Approaches in technology promotion and transfer for small ruminants in the Philippines
1996
Faylon, P.S. (Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development, Los Banos (Philippines). Livestock Research Division) | Villar, E.C.
The Philippine government has invested a substantial amount in the small ruminant (SR) research and development (R & D) program. Efforts were focused on the social and economic importance of SR as an integral component in various farming systems of smallholder farmers which comprise more than 50 percent of the country's population. The information and technologies generated from the Small Ruminant-Coconut Systems Project (SRCSP) were documented, packaged, and are being promoted to SR raisers. SRCSP is a project jointly funded by the Government of the Philippines (GOP) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The approaches adopted by the project accelerated the adoption of recommended practices. SRCSP adopted the participatory R & D and technology promotion/transfer approaches which varied in modalities. It has proven that a team with multi-disciplinary expertise can successfully implement a small ruminant development project provided they are committed to complement each other and share the same vision in attaining the overall objective. Technology transfer/promotion approaches, which led to the promotion and adoption of SR production technologies, include trainings and seminar, farm and home visits, educational field trips, communication campaigns, and technology packaging which included print, audio, and video. All these were successfully adopted after the needed assessment, pre- and post-evaluation and socio-demographic characterization of the pilot sites and farmer-cooperators
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