A webinar on “Celebrating LIFE (Livelihood Improvement through Facilitated Extension)
June 22, 2021
10:00 a.m. Welcome Remarks – DOST-PCAARRD Executive Director Dr. Reynaldo Ebora
10:03 a.m. Message – DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña
10:06 a.m. Message – H.E. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven J Robinson AO
10:09 a.m. Prof. Andrew Campbell, CEO, ACIAR
Voice Over Narrator and Art Cards
10:12-10:18 a.m. First session: Conflict in Mindanao (context setting); Format: Video testimonial (3 mins)
10:12 a.m. Mohamad Nor - Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Societies (CBCS)
10:15 a.m. Mambai Mahin (Maguindanao) Farmer or community leader on impacts of conflict in livelihoods
Second session: Agricultural extension and partnerships in conflict-vulnerable areas. Format: Video interviews, “What does agricultural extension mean to your organization?”
10:18 a.m. Ms. Miladel Capitania (Zamboanga Sibugay) – providing basic services to constituents (amaep)
10:21 a.m. UPLB Chancellor Jose V. Camacho, Jr. – mandate of universities to provide agricultural research, development and extension
10:24 a.m. UP Mindanao Chancellor Larry Digal – research, development, and extension with focus on Mindanao communities, especially in conflict- vulnerable areas
10:27 a.m. Deputy Vice-Chancellor for College of Design and Social Context and RMIT Vice President Professor Tim Marshall– partnerships for research, development and extension
10:30 a.m. Conflict to LIFE. Format: Videos (2-3 mins each)
10:33 a.m. Dr. Mary Johnson and Anne Shangrila Fuentes (UP Mindanao Dept. of Social Sciences) – development of the LIFE Model (three elements)
10:37 a.m. Nikki Cordero, MJ Titan and Mocs Sangki (LFPI) - implementing LIFE, building trust in conflict-vulnerable areas
10:40 a.m. Dr. Melvin B. Carlos – Expansion of LIFE: Reaching more conflict-vulnerable communities (PULL Program)
10:48 a.m. Launch of the LIFE Package
Noel Vock – describes the LIFE package Format: Video showing materials under the LIFE Package and the link to where these materials may be accessed (1-2 mins)
10:53 a.m. IX. A Hopeful LIFE. Format: Video testimonials (2-3 mins)
10:50 a.m. Aurora Rosal/Jaidy Cadag/Amsia/PULL sites (South Cotabato) - Farmer applying LIFE learnings
10:53 a.m. Helen Anaud (South Cotabato) – adopting resolutions to implement LIFE Model
10:58 a.m. Henry Binahon-IEC and Training Officer, Landcare Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (LFPI)
11:07 a.m. Dr. Emma Ruth Bayogan (PULL, UP Mindanao) – institutionalizing LIFE in UP Mindanao
11:10 a.m. Closing – ACIAR Philippines Country Manager Mai Alagcan
11:13 a.m. Close