Farmer-based analysis of the Valencia Community Forestry Project

Date

1996

Abstract

This study valued and analyzed the costs and benefits of the Valencia Community Forestry Project (VCFP) from the perspective of farmers and based on the equivalency concept of subjective economics. It used primary and secondary data for analysis. The former was gathered through random sampling from VCFP farmers. It was organized by descriptive statistics and then grouped into categories. Secondary data was obtained from the DENR-10 and the assisting NGO.The study site is located in Valencia, Bukidnon. Respondents were males, ages 22 to 59. The majority of them were married. Most had some elementary education. They belong to the following ethnic groups: Boholano, Cebuano, Ilonggo, Manobo and Talaandig.The costs of the project were grouped into : land stabilization technology (LST)/contour, project supervision, and workgroup. The benefits were classified into tangibles and intangibles. The tangible benefits included those related to : subsistence such as amenity, basic necessity, livelihood, store; production like alternative resource, animals, farm inputs, farm planning, irrigation canal, legacy, market access, silviculture, utilization, workgroup; and finance such as aid, hauling, income, loans, savings.The intangible benefits included those associated with : conservation such as upland farming technology, land stabilization technology, soil erosion, fertility conservation, consideration of soil/land as life, forest protection, wildlife habitat, watershed, airshed, soil holding capacity, grassfires, nature, and DENR policy; health and welfare such as landslide, protection from rain and wind, trail, and well-beings; and community development like Community Resource Management and Development Plan (CRMDP), Education, Information, People's Organization, Project Supervision, Resource Management Technology.The benefits of the project outnumbered the costs. The farmers believed that the project has made a positive impression on their lives and want it continue. They will support the implementation of the second phase under the management of the people's organization, popularly known as the cooperative.

Document Type

Master Thesis

Degree

Master of Science in Environmental Science

College

School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM)

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 995 1996 E8 E82

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