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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.
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