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R&D Notes

It is with some sense of pride that we share with you the results of researches we support. These are in line with our two banner programs: namely, Community Participatory Action Research (CPAR) and Technology Commercialization Program (TCP). These two programs are interactive, complementary and epitomize BAR's commitment to develop innovative production management systems ably supported by technologies generated by research.

We are fully cognizant that effective management systems are only possible if these are strongly supported by technological advances coming from research. Such interaction is only realizable through the institutionalization of community-based action research. This approach guarantees the full utilization of research results.

Although we have not yet fully articulated the latest trend in management as result-based management (RBM), our research results are in this direction as evidence by our two banner programs. There are five key trends that you will readily notice in this set of research reports:

One, agricultural production is now enjoying the full benefit coming from the use of alternative technologies. Our investment in developing and harnessing the productive potentials of technologies is very much evident now;

Two, you will likewise notice that our technical interventions are strongly complemented by organizing communities through organizational development focused on agribusiness development;

Three, we are equally investing not only in linking our farmers to the market but making them conscious of the importance of value chain and consumers' demand;

Four, farmers are now being made sensitive to the value of information thereby making ICT important to them in effectively managing their production system. We are in the process of installing an information-driven agriculture and fisheries development; and,

Five, we are continuously sharpening the frame of reference of our production system by critically analyzing the interaction and complementation of information and knowledge. In this way, we can generate a far more effective information management system in agriculture and fisheries. Work in this area is very much in line with the aspiration of DA to install a unified information system.

We wish to assure our publics that we, at BAR, shall continue to pursue these trajectories in agribusiness development. More than ever before, BAR is committed to shorten such trajectories with critical, relevant and timely researches.

We, therefore, invite our publics to support our work in R and D and help our farmers taken advantage of the burgeoning information revolution and globalization.