The Landcare experience in the Philippines: Technical and institutional innovations for conservation farming

Mercado, Agustin R.; Patindol, Marcelino; Garrity, D. P.

doi:10.1080/09614520120066774

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“…Such measures do not 'diffuse' through a population in the manner of classic innovations such as hybrid maize (Rogers, 1995;Cramb, 2000). Examination of the few successful examples of widespread and sustained adoption in the Philippines (Granert, 1990;Fujisaka, 1993;Stark, 2000;Cramb et al, 2000;Mercado et al, 2001;Garcia et al, 2002;Cramb and Culasero, 2003b) suggests that collective action at the community level is needed to: BACKGROUND AND SOURCES OF DATA The paper draws on a participatory evaluation of the Landcare Program in Mindanao (Cramb and Culasero, 2003a). The evaluation study was undertaken in the final phase of a four-year action research project (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003) funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).…”

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The role of social capital in the promotion of conservation farming: the case of ‘landcare’ in the Southern Philippines

Cramb

2005

Land Degrad Dev

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ABSTRACT'Social capital' refers to the relationships of trust, communication, and cooperation that facilitate collective action in a community. It is particularly relevant to soil conservation in developing countries, which requires collective efforts to raise awareness of soil degradation, provide effective training in soil conservation practices, and implement soil conservation measures on individual farms. The Landcare Program in the Southern Philippines promotes simple conservation practices in upland environments through establishing and supporting community landcare groups and municipal landcare associations, thus augmenting the social capital of farmers in these locations. An evaluation of the Landcare Program in Barangay Ned, South Cotabato, based on a survey of 313 farm households and case studies of nine landcare groups, shows that, despite extreme isolation and difficult working conditions, farmers responded by rapidly forming landcare groups and a landcare association, and adopting contour barriers on their maize farms. They utilized the bonding social capital inhering in their local communities to build stocks of bridging social capital, linking them to information, training and resources from outside their immediate locality. A logistic regression model of the factors affecting adoption of contour barriers shows that farmers who had undergone the practical, farmer-based training provided by the Landcare Program, and who were members of a landcare group, were significantly more likely to adopt conservation measures. These results confirm the value of investing in social capital to promote soil conservation.

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The role of social capital in the promotion of conservation farming: the case of ‘landcare’ in the Southern Philippines

Cramb

2005

Land Degrad Dev

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“…Integration of environmental awareness into school lessons is already ongoing. And there is considerable literature on sharing experiences among communities through activities such as cross-site visits that allow people to see and judge for themselves [79][80][81]. These experiences suggest that building local support for REDD+ and PMRV is possible and would bring improved environmental awareness and other benefits.…”

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Motivation matters: Lessons for REDD+ participatory measurement, reporting and verification from three decades of child health participatory monitoring in Indonesia

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2016

Motivation Matters: Lessons for REDD+ Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification From Three Decades of Child Health

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Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification (PMRV), in the context of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation with its co-benefits (REDD+) requires sustained monitoring and reporting by community members. This requirement appears challenging and has yet to be achieved. Other successful, long established, community self-monitoring and reporting systems may provide valuable lessons. The Indonesian integrated village healthcare program (Posyandu) was initiated in the 1980s and still provides effective and successful participatory measurement and reporting of child health status across the diverse, and often remote, communities of Indonesia. Posyandu activities focus on the growth and development of children under the age of five by recording their height and weight and reporting these monthly to the Ministry of Health. Here we focus on the local Posyandu personnel (kaders) and their motivations and incentives for contributing. While Posyandu and REDD+ measurement and reporting activities differ, there are sufficient commonalities to draw useful lessons. We find that the Posyandu kaders are motivated by their interests in health care, by their belief that it benefits the community, and by encouragement by local leaders. Recognition from the community, status within the system, training opportunities, competition among communities, and small payments provide incentives to sustain participation. We examine these lessons in the context of REDD+.

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“…Contour hedgerow intercropping or alley cropping in a sloping land is an agroforestry practice of planting leguminous plants on the contour to provide green leaf manure to fertilize annual crops and serve as barrier to soil loss (Garrity et al, 1993). Contour hedgerow systems using nitrogen fixing trees have been widely viewed and promoted as important components of soil conservation in Southeast Asia to minimize soil erosion, restore soil fertility, and subsequently improve crop productivity (Mercado et al, 2000).…”

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Can Agroforestry Farmers Attain Sustainability? Case of Farmers in Selected Upland Farming Communities in the Philippines

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This article is based on the study which investigated the socioeconomic and biophysical conditions of the upland farming communities in the Philippines; identified the development pathways that were undertaken by the upland farmers; and determined level of sustainability of the upland farming communities on the basis of their development pathways. This article argues that agroforestry farmers in upland farming communities in the Philippines can attain sustainability. This argument is based on the study conducted in the three pilot upland communities of the Conservation Farming Villages program in Albay, Ifugao and Negros Oriental, Philippines. From seven focus group discussions (FGDs) with at least 12 participants per FGD for a total of 147 farmers, and farm household survey of 230 upland farmers, research results indicate that agroforestry farmers in the three study sites were smallholders and were cultivating in areas with marginal conditions. There were five development pathways identified. These are monocropping in contour, multiple cropping in contour, agroforestry, agroforestry with non-farm activities, and multiple cropping/monocropping without contour. With the community capitals framework as the theoretical foundation, analysis indicated that the five development pathways contributed to a high level of social, human and political capitals having mean scores of 0.73, 0.55 and 0.54, respectively; a moderate level of physical, financial and natural capital, with mean scores of 0.23, 0.20 and 0.23, respectively; and a very low level of cultural capital with mean score of -0.08. At the community level, on the other hand, research results revealed that the CFV sites in Ligao, Albay and La Libertad, Negros Oriental have almost similar contributions to the sustainability of the upland farming communities, while Alfonso Lista, Ifugao had the lowest. Thus, institutional arrangements with the farmers’ association and the local government units also played a key role in the sustainability of the upland farming communities. These results imply the need for a holistic and collaborative engagement towards attaining sustainable upland farming communities.

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The Landcare experience in the Philippines: Technical and institutional innovations for conservation farming

Cited by 32 publications

References 5 publications

The role of social capital in the promotion of conservation farming: the case of ‘landcare’ in the Southern Philippines

The role of social capital in the promotion of conservation farming: the case of ‘landcare’ in the Southern Philippines

Motivation matters: Lessons for REDD+ participatory measurement, reporting and verification from three decades of child health participatory monitoring in Indonesia

Can Agroforestry Farmers Attain Sustainability? Case of Farmers in Selected Upland Farming Communities in the Philippines

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