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Foreword
Efforts to modernize Philippine agriculture need the support of
the agricultural
engineering profession. With fast face of development in various
fields of science and
technology, agricultural engineers have to ride these waves of
changes in order to be relevant
and effective agents in the drive to modernize our countrys
agriculture.
Modernization and development require standards. Standards
provide the specific
pathways by which individuals, groups or institutions can more
effectively and efficiently
deliver services, accomplish tasks, and fabricate, test and
operate tools and equipment. For
these reasons, standardization is an important initiative that
Filipino agricultural engineers are
continuously pursuing.
This volume of Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standard
(PAES) contains the
results of another concerted and united effort in advancing the
agricultural engineering
profession with the ultimate goal of improving its service to
the country.
During the two-year period from May 2009 to April 2011, the
Agricultural MachineryTesting and Evaluation Center (AMTEC)
implemented the project entitled Development of
Standards for Agricultural Production and Postharvest Machinery.
With the funding support
from the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and
Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCARRD), the project was able to develop standard
specifications and
methods of tests for selected machines for production and
postharvest operations of
agricultural commodities. The selection of the machines was
based on the commodities
identified by PCARRD-DOST and the program of the Department of
Agriculture.
The standards contained in this volume were developed through
the efforts and
cooperation of various individuals and institutions, public and
private. These include various
agencies and units of the Department of Agriculture such as
Philippine Rice Research
Institute (PhilRice), National Agricultural and Fishery Council
(NAFC), National Food
Authority (NFA), Philippine Center for Postharvest Development
and Mechanization
(PhilMech), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). Fiber
Development Authority (FIDA); the
Metal Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) of the
Department of Science
and Technology (DOST); the educational institutions such as the
University of the
Philippines Los Baos, Cavite State University; Philippine
Society of Agricultural Engineers
(PSAE); and, the Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and
Distributors Association
(AMMDA), Inc..
The Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) of the Department of Trade
and Industry
(DTI) had approved these standards as Philippine National
Standards (PNS) such that these
are now included in the Philippine National Standards Catalogue.
All of these developedstandards were also submitted to the
Department of Agriculture and to the Professional
Regulation Commission for adoption as PAES Volume VIII (Part 1
and Part 2).
We understand that standardization is a continuing process and
it will not end with
this volume. We do this because we know that standards provide a
clear and safe pathway to
the present. They are also a bridge to the future. As we forge
to improve our present, we
prepare for a better future.
