UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS

College, Laguna, Philippines 4031

OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR

MESSAGE

I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the men and women

of the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC) on their
completion of the third and final volume of the Philippine Agricultural Engineering
Standards (PAES III). This publication aims to boost the implementation of
engineering standards useful for the preparation, implementation and monitoring
of designs, plans, specifications and performance of agricultural machinery.

These three volumes constitute a fitting response to the challenge posed

through the designation of the AMTEC as the body that is responsible for issuing
agriculture and fisheries machinery standards, under the auspices of Republic
Act 8435 or the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA). AFMA
provides that the Department of Agriculture (DA) shall give priority to the
development and promotion of appropriate agricultural mechanization in the
countryside.

With its mandate from AFMA and with the supportive collaboration of the
Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers and the DA, AMTEC formulated and
developed PAES I, II and III. Like the first two volumes, this is a product of a
long and extensive review and approval process, not only by industry leaders but
also by the public, and the process would not have been at all jumpstarted had it
not been for AMTEC’s sustained initiatives.

Again, congratulations.

WILFREDO P. DAVID
Chancellor
 Republic of the Philippines
Bureau of Agricultural Research
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
3rd Floor, ATI Bldg, Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City
Tel no. (632) 928-8624, 928-8505, Fax 927-5691
E-mail: nd@bar.gov.ph website: http: www.bar.gov.ph

MESSAGE

High-level mechanization is one of the practical manifestations of a progressive

country – a truly modernized agriculture. Good machines make our lives easier and faster.

In agriculture, machineries and innovative processes post the biggest challenge in

boosting the on-time and sound delivery of our agricultural technologies, systems, products
and services. But this requires sound agricultural engineering principles and practices and
standard design in testing procedures and services so that the agricultural sector is guaranteed
of its quality.

I would like to congratulate the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation

Center (AMTEC) for living up to the challenge and for successfully coming out with its third
and final volume of the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards (PAES).

I have no doubts of its importance to the agriculture since it will help the sector in
living up to the challenge of a globalized world. This book can aid us in preparing,
implementing, and monitoring agricultural machineries, materials, and structures and ensure
that they are of superior quality and dependability and suited to local conditions.

I enjoin all concerned stakeholders to adopt the three volumes of PAES and be
responsive to the standards set by the books. I believe that agriculture modernization is just a
leap away and given the right strategies and support, we are on the right track.

To AMTEC, especially to Director Arsenio Resurreccion who has been vital to this
endeavor, I pass on nothing but good wishes and hope that these standards be thoroughly
adopted.

Mabuhay!

WILLIAM C. MEDRANO, Ph.D.

Director
 FOREWORD

The Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC), in cooperation

with concerned agencies of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine Society of
Agricultural Engineers (PSAE), Board of Agricultural Engineering of the Professional
Regulation Commission (BOAE-PRC), Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and
Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), Metals Industry Research and
Development Center (MIRDC), Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE),
Bureau of Product Standards (BPS), Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice),
Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association Foundation, Inc.
(AMMDA), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Susi Foundation, Cavite State
University (CvSU), De La Salle University, and University of the Philippines Los Baños
(UPLB), came out with the publication of two volumes of the Philippine Agricultural
Engineering Standards, PAES I and PAES II in particular, for the year 2000 and 2001,
respectively. PAES I consists of thirty five (35) standards on production machinery (15),
postharvest machinery (11), engineering materials (6), and agricultural structures (3). PAES
II consists of twenty five (25) standards on production machinery (8), engineering materials
(7), and agricultural structures (10). Both volumes underwent extensive technical reviews,
circulations, and public hearings conducted by NAFC.

In 2002, AMTEC, together with the different cooperating private and government
agencies, has come out with the third volume of the Philippine Agricultural Engineering
Standards (PAES III). PAES III consists of standards on production machinery (7),
engineering materials (7), and agricultural structures (8). Similarly, PAES III underwent
extensive technical reviews, circulations, and public hearing conducted by NAFC.

The Department of Agriculture has adopted these standards (PAES I, PAES II and
PAES III) for agricultural engineering. All offices of DA, including its regional field units,
service units, bureaus, attached agencies and corporations, shall adopt and comply with these
standards. Similarly, PSAE and BOAE-PRC have adopted these standards as technical
standards for the practice of agricultural engineering. These standards shall be used in the
preparation, implementation and monitoring of engineering designs, plans, specifications and
performance of agricultural machinery, materials and structures. Agricultural engineers shall
affix their seal and signature in the above mentioned documents to signify compliance to
these standards.

ARSENIO N. RESURRECCION, Ph.D.

Director/Project Leader
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our profound gratitude to the Bureau of Agricultural

Research (BAR) and the National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) of the
Department of Agriculture (DA) for providing financial support to the project.

