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outcomes must be thoroughly identified and established. And this calls for an objective
planning and programming of its activities to minimize the occurrence of undesirable and
unpredictable events that would likely derail program/project/activity implementation.

The planning process starts with the establishment of a framework that represents the many
intricate relationships and sequences of events and activities discussed as follows:

The Planning Framework

Environmental scanning of the service area of the University

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 the University’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,
while the above approaches may be very relevant, it is advisable to concentrate more on
determining the potentials of the service areas in terms of economic growth and development
and how these growth and development objectives and processes can be interwoven into the
major functions of the University particularly along the generation, advancement, dissemination
and transfer of knowledge or technology, as desired.

The environmental scanning processes and procedures will be done as follows:

• Reviewing the institutional research mandates of ISU and local development plans of
the target municipalities;
• Gathering of data of the various sectors in the locality, including the industries, their
products, marketing systems, other industry services and levels of competitiveness;
• Assessing the involvement of other development agencies in the development process
and in the rural economy to complement intervention activities rather than duplicate them; and
• Determining possible researchable areas and other extension modalities that could be
implemented through participatory planning processes involving experts from the various
disciplines, those responsible in their implementation, the members of the Board of Regents,
middle-level managers, faculty members and support staff, students and other stakeholders.

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