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Searca encourages establishment of farm field schools

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna: To come up with a basis for policy recommendations and development of possible innovations toward the improvement of the Program on Accelerating Farm School Establishments (Pafse), an intergovernment-treaty organization was tapped to conduct an assessment of farm schools across the country.

According to Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) Director Glenn Gregorio, the center has conducted a series of key informant interviews in selected farm schools to document and assess the current status of Pafse implementation and operation.

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture project team interviews farm managers, trainers and farmer-beneficiaries in selected farm schools in various regions in the country for the conduct of an operational assessment of the country's Program on Accelerating Farm School Establishments. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO