Higher Agricultural Education Institutions in Asia CASE STUDY FOR THE PHILIPPINES: THE OPEN ACADEMY FOR PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE1 Alexander G. Flor2 U.P. Open University 1. Introduction 1.1. Philippine Extension and the OPAPA: A Backgrounder In the past twenty years‚ the Philippine agricultural extension service has been severely emasculated by four factors: the abolition of the national agricultural extension system; decentralization or devolution of extension services; the top-down perception of
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Pre-Spanish history According to what can be inferred from somewhat later accounts‚ the Filipinos of the 15th century must have engaged primarily in shifting cultivation‚ hunting‚ and fishing. Sedentary cultivation was the exception. Only in the mountains of northern Luzon‚ where elaborate rice terraces were built some 2‚000 years ago‚ were livelihood and social organization linked to a fixed territory. The lowland peoples lived in extended kinship groups known as barangays‚ each under the leadership
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SECTION 1 You cannot be deprived of your life‚ liberty or property without any reason on their part and without giving an explanation or right be heard on your part on why you should not be deprive of your life‚ liberty or property. As regards to equal protection of the laws‚ it means the law applies to all‚ we are all protected by it‚ but we are all subjected to it once we violate its rules. Nobody shall be convicted without going through proper due process. SECTION 2 Before a police officer
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Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The wordliterature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech"arts and letters" and "man of letters." Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may
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The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) also referred to as monkey-eating eagle‚ is an eagle subspecies that belong to the family of Accipitridae and is native to Philippine. These eagle display white-colored plumage together with the shaggy crest‚ averaging 86 – 102 cm (2 ft 10 in to 3 ft 4 in) in length. The weight of these species measure around 4.7 – 8 kg (10 – 18 lb). As far as the eagle’s length is concerned‚ Philippine eagle is the largest‚ harpy eagle and the stellar’s sea eagle being
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Staff Paper The Philippine Bakery Sector A market research report by Mollie Woods and Suzanne Thornsbury Submitted as a final grant report to Jamie Zmitko-Somers‚ MDA Staff Paper 2009‐05 August 2009 Department of Agricultural‚ Food and Resource Economics MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY East Lansing‚ Michigan 48824 MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer The Philippine Bakery Sector A market research report by Mollie Woods and Suzanne Thornsbury
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COMMISSION OF INDEPENDENCE – For the purpose of studying all matters related to the negotiation and organization of the Independence of the Philippines. November 1918 – The Philippine Legislature created the “Commission of Independence”. The Commission of Independence was composed of 11 SENATORS and 40 CONGRESSMEN. The membership was expanded to include all the Philippine Legislature members regardless of the party affiliation. The most important undertaking of THE COMMISSION OF INDEPENDENCE was the dispatch
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The Philippines and the World Market The Philippines is considered to be one of the most westernized countries in Asia. It has strong ties to the United States and the United Nations. In fact‚ It is the only charter member of the U.N. in all of Southeast Asia. The United States has a very close relationship with the economy and culture of the Philippines. For instance‚ Filipinos have a strong resentment toward communistic countries. During the cold war‚ the Philippines supported America by consistently
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History Historical records show that the Philippine Customs Service started many centuries back long before the Philippines was discovered by the eastern and western expeditionaries. The Philippines had already a flourishing trade with countries of Southeast Asia‚ but since money at that time was not yet the medium of exchange‚ people then resorted to the barter system of commodities. The rulers of the barangays were known as the “datus” or “rajahs” collected tributes from the people before they
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The Philippines as the Academic Mecca It is quite ironic that countless Filipinos are financially deprived to finish even the basic education‚ while thousands of foreign students who fly into the Philippines claim that with the same education quality‚ the costs are significantly cheaper. For example‚ a four-year degree course in the Philippines costs around $1‚000 to $2‚500 per year; this is remarkably cheaper in comparison with the United States’ educational costs‚ where students are estimated
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