Role of

Educators & Entrepreneurs

in Sustaining the Integrated

ASEAN Community

Dr. WILLIAM D. DAR

President, InangLupa Movement

Paper presented during the 17th PASSAGE Biennial Convention SEARCA Los Baos on 03 February 2016

Education is key to compete in the global (ASEAN)

community; Entrepreneurship plays a vital role in development

Entrepreneurship in Different Countries

Developed Countries

Emerging Countries
(BRIC countries)

Least Developed Countries

Reliance on big business

Impressive growth driven by

entrepreneurial revolution

Mass production

Requires sustainable access to

Donors shifted to development
resources, knowledge, markets cooperation towards private
and low carbon industrialization sector development

Knowledge-driven goods and

Puts premium on innovative
services provided by smaller
entrepreneurship
firms; Emergence of a creative
class requires a more facilitating
state

Aid dependency is high

Much population of young

people promotion of youth
entrepreneurship

Role of education (both social and economic) is key to ensure that

citizens acquire competencies to keep pace with globalization and
structural changes.

Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship

is a competency that have a more clear and important role

Refers to an individuals ability to turn ideas

into action
Includes creativity, innovation, and risk taking
as well as ability to plan and manage projects
to achieve objectives

Can be developed through education and

practice

Harnessing the Young Population

2015 World Population

2015 Philippine Population

7.349 B

100+ M

2 B Young Group

34 M under the age of 15

Regarded as the huge potential for economic growth

Europes Competitiveness, Innovation, and Economic Growth

depended on producing Future Leaders with the Skills
and Attitudes to be entrepreneurial creating their own
companies or innovating in larger organizations

There is a need to stimulate:

Mindsets of young people

Encourage innovative business start-ups

i.e. Technology Business Incubations (TBIs)

Foster a culture that is friendlier to

entrepreneurship and to growth of small
& medium-sized businesses

Entrepreneurial mystiqueits not magic, its not

mysterious, and it has nothing to do with genes. Its a discipline. And like
any discipline, it can be learned (Peter Drucker)

Entrepreneurship education is the most important step to embedding an innovative

culture. For this to happen:

1.Interest in the

government to
have this and the
creation of new
job opportunities

2.Interest of the

students on having
entrepreneurship
education in all the
educational levels

Proactivity means the willingness to take action and

ability to tackle problems and execute new ideas

3.Interest in the

sector that covers

the above demand
sources for more
educational
programs

Inadequately Educated Work Force one of the

most problematic factors for doing business in the Philippines
(PIDS Report by Balboa et al., 2010)

Traditional approaches cant

improve education at a scale
and depth

Linear relationship between

conventional research and
educational change

Educational revitalization
Requires design and innovation
Systemic interventions changes in multiple
conditions and at multiple levels

Agricultural Education
agricultural professionals are the true stewards of the land
Agriculture

Veterinary Medicine

Fisheries

Forestry

Innovation, technology and entrepreneurship together can

change the ecosystem

Agriculture and rural livelihoods are devalued in our

society; must be dignified and encourages

Agri institutions, faculties and schools require investment

and with latest technological advances

Higher education has become overly specialized where

graduates have difficulty integrating knowledge across
disciplinary boundaries

Development of rural economies require individuals

capable of applying knowledge and skills from across
disciplines; a generalist formation would seem to be more
relevant to the needs of most developing countries

Challenges in Higher Education: Agricultural

Education
Four overarching challenges:

1.

Sustaining and improving education quality

- Lacks well-designed academic program

2. Improving relevance of curriculum and instruction

- Low in STI
- Academe and industry link is still weak

3. Increasing and utilizing better the financial resources

- Php 367 billion 2015 from 309 billion in 2014; SUCs total
budget is Php 44.4 billion from 38 billion in 2014

4. Balancing the continued expansion of access to higher

education with greater attention to EQUITY and the need
to raise QUALITY

Agribusiness: A key engine in inclusive growth

- Is the platform where innovation and entrepreneurship in education happens
- Inclusive value chain is needed

Discipline where there is the

mix of creativity, experiential
learning, skill building and a
shift in mindset
Includes activities from farm
to fork
Main generator of income
Role of value addition

Requires policies and strategies to improve

competitiveness

Agribusiness Incubation (ABI)

Improving well-being of poor farmers through the creation of competitive
agribusiness enterprises by technology development and commercialization.
ABI Program of ICRISAT: A model for the Philippines
Since 2002, ABI has

incubated 29 enterprises
7 out of 29 have graduated.
Their current average annual sales total

between $1

and $3 million

Increased profits for farmers

worth

$13 million

Increased rural employment:

832 new jobs were created

ABI Lessons Learned & Implications

Partnership with national
development
programs

Bridging the gap

between research and farmers

Incubating incubators

Moving from a Revenue-Generating

to a Capital-Gain Business Model

ICT-mediation as an emerging pedagogy

for education and agribusiness

The revolution of world wide web (www)

Web 1.0

Web 2.0

Web 3.0

Dramatic change in technology landscape for the last 15 years

Innovative use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can
potentially solve gaps in higher education and agribusiness.

Informative tool
Provides vast amount of data in
various formats such as audio,
video, and documents
Voice

Video

Print

ASEAN COMMUNITY: creating a single market & production

base (free flow of goods, services, investment, capital, skilled labor, priority
integration sectors, and food, agriculture and forestry)

Main Challenge: COMPETITIVENESS

Philippines lags behind economies of many ASEAN
neighbors
Survey shows the global ranking where there is
weakening in all areas of doing business (from 141th in
2009, 144th in 2010); one area of which is STARTING a
BUSINESS

Philippines is ranked 2nd after Singapore as the most open

economy in ASEAN

Top Philippine Agricultural Exports

Coconut (oil) 26%

Fresh banana 8.7%

Pineapple & products 6.3%

Tuna 5.8%

Seaweeds & carrageenan 3.9%

Tobacco manufactured 3.7%

Fertilizer manufactured 3.3%

Milk & cream products 3.2%

Fresh mango 0.3%

The Framework of a

New Philippine Agriculture

Vision
A Modern and Industrialized
Philippine Agriculture
Strategy: Inclusive Philippine Agri-Industrialization (IPAI)

4 Pillars

4 Sustainable
Development
Goals*

4 Major
Objectives

- Inclusive

- Food Sufficiency

- Productivity

- Science-based

- Economic Security

- Profitability

- Resilience

- Nutritional
Sufficiency

- Competitiveness

- Market-oriented

- Environmental
Security

- Sustainability

Enabling Strategies
Plans and Programs

Legislative Agenda
Note: * The attainment of the 4 sustainable development goals will ensure food security.

Action Points
1. Research and Development
to achieve long term economic growth due to
several challenges, which require operative and
strategic tasks like sufficient R&D
Establish innovation/technology and thematic
platforms; establish state of the art laboratories
or innovation center
Improve links between production and
manufacturing and market
Allowing institutions to work with their strength:
Center of Development/Center of Excellence

Action Points (cont.)

2. Empowerment and Institutional
Capacity Development (CD)
to harness the potential of human
capital (especially faculty members)

Developing relevant educational curriculum

(community based with global outreach:
agribusiness/entrepreneurship) and
innovative pedagogy for other interest groups
CD for high end science research, management
& promotion of agribusiness incubation
Institute an innovation and reward system

Action Points (cont.)

3. Infrastructure and other Logistics
to include establishment of markets, storages
and other rural-urban linkages; all together will
hasten production and delivery of goods

Low investment in infrastructure

World Bank estimated
at least 5% of GDP
on infrastructure
to improve economic
performance

Philippines spends only

about 2.8%

Thank you!

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