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Part 3 – Research & Development, Extension & Training Manual

CHAPTER 1
GENERAL INFORMATION

The university in consonance with its mandate to perform its priority functions in instruction,
research, extension, training, planning and resource generation, shall provide policy directions in the
management, administration and support systems in the planning and implementation of research,
extension and training programs for the furtherance of its vision, mission, goals and objectives.

1.1. Purposes and Scope of Research and Development, Extension and Training (RDET)
The RDET is committed to deliver research, extension and training programs to improve
instruction and empower communities to foster development for better quality of life among the
people. This shall be done by working closely with the Local Government Units and other
government agencies which are directly in touch with the local people.
Planning starts with the identification of provincial, regional as well as national critical RDET
agenda. The identification of the university RDET shall be based from LGU, Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCARRD), Department of Agriculture (DA), Highland Agriculture and Resources
Research and Development Consortium (HARRDEC), Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) research, and development,
extension and training thrusts.
In line with these priority thrusts, Ifugao State University (IFSU) shall formulate its RDET
programs with the end view of improving instruction, technology generation and human and natural
resources development.

1.1.1. Goal Statements

1.1.1.1. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
The Research and Development functions of the University are basically geared towards
countryside development. They are designed to facilitate the development of rural community
and agricultural farming practices through the generation, verification and adaptation of
appropriate technologies to increase agro-industrial productivity, as well as to seek for new
knowledge and alternatives for the maintenance of a balance ecosystem and the improvement of
professional services in support of the IFSU Development Plan. Within the limits of its financial,
human and material resources, research programs shall be focused in the attainment of the
following objectives:

1.1.1.1.1. Focus conduct of researches on commodity programs consistent with regional and national
goals specifically on Poverty Alleviation & Food Security, Global Competitiveness, Frontier
and Cutting Edge Science, Sustainable Development and Support to Allied Services;
1.1.1.1.2. Generate, develop, verify and pilot priority technologies and agricultural enterprises that are
economically feasible, socially acceptable and environmentally sound.
1.1.1.1.3. Strengthen and establish linkages that brace research capabilities from the local agencies,
private organizations, at the national, and if possible international level;
1.1.1.1.4. Promote the publication and presentation of research outputs at the local, regional, national
and international levels;
1.1.1.1.5. Continuously link with instruction and extension and encourage a synergetic relationship
geared to the fulfillment of the IFSU’s vision, mission and goals; and
1.1.1.1.6. Regularly monitor and evaluate researches to ensure proper implementation.

1.1.1.2. EXTENSION and LINKAGES
The Extension functions of the university are geared toward the dissemination of matured
technologies developed by its research programs to its end users. In line with the guiding

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