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