PHILRICE R&D PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS FOR 2006-2010 

R&D Program Structure

The new R&D Program structure is composed of three programs and 19 major projects.  Compared to the discipline-based program structure used from 1987-1998 and the multidisciplinary structure used from 1998 to date, the new structure has the following advantages:

• The overall structure is simple, transparent, and dynamic; it can house all activities of the institute;
• Projects are focused, output-driven, and anchored on the technology needs of the integrated rice crop management and rice-based farming systems;
• Technology outputs from each project feed directly into the integrated and area-based systems of technology packaging and promotion;
• The systems integration is flexible enough to be able to target both high- productivity and low-productivity environments, as well as small and big rice production systems;
• Intra-disciplinary teamwork and science is enhanced and promoted;
• Scientist-extensionist-farmer linkages are enhanced using the integrated systems of promotion and feedback generation at the village level;
• Duplications amongst activities of erstwhile programs, branch stations, and discipline-based divisions are eliminated;
• Integration and streamlining of activities are automatically achieved as similar activities, regardless of proponent, are listed under a single project;
• The project listing itself represents a logical and temporal flow of processes and activities in the research-development-extension continuum;
• Knowledge sharing is promoted, the use of ICT is highlighted, and impact assessment is institutionalized; and
• Limited human, financial, and other logistical resources are used more efficiently.

The new structure incorporates and improves upon the advantages of the two R&D program structures used by PhilRice since 1987.  Moreover, it complies with the requirement of the EO 366 of redirecting PhilRice operations and activities to its prime mandate, while also responding to the present and future needs of industry stakeholders.  Given these advantages, not only would the new R&D structure be expected to generate relevant and timely technologies, systems, and knowledge, but PhilRice would also be able to generate and deliver these to its various clients and stakeholders, at a much lower cost to Philippine taxpayers.

The R&D Program is composed of four (4) programs and twenty-four (24) major projects.