Agroforestry adoption, innovations and smallholder farmers' motivations in tropical uplands of Southern Philippines
Issue Date
5-2006
Abstract
A combination of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and household survey was conducted to understand what motivates Claveria farmers to plant trees and adopt agroforestry. Of the 300 households surveyed, 72% adopted agroforestry systems. Parkland system is the most widely practiced (30%), followed by hedgerow system or natural vegetative strips (NVS) (18%), block planting (16%), and border planting (8%). The agroforestry system adopted by farmers varies with their motivations. If the primary motive is to have additional income, farmers practice either block planting, border planting, or parkland system. For soil conservation, farmers prefer hedgerows system or NVS. Farmers wanting to protect their crops from strong winds plant trees along farm boundaries as windbreaks (border planting). Copyright © by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
Source or Periodical Title
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
ISSN
10440046
Volume
28
Issue
1
Page
131-143
Document Type
Article
Language
English
Subject
Agroforestry, Block planting, Border planting, Hedgerow system, Household survey, Natural vegetative strips (NVS), Participatory rural appraisal
Recommended Citation
Magcale-Macandog, Damasa & Visco, Robert & Delgado, Marc. (2006). Agroforestry Adoption, Innovations and Smallholder Farmers' Motivations in Tropical Uplands of Southern Philippines. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture - J SUSTAINABLE AGR. 28. 131-143.
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1300/J064v28n01_11
Digital Copy
YES