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    Development of Agricultural

    Engineering in the Philippines


    Arnold R. Elepaño

    Program Manager and Associate Professor


    Agricultural Mechanization Development Program
    Institute of Agricultural Engineering
    College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
    University of the Philippines Los Baños

    International Seminar on Restructuring and Strengthening Research


    and Development for Agricultural Engineering
    Beijing, 28 April 2007
    The Philippine Agricultural Industry
    • Philippine agriculture plays a vital role in
    the economy
    • About 25% of gross domestic product
    • Seventy percent of population is in the
    rural areas. Two-thirds depends on
    farming for livelihood
    • One-half of labor force is engaged in
    agricultural activities
    Agricultural Engineering
    • Agricultural engineering encompasses the
    science and technology of agricultural
    production, processing and management
    of natural resources.
    • It is a critical component to help meet the
    demands of the farmers in increasing their
    income, reducing drudgery, increasing
    labor productivity, reducing production and
    postproduction losses.
    Philippine Agricultural Engineering:
    before 1960s
    • use of plow, cultivators, corn planter and
    big combines
    • early technologies from Spain and United
    States were technological failures mainly
    due to the lack of understanding of the
    local conditions and notion that the
    imported technologies can be transplanted
    into the Philippine agriculture
    Philippine Agricultural Engineering:
    1960 - 1980
    • use of power tillers, threshers, cleaners
    and dryers
    • advent of high-yielding, non-photosensitive
    rice varieties increased the need for
    mechanization
    • outbreak of hoof and mouth disease
    Philippine Agricultural Engineering:
    1980 - 1990
    • Comprehensive land reform program
    • Farmers cooperative to engage in
    production, processing and marketing of
    their produce
    Philippine Agricultural Engineering
    today
    • reorientation of the R&D program started
    from very hardware-focused technology
    development to a more information-driven,
    demand-responsive and system-based
    technology
    Agriculture and Fisheries
    Modernization Act
    (Republic Act 8435)
    • poverty alleviation and social equity
    • food security
    • rational use of resources
    • global competitiveness
    • sustainable development
    • people empowerment
    • protection from competition
    Philippine Agricultural Engineering
    Act of 1998 (Republic Act 8559)

    • promote and upgrade the practice of


    agricultural engineering profession in the
    country
    • accelerate agricultural modernization
    through adequate and well trained
    professional agricultural engineers
    R&D Networking
    • Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry
    and Natural Resources Research and
    Development. Agricultural engineering as
    a “commodity”.
    • Agricultural Machinery Information
    Network. It is the information source for
    agricultural engineering and
    mechanization.
    Agricultural Engineering Center of
    Excellence

    • Commission on Higher Education


    • allocate research and development funds
    • facilitate scholarships
    • monitors performance of schools offering
    Agricultural Engineering program
    Agro-industrial Development in the
    Rural Philippines: Constraints

    • restricted access of small entrepreneurs to credit


    • limited education and management capability
    • inadequate marketing
    • poor and inadequate infrastructure
    • limited access to information/technology
    • high cost of raw material
    • insufficient and costly power and water utilities
    Lack of Impact of Agricultural
    Engineering
    • lack of breakthroughs
    • disregard of real farmers’ need for
    technologies
    • poor quality machines
    • inadequate training in machine operation
    and maintenance
    • public sector agricultural engineering lack
    of assistance to manufacturers
    Increasing R&D Impact
    • use of system approach
    • use of interdisciplinary approach
    • promote participatory R&D with key
    players and stakeholders
    • develop private-public partnerships
    • limit machinery design and development
    Agricultural Mechanization
    Development Program
    General Objective
    Raise the level of mechanization of Philippine Agriculture and
    Fisheries.

    Specific Objectives
    •Undertake R&D activities to generate efficient use and cost effective
    technologies/systems/packages

    •Undertake extension activities to promote/encourage the manufacture


    and commercialization of agricultural mechanization technologies

    •Review, formulate and advocate policies that will hasten the adoption of
    agricultural mechanization technologies.

    •Establish/strengthen linkages with other agencies involved in agricultural


    mechanization.
    AMDP Network
    DBM/UP System
    DA
    ie BPRE, NFA, UPLB
    Philrice & ie Corn Network
    AFMech CEAT Rice Network
    Alternative Energy
    UPLB IAE
    ie CA & CEM CEAT
    ie staff support
    CEAT
    Academic AMDP
    ie ChE, IE, EE Student thesis
    Divisions
    & AMTEC support

    Farmer/LGU Entrepreneurs Manufacturers Government SCUs


    Agencies
    Research Thrust

    System Public-Private
    Commodity Multi-Disciplinary Network
    Integration Interaction

