Name: Princess Ronia I.

Danganan Name of the Professor: Margie Lumanggaya-Bibat

Year & Section: ________2nd Year Section 4 Subject: _Animal Science

Module # 1

Student Learning Activity

Directions:

1. Look for a government program on each of the following topics, including the
recipients of government programs and how they are implemented.

1. Breeding Program
2. Program on Native Animals
3. Feed Cost Reduction
4. Animal Health
5. Farm to Market Linkage

Breeding Program

The Department of Agriculture implemented Administrative Order No.03 Series of

2007 “IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BEEF CATTLE
BREEDER FARM ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (BCBFAP)”. They implement the
National Livestock Program (NLP) to accelerate livestock development and contribute to
the objectives of food security, increased farmers’ income and people empowerment.
This program identifies, accredit and promote beef cattle farms with genetically
improved quality breeders; and to sustain the advanced status by ensuring availability
and wide distribution of good quality breeder stocks even among small-hold farmers.

ProgNative Animals

The Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), in partnership with the Bureau of

Animal Industry-National Swine and Poultry Research and Development Center
(BAI-NSPRDC), is intensifying its research and development (R&D) to develop
technologies that will address conservation, characterization, and commercialization of
potential strains of native animals, through product development and promotion.

The agency’s projects were implemented by the BAI-Animal Products and

Development Center and NSPRDC; DA-Regional Field Offices 4-A, and 5; state
universities and colleges including University of the Philippines Los Baños, University of
Rizal System, and Southern Luzon State University-Judge Guillermo Eleazar;
municipality of of Tagkawayan, Quezon; and civic organizations.

One successful BAR-funded project under PNAS was the “Agricultural Systems
Approach to Commercialization of Native Swine in Quezon” implemented by University
of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation, Inc. (UPLBFI).

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 Feed Cost Reduction

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has developed a cheaper aquafeed which

uses locally produced raw materials, that could bring down the production costs of
tilapia and milkfish by as much as PHP10/kg amid soaring prices of imported feed
products. In a news statement, the DA said a joint project by the Southeast Asian
Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Division (SEAFDEC-AQD) and the National
Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) has formulated a
locally-sourced “efficient, sustainable and low-cost” aquafeed.

SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) was established in 1973

to conduct research, develop technologies, disseminate information, and train people in
the farming of fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, and seaweeds for food, livelihood, equity,
and sustainable development. In 2015, the National Fisheries Research and
Development Institute (NFRDI), the research arm of BFAR, created a project to revive
TPJF.

Furthermore, the DOST program helps mills churn out quality feeds at lower cost.
a group of poultry raisers twelve years ago to venture into what is now Qualimed
Feedmills, Inc.,which was specifically set up to produce and guarantee their supply of
quality feed at less cost. “Qualimeal was mainly established to supply stockholders and
directors with whom some small entrepreneurs and growers, mainly swine, get their
supply of feed. Stockholders thus pay for their feeds and they then assume the
responsibility to pay the feedmill. It does safeguard the feedmill to prevent possible
occurrence of overdue accounts. Today, it serves other clients but through the
directors,” said Teotimo L. Reyes, Jr., president of Qualimed Feedmills.

Animal Health

The Phil-AHIS or Philippine Animal Health Information System is an integrated

system conceptualized from FMD Information Management System (FMD-IMS) that will
enhance and provide standard timely and improved quality information through the use
of automatic data generation.

The purpose of this section is primarily responsible for ensuring animal’s health,
disease-free and well looked after. One of its key roles is to implement policies aimed at
preventing – or managing – outbreaks of serious animal diseases, and in doing so
support the farming industry, protect the welfare of animals and safeguard public health
from animal borne diseases. The birth of the Philippine Animal Health Information
System or Phil-AHIS as it is widely known today, started during the latter part of the Foot
and Mouth Disease Eradication Program where the FMD-Information Management
System or FMD-IMS was migrated from DOS based programming platform, to its
current program, and expanded to include all diseases being monitored by the Bureau
of Animal Industry (BAI). It evolved into a functional system that could extract all
important data on disease monitoring, vaccination, and animal movement in case of an
outbreak of any animal disease in the country.

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 Farm to Market Linkage

Linking farmers to the market is a key strategy in this transformation. The

research areas envisaged to strengthen this strategy include the following: determining
the key constraints of farm-market linkage, a systematic scanning of the commercialized
agriculture to establish the state-of-the-art farm-to-market linkage, benchmarking the
farm-market linkage, and identifying best practices in farm-market linkage in the
domestic setting. The project was funded by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of
Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) and was carried out in collaboration with the
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of the Philippines, Los
Baños, Laguna. The project officially started in mid-October 2015 and ended on 31
October 2017 with Dr. Prudenciano U. Gordoncillo, specializing in monitoring and
evaluation, agricultural development, and policy analysis, as Project Leader.

This research project aimed to document best practices in farm-market linkage

and develop policy recommendations leading to reforms that will improve
farm-to-market linkage in Philippine agriculture. The specific objectives of the project
were to:

● Establish the typology of farmers in the countryside;

● Establish the state-of-the-art in farm-market linkage in the domestic scene;
● Determine the key constraints to direct farm-market linkage;
● Identify best practices in farm-market linkage domestically;
● Benchmark best practices in domestic farm-market linkage; and
● Draw policy implication towards replicating best practices in market linkages and
promoting farm-market linkage to transform subsistence agriculture into viable
commercial farms.

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 Module # 2

● Visit a nearby beef cow herd and gather information about its size, the production
system it uses, and the feed that is available. Use the illustration table below.

● Talk with local beef cow herd operators to find out how they care for the cows and
calf/calves at calving time and up to weaning. Make a documentation on the
practices they used in the area and recommend any improvements that you feel are
needed.Include the routinary activity like feeding, cleaning and disinfection of the
house, and disease management.

SIZE
OF THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION USED AVAILABLE
HERD and WHY FEEDS
Minim
Ranching or Extensive
um of 15 Grass /Grain
system/Feedlot Fattening Operation
heads
30
Ranching or Extensive Combination
heads

Format for the discussion.

Introduction

✔ a brief discussion of the beef cattle industry and the importance of data collection on
the recent status of backyard cattle raising in the country.

Body

The main points of the interview (must be written in narrative format) 

a. Make sure you include an introductory paragraph.

b. Each paragraph must have a minimum of 3 sentences. This is a must! You may
have more than 3 sentences, but not less than 3.

c.Write in third person do not include personal opinions or the use of personal
nouns such as “I”, “we” or “me”.

d.The reaction paper must be typed and double spaced. Font is Arial 12 and the
margin is normal.

Conclusion

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