Carbon-forestry projects in the Philippines: potential and challenges: the case of Mt Kitanglad Range forest-carbon development project

A critical review of the PCA’s extensive R & D findings, and field-extension experience, particularly, the Small Coconut Farms Development Project or SCFDP (1990 - 1998) was done. The analysis revealed several key points relevant to pursue a sustained coconut rehabilitation of 750,000 hectares (ha.) @ a 5-year cycle in the wet and intermediate growing zones with judicious fertilization (crop nutrition management). These major points are: (1) at least 2 million (M) ha of current stands of coconut ( more than 95 % local tall varieties) have been suffering from widespread multi-deficiency of plant nutrients such as nitrogen, chloride, sulfur, potassium, phosphorus and micronutrients like boron, zinc and copper; (2) as such, this is a major growth and yield-limiting factor that limits the average annual coconut productivity (40 nuts tree or 1 ton copra/ha); (3) the average performance (1992-95) of the SCFDP farms showed that coconut productivity increased to 91 nuts/tree (from 35 nuts) or to 3.01 tons copra/ha (from only 0.94) after at least 3 years of regular annual application of fertilizers; in 1998 ( post-rehabilitation of 3 years) yields dropped to 70 nuts/tree or 2.21 copra/ha; (4) onwards to year 2010, without management, these SCFDP farms are predicted to further drop to 25.9 nuts/tree ( 0.70 ton copra/ha/yr), based on the estimate 8-9% annual reduction rate of yield; and (5) apparently, nationwide, the SCFDP experience had shown that the soil nutrient-poor coconut farms are only capable of producing only about 1/3 of its achievable yield of 85 – 120 nuts/tree ( 2 –3 tons copra/ha), annually.

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Outcomes and Social Effects of a Community-Based Development Project on Selected Rice-Based Farmers in the Philippines

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development ◽

10.37801/ajad2021.18.2.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 35-54

Author(s):

Glenn Y. Ilar ◽

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Rowena DT. Baconguis ◽

Virginia R. Cardenas ◽

Jaine C. Reyes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Management Practices ◽

Community Intervention ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

The Philippines ◽

Development Project ◽

T Test ◽

Social Effects ◽

Community Based ◽

Production Technologies

This research investigated the outcomes and social effects of a community-based development project in the form of a rice-based community intervention. Conducted in Regions 1, 6, and 10 in the Philippines, it employed mixed methods to gather quantitative and qualitative data concurrently from 86 randomly sampled farmer-cooperators and 20 purposively sampled key informants who were project implementers and facilitators. The project improved the farmer-cooperators’ human capital and social capital. They had high to very high knowledge of the component technologies of the PalayCheck System, as well as corn, mushroom, and vegetable production, after the project was implemented. PalayCheck is a rice integrated crop management system that presents the key technologies and management practices as Key Checks, which farmers need to learn, check, and share. The t-test showed a highly significant increase in almost all of the production technologies except for duck raising and bitter gourd production, which were only mildly significant. There were also significant increases in their groups and networks, trust and solidarity, collective action and cooperation, and social cohesion and inclusion after the project. Moreover, there was a highly significant increase in the farmer-cooperators’ social capital. However, the number of conflicts or disputes among the farmer-cooperators and the members of the farmer association was only mildly significant. The project also provided economic benefits to the farmer-cooperators, such as an increase in yields and incomes, through their continued adoption of the production technologies taught during training. The results further show that the increase in yields was sustained except in certain years when some of the farmer-cooperators experienced low yields due to pest problems, drought, typhoons, and other calamities. Overall, the paired sample t-test revealed a highly significant increase in mean yields in Year 1 to Year 5 after the project than before the project in the three regions. Participation and empowerment outcomes were also observed, such as greater access to information, resources, support services, and training and employment opportunities as well as improved participation in project-related decision-making and community activities.

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The Impact of a Local Development Project on Social Capital: Evidence from the Bohol Irrigation Scheme in the Philippines

Water ◽

10.3390/w9030202 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 202 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hogeun Park ◽

Takuji Tsusaka ◽

Valerien Pede ◽

Kyung-Min Kim

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Local Development ◽

The Philippines ◽

Development Project ◽

Irrigation Scheme ◽

The Impact

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Critical Reflections: Confessions from the Director of a 15-year Agroforestry Research and Development Project in the Philippines

Human Organization ◽

10.17730/humo.68.1.ag28q76576855281 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

pp. 55-63

Author(s):

Ben Wallace

Keyword(s):

Research And Development ◽

The Philippines ◽

Development Project ◽

Agroforestry Research ◽

Critical Reflections

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Doing Development One Chicken at a Time: Happy Hollow Egg Production as an Unlikely Spin-Off from an Agroforestry Development Project

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.31.1.y41845j463wn0h15 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 9-10

Author(s):

Ben Wallace

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Community Development ◽

Egg Production ◽

The Philippines ◽

Development Project ◽

Applied Anthropology ◽

The Past ◽

The People ◽

New Ideas ◽

Village Life

As most of us involved in community development know, often a good idea originates with the people we are trying the help. In fact, one of the keys to success and sustainability in many development projects rests in our ability to accomplish our goals or deliverables within a methodology that is sufficiently flexible to incorporate new ideas into an already carefully defined set of goals. This basic truism of research in community development is illustrated here with an example of a livelihood project seemingly unrelated to the overall goals of an agroforestry development project—Good Roots-ugat ng buhay—that I have directed in the Philippines for the past fifteen years (see The Changing Village Life in Southeast Asia: Applied anthropology and environment in the Northern Philippines, 2005, New York and London: RoutledgeCuzon).

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Reclaiming Ancestral Lands: A By-product of Agroforestry Research in the Phillipines

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.22.3.57032lt7h178p773 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 43-43

Author(s):

Ben Wallace

Keyword(s):

Research And Development ◽

Applied Research ◽

The Philippines ◽

Development Project ◽

Primary Research ◽

Agroforestry Research ◽

Secondary Benefits

Those of us directly involved in applied research are all too familiar with the need to adjust our methods or objectives because of unanticipated cultural or political situations. On rare occasions, however, an unanticipated situation creates an opportunity for the project to go beyond its stated objectives and enhance its opportunities for success. Such a situation occurred in a long-term agroforesty research and development project in the Philippines, popularly known as "Good Roots: Ugat ng buhay." This case study is presented here in hope that it will prompt other researchers to explore the secondary benefits of their primary research.

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