Thanks are also due to the Study Teams and Technical Committee members from the
following institutions: Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association
Foundation, Inc. (AMMDA), Bureau of Products Standards (BPS), Bureau of Postharvest
Research and Extension (BPRE), De La Salle University (DLSU), Cavite State University
(CvSU), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Kubota Agro-Industrial Machinery
Philippines, Inc (KAMPI), Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC),
National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC), Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry
and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), Philippine Rice Research
Institute (PhilRice), Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE), and University of
the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), for their technical advices and invaluable suggestions and
for helping the project staff in attaining the objectives of the project.

Finally, grateful acknowledgement is rendered to all the private and government

agencies/organizations for their comments, suggestions and reactions on the draft standards.
 INTRODUCTION

The centerpiece program of the government in poverty alleviation, food security,

rationale use of resources, global competitiveness, and sustainable development is the
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA). A close examination of the major
tenets of AFMA points to a very heavy reliance on the support from the field of agricultural
engineering. Overall, AFMA places high priority on the following agricultural engineering
technologies: irrigation, postharvest, structures, rural electrification, mechanization,
alternative energy, domestic water supply, farm roads and bridges.

In responding to the challenge, sound agricultural engineering principles and practices

are required in the planning, design, construction, operation and optimization of agricultural
engineering technologies, systems and services. At the onset, the availability of Philippine
Agricultural Engineering Standards (PAES) is required to ensure to a great extent the
success of agricultural engineering projects in terms of technical performance.

However, in the Philippines, the development of agricultural engineering standards

has not been given due attention. The practice of agricultural engineering standards has been
based on standards from the US and other countries whose appropriateness to Philippine
conditions have not been verified. At most, what we have locally are Philippine standards for
selected machines such as power tillers, rice threshers, rice mills, corn shellers, and grain
dryers. Philippine standards for irrigation; structures for crops, livestock and fisheries; and
alternative energy are non-existent. And the standards for rural electrification, domestic
water supply, farm roads and bridges are lodged in other engineering fields and not with
agricultural engineering.

Development of standards for agricultural engineering in the Philippines started in the

late 1970’s with the Bureau of Product Standards of the Department of Trade and Industry
creating the Technical Committee on Machinery for agriculture and forestry (BPS/TC56).
Later, BPS/TC56 was replaced by TC 19 and the Agricultural Machinery Testing and
Evaluation Center (AMTEC) was designated as its official writing office. Pursuant to
Articles 5 and 6, Chapter I, Title II of Republic Act No. 7394, otherwise known as the
Consumer Act of the Philippines, standards development and its implementation was
identified to three agencies: Department of Agriculture (agricultural products), Department
of Health (drugs, cosmetics, devices and substances) and Department of Trade and Industry
(other products not covered by the two agencies).
 It is stated in Rule 59.1 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act
No. 8435, otherwise known as Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 or
AFMA that AMTEC may be designated by the Department of Agriculture to issue standards
for agriculture and fisheries machinery. On 30 May 2001, the DA secretary issued
Administrative Order No. 11 series of 2001 stating that standard specifications and test
procedures of agricultural machinery shall be developed. AMTEC, in partnership with the
PSAE and concerned DA agencies, shall be charged with formulation and development of the
official agriculture and fisheries machinery standards. Such standards, to be known as the
“Philippine Standards for Agriculture and Fisheries Machinery” shall be subjected to public
hearings by the NAFC through its Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Committee
(AFMeC), prior to its approval by the Secretary of Agriculture.

There is an urgent need to develop our Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards.

Existing Philippine National Standards for Agricultural Engineering developed more than 10-
20 years ago must be updated. Pending draft standards must be pursued and become PAES.
Some sections of Philippine National Standards of related engineering fields such as
electrical, civil, chemical, and mechanical engineering must be reviewed and modified for
applicability to agricultural engineering. International standards for agricultural engineering
must be reviewed and modified to suit Philippine conditions. New standards unique to the
needs of AFMA must be written.

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Bureau of Agricultural

Research (BAR), Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE), Philippine Council
for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD),
Professional Regulation Commission – Board of Agricultural Engineers (PRC-BOAE) and
the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE) upon realization of the dire need for
standards, initiated projects that will develop a set of Philippine National Standards for
Agricultural Engineering to contribute to agricultural modernization, national development
and global competitiveness. The Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center
(AMTEC) of UPLB is implementing these projects.
 PREPARATION OF DRAFT STANDARDS
(SECRETARIAT)

REVIEW AND MODIFICATION OF DRAFT STANDARD

(TECHNICAL COMMITTEE)

CIRCULATION AND PUBLIC HEARING OF DRAFT

STANDARD

FINALIZATION OF DRAFT STANDARD

(SECRETARIAT)

RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF STANDARDS RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF STANDARDS

(CAFMECH) (PSAE)

ADOPTION OF PAES ADOPTION OF PAES

(DA) (BOAE-PRC)

PUBLICATION
(SECRETARIAT)

Flow Chart for Development of Standards