    Corn

    High Value Crops

    Energy
    Corn Proj 1
    • Multicrop Pneumatic
    Seeder with Fertilizer
    Applicator
    • Tested for IPB 911,
    soybean, peanut &
    white bean
    • For AMTEC testing
    and collaborative
    work with
    manufacturer
    Corn Proj 2
    • Saccharification and Fermentation of Mixed
    Corn and Corn Wastes for Ethanol Production
    • Evaluated the effect of pretreatment (hot water,
    0.5 % H2SO4) of corn waste mixtures on ethanol
    production;
    • Determined the effect of cellulase concentration
    (10 %, 20 %) on saccharification of corn waste
    mixtures;
    • Determined the effect of amylase concentration
    on saccharification of corn starch;
    Corn Proj 3
    • Philippines’ Corn
    Supply Chain
    • Distribution Linear
    Program
    Cagayan

    Isabela

    Quirino

    Tarlac

    Bulacan

    Bukidnon
    Corn Proj 4
    • Anthropometric
    Survey of Corn
    Farmers in
    Calabarzon
    • also with Commission
    on Higher Education
    support
    New Corn Projects
    • Evaluation of the sustainability of a drip
    irrigation system and its potential in
    increasing the level of mechanization in a
    corn-based farm in Calamba City.
    • Determination of a suitable mechanization
    technology package for corn after rice
    cropping culture.
    HVC Proj 1
    • Local Vegetable
    Production
    • Conducted rapid
    mechanization needs
    appraisal
    • Modified hand tractor
    • Fabricated garden
    rotavator
    HVC Proj 2
    • Controlled
    Environment
    Structure
    • For lettuce, tomato &
    chili
    HVC Proj 3
    • Mechanization of Heat Treatment of
    ‘Carabao’ Mango for Quarantine
    Disinfection and Disease Control.
    • Finite element model to predict the
    temperature profile in the mango.
    • Design and fabrication of a continuous-
    flow hot water treatment for mango.
    HVC Proj 4
    • Tramline for hauling
    of highland tomatoes
    • Liliw, Laguna
    Energy Proj 1
    • Primary processing of
    Jatropha
    • Shelling and Oil
    Extraction
    Energy Proj 2
    • Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas Oil

    • Determination of the most economical methanol


    to oil ratio at constant amount of catalyst;
    • Determination of the most economical catalyst
    to oil ratio at constant amount of methanol ;
    • Determination of optimum reaction temperature;
    and
    • Determination of the physical and chemical
    properties of a crude and esterified Jathropa
    curcas oil.
    New Energy Project
    • Integrated System for Village-Scale
    Ethanol Production from Sweet Sorghum

    • In collaboration with the Department of


    Energy and the University’s Renewable
    energy Program
    Energy Proj 3
    • Development of a corncob/rice hull energy
    system for batch recirculating dryer

    • Evaluation of existing corn cobs/rice hull


    non-power applications
    • Design and fabrication of dryer-biomass
    furnace system
    Critical Issues
    • Target beneficiaries: small, medium, large
    farmers
    • Mix of R&D Activities: corn, high value crops,
    livestock, aquaculture
    • Level of research intensity: basic vs applied
    • Funding scheme
    • Budgetary allocation for equipment
    • Intellectual Property Rights
    • High-technology research
    • How AMDP can serve clientele better?
    Commercialization of Technologies
    • decreasing supply of hired labor in the
    farm
    • innovative machines versus market-driven
    machines
    • improve technology transfer mechanisms
    • improve support services
    • support local manufacturers
    Local Manufacturing
    • supporting the local manufacturing will
    trigger the development of high tech
    manufacturing techniques
    • multiplier in the development of the local
    economy ie employment to many skilled
    workers
    • savings in foreign exchange
    • increase agricultural engineering R&D
    AMDP Extension
    • Extension of Hand
    Tractor and Corn
    Sheller
    • Dissemination to DA
    Calamba, DA
    Calauag & Alaminos
    City, Pangasinan
    • Demo to agricultural
    equipment
    manufacturers
    Technology Dissemination
    • Display area
    • Exhibition/Fair
    • Techno-Demo
    • Seminar resource
    speakers
    • Machinery Design and
    Blueprints
    • Collaboration with
    manufacturers
    • Corn Mechanization
    Congress – Feb 2007
    Information Dissemination
    • Philippine Journal of
    Agricultural and
    Biosystems
    Engineering
    • Philippine Agricultural
    Mechanization
    Bulletin
    • Mechanization
    Update
    • CEAT Newsletter
    An Invitation
    • The 58th Philippine Society of Agricultural
    Engineers Annual National Convention
    and 6th International Agricultural
    Engineering Conference and Exhibition
    • 21 to 25 April 2008
    • University of the Philippines Los
    Banos/International Rice Research
    Institute, Laguna

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