Lecture 4

Question 1

What is the land area of Philippines?

Answer 1

298, 170 sq. Km

Question 2

What is Total land area used for agricultural crop cultivation?

Answer 2

13.5 million hectares (Sanchez, M. 2020)

Question 3

what is the total irrigable area?

Answer 3

3.128 million ha

Question 4

enumerate the main crops

Answer 4

rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane, bananas, pineapple, coffee, mangoes, tobacco, and abaca.

Question 5

enumerate the secondary crops

Answer 5

peanut, cassava, camote, garlic, onion, cabbage, eggplant, calamansi, rubber, and cotton.

Question 6

What is the Average size of a farm in the Philippines, mostly small-scale family farms?

Answer 6

1.29 hectares

Question 7

JUST READ AND UNDERSTAND

Answer 7

Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC)
Background
• AMTEC was created in response to the need for an official testing agency for agricultural machinery to guide stakeholders in determining suitability of agricultural machinery under Philippine conditions.

Question 8

The AMTEC was established in ???
through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Agriculture (DA) and University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB).
• AMTEC is administered by UPLB through the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT).

Answer 8

1977

Question 9

“The AMTEC shall be the testing and evaluation arm of the DA. All agriculture and fisheries machinery to be acquired under the various programs and projects of the DA shall pass through testing by the AMTEC”

Answer 9

Administrative Order No. 11, Series of 2001 of the DA

Question 10

• Article 5, Section 18 of the AFMech Law stipulates that ‘Agricultural and fisheries machinery and equipment to be sold in the market shall pass through testing and evaluation by
AMTEC…’

Answer 10

AFMech Law 2013 (RA 10601)

Question 11

READ AND UNDERSTAND

Answer 11

AMTEC
Mandates
PRIMARY
• To establish standard specifications, test procedures, and performance indices for agricultural machinery.
• To conduct testing and evaluation of agricultural machinery under established standards.

Question 12

READ AND UNDERSTAND

Answer 12

AMTEC

Mandates
SECONDARY
• To assess after-sales service capabilities of firms engaged in sales of agricultural machinery.
• To publish and disseminate standards and test results.
• To train students, technicians, engineers on standards development and testing of agricultural machinery.

Question 13

READ AND UNDERSTAND

Answer 13

AMTEC

Objectives of Testing
•To establish performance characteristics of agricultural and fishery machines
•To establish the general status and trend of the performance of the agricultural and fishery
machines

Question 14

Methods of Testing
•AMTEC conducts tests based on the PAES

Answer 14

Machines Tested (July 1977 - October 2013)

Prime Movers - 820
Irrigation equipment - 543
Production Machinery - 297
Postharvest equipment - 673
Grain Moisture Testers - 15
Electric Generator Set - 2

TOTAL : 2350

Question 15

Enumerate the frequently machines tested by AMTEC

Answer 15

1. Engines (Diesel and Gasolines)
2. Pumps and Pumpsets
3. 4-Wheel Tractors
4. Hand tractors
5. Corn Shellers/Huskers
6. Threshers
7. Rice Mills
8. Combine harvesters
9. Biomass Shredders
10. Biomass Furnace
11. Dryers

Question 16

it is the measurement of maximum power

Answer 16

Varying Load

Question 17

it is a 5-hour test to identify the behavior

Answer 17

Continuous Running

Question 18

READ AND UNDERSTAND

Answer 18

SIGNIFICANCE THE TESTING ACTIVITY
• Gives objective and systematic assessment of the actual machine performance.
• Serves as requirement in procurement process of DA and DAR.
• Safeguards interest of farmers.
• Improves machine supplied to the market.