Conservation farming projects in the Philippine uplands: Rhetoric and reality
Abstract
The phenomenon of agricultural land degradation in the Philippine uplands has been regarded by scientists and policy-makers as a major environmental and rural development problem. Numerous conservation farming projects have been implemented in the past two decades to address this problem, apparently with little success. Most of these projects have espoused the currently fashionable principles of community-based sustainable development. This paper examines case histories of three completed upland conservation projects. The aim is to compare the rhetoric of project documents and evaluations with the reality of on-going land management practices as seen from the perspective of the land managers themselves. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Source or Periodical Title
World Development
ISSN
0305750X
Page
911-927
Document Type
Article
Subject
Asia, Philippines, Projects, Soil conservation, Uplands
Recommended Citation
Cramb, R. A.; Garcia, J. N.M.; Gerrits, R. V.; and Saguiguit, G. C., "Conservation farming projects in the Philippine uplands: Rhetoric and reality" (2021). Journal Article. 3329.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/3329