Luz G. Asio1 and Alfredo B. Escasinas2 ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth and yield responses of corn to chicken dung and rice hull ash application as well as to mycorrhizal fungi inoculation. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot in Randomized Complete Block Design consisting of three replications. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) inoculation served …
Ulysses A. Cagasan1 and Benjamin Agarcio2 ABSTRACT This study was conducted to evaluate the growth and yield of peanut and sweet corn as influenced by timing of planting the crops in an intercropping scheme; determine the appropriate timing of planting peanut and sweet corn in an intercropping scheme for optimum land productivity; and determine the …
John Herbohn1, Steve Harrison2 and David Smorfitt3 ABSTRACT The desirability of and prospects for development of a high-value timber industry in Leyte, Philippines, are examined. Lessons are drawn from extensive research undertaken in tropical north Queensland, Australia, including studies of landholder attitudes; sawmilling activities, including the role of portable sawmills; potential financial returns from plantations …
Steve Harrison ABSTRACT Weak or inappropriate property rights can be a major impediment to efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. The system of property rights governs what landholders can do with their land and other resources and the incentives which exist to undertake tree growing activities. In the forest sector, the property rights regime …
Property Rights Issues in Small-scale Forestry in the Philippines Read More »
Robert Harrison1, Grant Wardell-Johnson2 and Clive McAlpine1 ABSTRACT This paper examines the effectiveness of a rainforest reforestation program (the Community Rainforest Reforestation Program in north-eastern Queensland, Australia) in providing amenity and biodiversity benefits. This program involved small areas of mainly mixed native timber species on private farmland. Government support was provided for the program, for …
Jerome K. Vanclay1, Ravi Prabhu2, Janice P. Susaya1, Robert Muetzelfeldt3 and Mandy Haggith4 ABSTRACT People usually know how they want their situation to change to secure a better future — but they do not always know how to change their situation. Initiatives intended to secure a better future do not always work as intended, and …
A Model to Help People to Realize Sustainable Forestry Futures Read More »
Rodel D. Lasco and Florencia B. Pulhin ABSTRACT Tropical forests have a valuable role in relation to climate change, being a source and sink of carbon. This paper reviews the state of knowledge on carbon stocks and rate of sequestration of various forest ecosystems in the Philippines. Carbon density ranges widely from less than 5 …
Oyebamiji Noah Alabi1*, Ibrahim Hajara1, Adelani David Olusegun2 and Ojekunle Oluseyi Opeyemi1 ABSTRACT The application of leguminous agroforestry tree species using leafy biomass to improve soil fertility in the savanna alfisols is observed to be uncommon. Although, if applied, leguminous leafy biomass increases soil organic matter and improves its fertility potentials for crop productivity. This …
Soil erosion in the marginal upland of Inopacan, Leyte Read More »
Dennis P. Peque and Linda B. Mabesa ABSTRACT Subsistence farmers have long recognized the importance of trees as a source of many goods, services and amenities. However, central to tree growing activities should be the development of opportunities for farmers to generate and improve their income by value adding. A variety of value-adding activities are …
Value-adding in Forestry at the Farm and Community Level Read More »
Stephen Duthy1 and Bernadette Bolo-Duthy2 ABSTRACT Underlying community based forest management is the belief that communities are in the best position to manage and protect forests if they participate in decision-making on the sustainable use of forest resources. For several decades the development approach in the Philippines has been to empower People’s Organizations (P0) through …