Soil conservation in an upland farming system in Bukidnon [Philippines]: a socio-economic survey
1995
Garcia, J.N.M. | Gerrits, R.V. | Cramb, R.A. | Saguiguit, G.C. Jr. | Conchada, J.J. | Yao, R.T. | Perez, A.S. | Bernardo, R.G.
This study has shown that upland farmers are willing to adopt contour hedgerow technologies. The MUSUAN program utilized a participatory approach in the initial selection of participants and in allowing lead farmers to select technologies most appropriate to their situation. That lead farmers were seen to be representative of the community and had a greater awareness of the potential benefits, costs and risks associated with adoption of the technology appears to have contributed to greater integration of new technologies within the farming system and greater sustainability in farmers' utilization of the technologies. The participatory approach of the program could usefully be replicated in other sites. Adoption appeared to be influenced by access to land and the security of tenure. In addition there appeared to be a marked lack of secondary economic benefits stemming from adoption, suggesting that farmers do adopt "pure" hedgerow systems. Farmers' adoption of contour hedgerows was marked by modification of the project's recommendations and implementations was less than ideal from the soil conservation point of view. Immediate economic benefits were not apparent in the cross-sectional analyses of maize production. Nonetheless, presence of hedgerows and subsequent terrace formation was evidence of the technology's effects and adopting households recognized environmental and economic benefits in their maize production enterprise which were attributed to adoption of the technology
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