Rehabilitation and natural resource management in changed agricultural landscapes as a result of disasters [in Infanta, Quezon, Philippines]
2009
Medina, S.M. | Villancio, V.T. | Garcia, J.N.M. | Natural, H.G. Jr. | Vergara, J.R.M. | Paningbatan, E.P. Jr., Philippines Univ. Los Baños, College, Laguna (Philippines). Coll. of Agriculture | Reguyal, A.A., Prelature of Infanta, Infanta, Quezon (Philippines). Social Action Center
In November 2004, a portion of Quezon and Aurora provinces in the Philippines was the scene of unprecedented loss of lives and properties due to flash floods and mudflows resulting from heavy torrential rains that induced mountain soil erosion, landslides and overflowing of river systems. The disaster damaged prime agricultural lands causing once productive paddy rice lands to be covered by upland soil and diverse grassland species afterwards. The soil's physical and chemical characteristics of the area, together with the production systems have changed, which in many ways have become a challenge to the affected communities. To address the challenge, a multi-stakeholder partnership was forged where one of the main tasks is to restore and make productive the damaged ecosystem, and to develop an integrated farming system suitable to the area, considering the available resources, the knowledge and capability of the people.
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