Adoption of agroforestry technology: the case of the hillyland households [Philippines]
1987
Castillo, E.R.
With the introduction of the agroforestry project, grandparents were given the role of child caring which they resented. The hillyland households were involved in several informal groupings such as "uma", "anup", "tagnawa", "uraga", "buras", to mention a few. After the introduction of the agroforestry technology project, there was an increase in households who claimed to have improved their economic status and parents also had higher aspirations on the future of their children. After the adoption of the agroforestry technology project, some changes in the community were observed such as the kinds of housing materials and lighting facilities, used source of drinking water, types of toilet, and kinds of roads. However, not all of these changes were attributed to the introduction of the agroforestry technology project but also to other government countryside development programs. Adoption of agroforestry technology project was found significantly related to number of technical changes, number of species planted in the project, and number of organizational affiliations. Age, civil status, length of residence in the community and position in the agroforestry organization were found related to family type. Attitudes toward innovation and aspirations regarding children, farming as a livelihood and community life were found related to adoption of agroforestry technology project. Socioeconomic and psychological characteristics of hillyland households influenced their adoption of a new technology, which consequently catered changes in the social structure as exemplified by the emergence of new roles. The study concluded that given the introduction of agroforestry technology and the socioeconomic and psychological factors, changes in the social structure occur which bring about socioeconomic and psychological consequences.
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