principles and practices of IPM including familiarization
with major agroforestry pests, their biology, ecology and control
tactics. It covers teh following areas: Current Upland Issues
and Policies; Concepts, Principles and Practices of Agroforestry;
Pest Problems Presentations in Different Regions of the Country;
Concept and Philosophy of IPM; Identification, Biology, Ecology
and Management (Harmful and Beneficial Arthropods, Disease-Causing
Microorganisms Rodents, Weeds) and Indicative Planning.
Seed Technology and Nursery Management
This 2-week course deals with applicable
technologies for production of sufficient inexpensive and high
quality planting materials, and effective nursery management in
agroforestry development. It covers the following areas: Current
Upland Issues and Policies; Agroforestry Concepts, Principles,
Systems and Practices; Importance and Scope of Seed Technology
and Nursery Management (Seed Collection, Seed Processing and Handling,
Seed Testing and Storage, Seed Germination) Asexual Propagation
Techniques, Nursery Site Selection, Design and Lay-out, Soil/Media
Preparation: Mixing and Sterlization, Nursery Cultural Management);
Specific Seed Technologies and Nursery Management Practices (Field
Crops, Vegetables, Fruit Trees, Tree Crops, Non-Timber Forest
Crops); Indigenous Seed Technology and Nursery Management; Application
of Biotechnology in Nursery Management; Genetic Resource Conservation;
and Indicative Planning.
Agroforestry Technology Verification
through On-Farm Trials
This 1-week course deals with the
processes involved in technology development focusing on on-farm
evaluation and verification of agroforestry technologies. It covers
the following areas: Current Upland Issues and Policies; Principles
and Concepts of Agroforestry; Technology Development Process;
Upland Technologies for Verification in the Philippines; On-Farm
Trials: Concepts/Models (Agroecosystems Analysis, Farming Systems
Research Model, ALCAMS Model, ICRAF Diagnosis and Design Model);
Extension Approaches for Agroforestry Technology Transfer; Design
and Lay-out of On-Farm; Agroforestry Experiments; Data Analysis
through Computer Applications; and Indicative Planning.
Soil and Water Conservation and
Management for Agroforest Farms
This 2-week course deals with cost-effective
soil and water conservation measures appropriate for agroforestry
production. It covers the following areas: Current Upland Issues
and Policies; Agroforestry Systems in the Philippines: Inventory
and Assessment; Significance of Soil and Water Conservation and
Management; Soil Erosion: its management and control; Basic Concepts
of Watershed Management; Water Harvesting; Engineering and Vegetative
Measures for SWCM; Agroforestry Land Capability Mapping Scheme
(ALCAMS); Integrated Nutrient Management (Composting - Trichoderma,
Mycorrhiza, Biofertilization); Farm Appraisal and Planning for
SWCM; Agroecosystems Analysis; and Indicative Planning.
Agroforestry Production and Post-Production
Systems
This 3-week course deals with the
principles and processes of establishing and managing specific
agroforestry systems and post-production technologies. It covers
teh following areas: Current Upland Issues and Policies; Agroforestry
Systems: Concepts, Principles, Systems and Practices; Forest Tree
Components (Rattan and Othe rNon-Wood Products, Nurse Crops, Hedges
and Shelter Crops, Bamboo Production); Agricultural Crop Component
(Root and Grain Crops, Vegetable Production, Cutflower Production,
Fruit and plnatation Crops, Medicinal Crops, Mushroom Production);
Livestock Component (beed Farming, Poultry Farming, Swine Farming,
Sheep and Goat/Cattle and Carabao Production, Freshwater Fish
Production, Dairy Production); Post-Production Technologies (Persihable
Corps, Bamboo and Ratta); Management and Economics of Agroforestry
Farm REcord Keeping and Analysis (Cost and Return Analysis, Farm
Planning and Budgeting, Feasibility Study Preparation, Marketing
of Agroforestry Products, Case Presentation of Upland Marketing
Opportunities); Approaches/Methodologies in Design and Evaluation
for Appropriate Agroforestry Systems (Agroforestry Land Capability
Mapping Scheme, Methodology for Evaluating Agroforestry Systems);
and Indicative Planning.
Upon request, these training
courses on agroforestry and other related fields can be implemented
on-site. Development and implementation are subject to negotiations
between IAF and the requesting agency.
Participation is open to all porject
managers, trainors, researchers, field technicians and other development
workers from NGOs, GOs, local government units, and academic and
research institutions. Applicants must have gained a college degree,
the ability to communicate effectively in English, and at least
a year's experience in development work or equivalent.
Application forms for admission
must be filed a month before the start of each course. IAF will
confirm participation at least two weeks before the course's schedule
to allocate enough time for finalizing necessary arrangements.
Courses are offered to local participants at a rate of P6,000/person/week.
The fee covers food, accommodation, training materials, field
trips, and insurance during the training period.
For more information,
please contact:
The Director
Attention: The Training Coordinator
Institute of Agroforestry
2/ f Tamesis Hall, College of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines Los Baños
P.O. Box 35023, College, 4031 Laguna
Tel. (063-49) 536-2657/536-3657
FAX (063-49) 536-3809
E-mail iaf@laguna.net
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