(“The best way…” image[1] from BrainyQuote)
Remember, Mr Dar is an excellent “Servant Leader” (see my
essay, “The Journey of ICRISAT & William Dar. The End is Another Beginning[2],” 14 Dec 2014, iCRiSAT Watch, Blogspot.com). He proved it with unprecedented
international success with ICRISAT, servant-leading it from dead last to #1,
until his retirement in 2014. The perceptive leader knows what
servants-employees must do to help shape the future.
ANN says (Author Not Named, 29 Dec 2021, “Dar Issues 2022 Marching Orders For
DA Execs And Staff: ‘Exceptional Times Call For Extraordinary Measures[3]’”(DA.gov.ph):
We have done much to
ensure our national food security in these difficult times. However, the global
Covid-19 pandemic continues to limit any semblance of normalcy for people
already fed up with quarantine lockdowns and mobility restrictions. In agriculture,
the African Swine Fever…, the series of calamities, and the global hike in
prices of inputs (corn, soybeans, fertilizer, petroleum, etc.), have aggravated
the situation…
These
are extremely difficult times, calling for extremely intelligent leadership and
extremely creative & productive followership.
Now then, are you ready for 2022? OneDA should be. According
to ANN, Sec Dar has issued instructions to observe for 2022 these 4 measures:
“effective fund utilization, proactive planning & implementation,
publication of operations manuals for all units, and institutionalization of
food systems as advocated by the United Nations.”
“Effective
fund utilization”
It’s like Mr Dar is saying, “Show me the money – where it
went!” OneDA will have to show where the funds go: who, what, where, when, how,
and why. If you keep records for any authorized person to review, you will have
to keep your operations clean and neat. Looking at the records, any scrutinizing
person should be able to add two and two together to make four, not five!
“Proactive
planning and implementation”
Before you implement anything, make sure you have included it
in your plans for your agency or unit, and that anyone can check it out. You
plan ahead for those moments you know are coming from the people, who are your
clients – remember, you are servants of
the people.
“Publication
of operations manual for all units”
That is a Servant Leader’s smart way of saying without
saying, “You must make sure your office is operating according to published procedures
that anyone can check out with.” Everyone must follow protocols, including any
group wanting to work with the DA. No shenanigans!
“Institutionalization
of the food systems approach”
This is something new to me. Here is an explanation by the
Food & Business Knowledge Platfor
A food systems
approach (FSA) is a useful interdisciplinary conceptual framework for research
and policy aimed at sustainable solutions for the sufficient supply of healthy
food. An FSA analyses the relationships between the different parts of the food
system and the outcomes of activities within the system in socio-economic and
environmental/climate terms.
All in all, Mr Dar is like saying:
It’s time for OneDA to
check out how Research and Policy can join hands to bring about sustainable
systems for the supplies of healthy foods for Filipinos. Beyond sustainable, food
supplies must address national socio-economic as well as climate change
concerns.
“Address
climate change concerns” – Yes Sir! And the intelligent response I see today is for
farmers to practice Regenerative Agriculture.@517
[1]https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/peter_drucker_131600
[2]https://icrisatwatch.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-journey-of-icrisat-william-dar-end.html
[3]http://rfu12.da.gov.ph/2-uncategorised/5776-agriculture-secretary-william-dar-wants-the-department-of-agriculture-da-to-focus-on-four-central-measures-to-guide-policy-decisions-and-programs-next-year
[4]https://knowledge4food.net/food-systems-approach-report/
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