The Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) through its Socio-Economics Research Division is forming impact assessment (IA) teams nationwide to conduct IA of PCAARRD and DOST-supported project. Under this initiative, they invited various agencies including the University of Southern Mindanao to identify faculty to attend a series of trainings that were designed to build on one another.