Weaving meaning to the process of ending hunger and poverty while caring for Mt. Masaraga watershed [Bicol, Philippines]
2010
Gonzales, M.J.C., Bicol Univ., Guinobatan, Albay (Philippines). Coll. of Agriculture and Forestry
Conventional development approach looks at economic growth and maintaining ecological stability of the environment as incompatible goals. The Extension Service efforts of Bicol University College of Agriculture and Forestry since 2003 to present, has sought to end hunger and poverty while taking care of the environment. This paper presents the interventions to put to ground the attainment of the above mentioned goal. The search for meaning of a well grounded process of ending hunger and poverty while caring for Mt. Masaraga Watershed started in 2003 to 2006 via the implementation of the Program on Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation and Management as approaches. While initiatives undertaken yielded positive results, yet it fell short of realization of goal. In 2009, taking lessons from PSARD and addressing climate change impacts, the Value-Based Development Alternative for the Welfare of the Needy in Mt. Masaraga Project was conceptualized, funded and implemented. Strategies to implement the above mentioned goal are: (a) Self Help Group Formation, Stabilization and Empowerment, (b) Capacity Building, (c) Adaptive Research, (d) Community Managed Biodiversity Conservation and Management, (e) Community managed Sustainable Nature-Based Enterprises, (f) Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, (g) Participatory Domiciliary Nutrition Rehabilitation, (h) Participatory Project Self-review and Planning, (i) Livestock-Based Agroforestry Farming Systems Development and Management and, (j) Local Environmental Governance.
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