AGMARIS Manual: A Guide to Designing, Installing, and Monitoring a Site-Specific,Provincial AGMARIS in the Philippines (Second Edition)

摘要

The manual explains the basic objectives, procedures and outputs for each of theten steps for designing, installing and monitoring an Agricultural Marketing Information Service (AGMARIS) in the Philippines. It is specifically designed as a tool to guide the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) and AGMARIS staff in setting-up a site-specific AGMARIS unit in provincial operations centers. It will help future research teams to avoid 'trial and error' techniques and from repeating past mistakes during Marketing and Information Needs Assessments (MINAs). This manual does not follow a cookbook approach, but rather provides the reader with guidelines for designing, implementing, and monitoring an AGMARIS based on past experiences.