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Stakeholder’sparticipation in theformulation of the ResearchAgenda.
Guidelinesfor Strategic Planning andPriority Setting of R&DProgramsandProjects

ISU is a large but relatively young institution, its research and extension thrusts and directions are geared towards
nourishing degree level learning-teaching for the continued growth and development of higher education in all campusesof
ISUwhile at the sametimepromotethe frontiers of knowledgebyseeking newtechnologiesto improve communitylife in its
variousserviceareas.

Owing to the very limited financial resources of the University particularly for R&D and extension as compared to
instruction, R&D programs and projects must be maintained more effectively and efficiently. If any of its R&D plans,
programs and projects is to succeed, the various factors that will determine its intended outcomes must be thoroughly
identified and established. And this calls for an objective planning and programming of its activities to minimize the
occurrenceofundesirableandunpredictableeventsthat wouldlikely derailprogram/project/activityimplementation.

The planning process starts with the establishment of a framework that represents the manyintricate relationships
andsequencesofeventsandactivitiesdiscussedasfollows:

ThePlanningFramework

Environmentalscanning of the serviceareaoftheUniversity

Based on the established vision, mission, goals and objectives of the University as articulated and as understood
by its various stakeholders to include the governing board, faculty and support staff, students, farmers and various other
clientele in the industry and other sectors, the first and fundamental step in the planning process is the holistic scanning of
theUniversity’s service areas.

It is a known fact that the usual piecemeal research approach especially in the countryside often resulted in
fragmented and in-appropriate technical solutions. It is in this regard that the power of the interdisciplinary, or
multidisciplinary, or interdisciplinary research approaches shall be explored and implemented where several researchers
should look at a common problem, adopt a common framework, and relate the findings of one discipline to the other.
However,whiletheaboveapproachesmaybeveryrelevant,it isadvisabletoconcentratemoreondeterminingthepotentials
of the service areas in terms of economic growth and development and howthese growth and development objectives and
processes can be interwoven into the major functions of the University particularly along the generation, advancement,
disseminationandtransferofknowledgeortechnology, asdesired.

Theenvironmentalscanningprocessesandprocedureswill bedoneasfollows:

 Reviewingthe institutional researchmandatesof ISUandlocal developmentplans of the target
municipalities;
 Gathering of data of the various sectors in the locality, including the industries, their products, marketing
systems,otherindustryservices andlevelsof competitiveness;
 Assessing the involvement of other development agencies in the development process andin the rural
economyto complementintervention activitiesrather thanduplicatethem;and

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