Title: Impact of the Organic Agriculture Production Training Program to Farmer Beneficiaries in Northern Philippines
Stream: Education, Sustainability & Society: Social Justice, Development & Political Movements
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Marah Joy Nanglegan, Ifugao State University, Philippines
Abstract:
In Ifugao, Northern Philippines, the impacts of the Organic Agriculture Production (OAP) Training Program were evaluated utilizing the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. Researchers were trained to collect and select “stories of change” from the OAP training program beneficiaries. The collected stories were analyzed to determine the themes of the reported changes. The levels to which the reported changes correspond were determined using Bennett’s hierarchy of program outcomes as a guide. A total of 105 stories were collected. These were about changes in the program beneficiaries’ lives, improvements in their knowledge, attitudes, and skills, and about other changes. Analysis of the MSC stories revealed that the OAP training program was able to cause changes corresponding to higher levels of Bennett’s hierarchy of program outcomes. This suggests that the OAP training program was able to have an impact on the knowledge, attitudes, skills, behavior, and economic and social conditions of the program beneficiaries.
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