The collaborative project of JICA and PhilRice entitled Development and Promotion of Location-Specific Integrated High-Yielding Rice and Rice-Based Technologies was rated as highly relevant and highly effective based on the recently concluded joint terminal evaluation led by JICA's Dr. Kunihiro Tokida and Philippine DA's U/Sec. Edmund Sana.
Using the generally accepted 3-point scale (low, medium, high), the Project was rated as high relevance (which included necessity, cooperation priority, Japan advantage and target areas); high effectiveness (on improving rice productivity of participating farmers); high efficiency (based on causal relationship and cost); has a positive impact (on technology, institutional aspects, social, environmental and economic aspects), and moderately sustainable (viewing from the organizational, policy, financial and technical aspects).
This highly positive rating came-out as a result of achieving the Project purpose as shown in the following indicators, among others : 1. Rice productivity is improved with at least 70% of the participating farmers adopt at least 3 components of location-specific technologies and increase productivity by 1 ton/hectare, and 2. Income of participating farmers increase by an average of 15%.
The Project will finally end in November 2009, and by then, the evaluation team recommended that in developing LST, it is necessary to pay considerable attention not only on the agro-climatic but also to the socio-economic conditions of the farmers. The team also encourages farmers to be more market-oriented, continue to develop inbred rice varieties, and that PalayCheck for non-irrigated areas be developed.
For more details about the result of the terminal evaluation, one may contact CES PhilRice at Maligaya, Munoz, Nueva Ecija , Evaluation Coordinator Ms. Teodora Briones. (30)
Using the generally accepted 3-point scale (low, medium, high), the Project was rated as high relevance (which included necessity, cooperation priority, Japan advantage and target areas); high effectiveness (on improving rice productivity of participating farmers); high efficiency (based on causal relationship and cost); has a positive impact (on technology, institutional aspects, social, environmental and economic aspects), and moderately sustainable (viewing from the organizational, policy, financial and technical aspects).
This highly positive rating came-out as a result of achieving the Project purpose as shown in the following indicators, among others : 1. Rice productivity is improved with at least 70% of the participating farmers adopt at least 3 components of location-specific technologies and increase productivity by 1 ton/hectare, and 2. Income of participating farmers increase by an average of 15%.
The Project will finally end in November 2009, and by then, the evaluation team recommended that in developing LST, it is necessary to pay considerable attention not only on the agro-climatic but also to the socio-economic conditions of the farmers. The team also encourages farmers to be more market-oriented, continue to develop inbred rice varieties, and that PalayCheck for non-irrigated areas be developed.
For more details about the result of the terminal evaluation, one may contact CES PhilRice at Maligaya, Munoz, Nueva Ecija , Evaluation Coordinator Ms. Teodora Briones. (30)
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