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Browsing by Author "Catacutan, Delia C."

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  • Agroforestry and sustainable vegetable production in Southeast Asian Watersheds
    Catacutan, Delia C. (2006)
    This presentation gives an explanation of the TMPEGS project. It defines the acronym TMPEGS (Technology, Marketing, Policy, Environmental and economic-social impact, Gender, and Scaling-up). It describes the location of the the project, and the methodology surrounding the research.
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    A closer look on the Magna Carta of small farmers in the Philippines
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Duque-Piñon, Caroline (Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF-Philippines), 2009)
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    Decentralizing natural resource management: Emerging lessons from ICRAF collaboration in southeast Asia
    Lai, Cynthia; Catacutan, Delia C.; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr. (1998)
    The purpose of this paper is to share some emerging lessons concerning decentralization and devolution of forest management in Southeast Asia, drawing upon the collaborative work being undertaken by the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) and a wide range of partner institutions. The first section will briefly highlight recent developments related to decentralized approaches to forest policy and management in Indonesia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and the Philippines. The second section will present highlights, emerging lessons, and implications for scaling up from the perspective of three case-studies: 1) the damar agroforests in Krui, Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia; 2) the municipal-level natural resource management planning process in Lantapan, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines; and 3) the Landcare approach to conservation farming on sloping lands in Claveria, Misamis Oriental Province, Mindanao, Philippines. The last section will attempt to draw some general principles and lessons learned from ICRAF collaboration in Southeast Asia, particularly in light of how these may be applied for future scaling-up efforts to generate wider positive impact.
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    Enhancing farmer adoption of simple conservation practices: Landcare in the Philippines
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Arbes, L.; Boy, G. (2001)
    This paper evaluates the technical, socio-economic, and institutional constraints contributing to the slow adoption of contour hedgerow conservation practices in the Philippines. The authors discuss the dissemination of Natural Vegetative Strips (NVS) as an effective alternative, which was much more rapidly disseminated through the Landcare approach. The key actors and factors of Landcare are discussed, including methodology and relationships between the community, LGUs, and technical service providers. The paper also presents the aspects that made Landcare so successful and issues to address in scaling up the program.
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    Establishing an institutional infrastructure for improved ENRM: The local Environment and Natural Resources Office
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Tabbada, Alexander U.; Duque, Caroline (Bukidnon, Philippines: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, 2002)
    In this issue we cover the topic on effecting a full devolution of environmental management functions to LGU's by creating the local Environment and Natural Resources Office
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    Governance and natural resource management: Key factors and policy implications: Emerging lessons from ICRAF- SANREM collaboration in the Philippines
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Garrity, Dennis P.; Duque, Caroline (2001)
    The concept and practice of governance and natural resource management is emerging as a popular debate in the Philippines, as in many countries in the region. It is now widely accepted that Local Government Units (LGU) play a critical role in the management of resources within their jurisdiction. This debate is constructed from a combination of people, processes and structures under a diversity of circumstances. Hence, its pluralistic nature, necessitates participation more widely by various civil society sectors, including the scientific community.
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    Governance and natural resources management: Key factors and policy implications
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Garrity, Dennis P.; Duque, Caroline (2001)
    Local Government Units (LGU) play a critical role in the management of resources within their jurisdiction. Our collaborative work with SANREM/seeks to understand better the methodological, institutional and policy hurdles impinging the success of local natural resource management. The experience started in Lantapan in phase 1 of SANREM, with the aim to better integrate environmental knowledge in planning and decision-making at the watershed level. SANREM supported an LGU-led planning process for the development of a five-year Municipal Natural Resource Management and Development Plan (NRMDP). The NRMDP was recognized as a national model for locally led and research-based NRM planning by the Philippines' National Strategy for Watershed Management. Inspired by the Lantapan experience, a scaling-up process was pursued in four municipalities in northern Bukidnon. We concluded that there are socio-political and technical factors affecting the sustainability of local NRM. Four sustainability factors to successful NRM emerged from our study. These are: clear local financial investment, enhanced local technical capacity, sound political culture conducive to NRM, and a supporting National Mandate. To ensure that these conditions are met will require pressures for a virtual overhaul of programmatic areas of effective governance, as well as, setting a national level policy direction, and local level enforcement of such policies. We aim to translate these factors into policy statements communicated at the national level for wider impacts.
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    Innovations in participatory watershed resource management to conserve tropical biodiveristy
    Garrity, Dennis P.; Amoroso, V.; Koffa, Samuel; Catacutan, Delia C. (Los Baños, Philippines: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development, 2001)
    This paper reviews the experience of the Biodiversity Consortium at the Philippine site in conducting research to develop tools and approaches to improve biodiversity conservation with the active involvement of the communities that live near the Mt. Kitanglad Range Nature Park. The following section discusses the global setting of Integrated Conservation Development Projects (ICDP) , highlights some of the key lessons learned so far, and proposes a theoretical framework. The subsequent sections review the SANREM experience in developing methods for achieving conservation with development in the Manupali watershed. The conclusion summarizes the progress observed and remaining limitations. It discusses future directions for integrated conservation-development in this location, and more.
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    Integrated natural resources management on the poverty-protection interface in an Asian watershed
    Garrity, Dennis P.; Amoroso, V.; Koffa, Samuel; Catacutan, Delia C.; Buenavista, Gladys; Fay, P.; Dar, W. (2001)
    There are serious methodological and policy hurdles to be overcome in effective integrated natural resource management that alleviated poverty while protecting environmental services in tropical watershed. We review the development of an approach to integrate biodiversity conservation and agroforestry development through the active involvement of communities and their local governments. The work focused on the Kitangaland Range Nature Park in the upper reaches of the Manuplai watershed in central Mindanao, Philippines. Agroforestry innovations were developed to suit the biophysical and socio-economic conditions off the buffer zone, including practices for tree farming and conservation farming with annual crops. Institutional innovations improved resource management, resulting in an effective social contract to protect the natural biodiversity of the Park. Natural vegetative contour strips were installed on several hundred sloping farms. Stream corridor vegetation was restored by the local Landcare groups. The practices decreased soil erosion and runoff, while the buffer strips increased maize yields by an average of 0.5 t/ha on hill slope farms. Fruit and timber tree production dramatically increased, re-establishing tree cover in the buffer zone. The scientific knowledge base guided the development and implementation of a natural resource management plan for the Municipality of Lantapan. A dynamic grassroots movement of farmer-led Landcare groups evolved in the villages near the park boundary. It has had significant impact on natural resource conservation in both the natural and managed ecosystem. Encroachment in the natural park has been rescued 95% in the past four years. This integrated approach has been recognized as a national model for local natural resource management planning and watershed management in the Philippines. Currently, the collaborating institutions are evolving a negotiation support system to resolve the interactions between the three management domains: The park: the ancestral domain claim, and the municipalities. The consortium that evolved this integrated systems approach operated effectively with highly constrained funding, suggesting that commitment and impact may best be stimulated by a drip-feed approach rather than by large, externally funded efforts.
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    Land literacy improvement: Key to sustainable natural resources management
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Tabbada, Alexander U.; Duque, Caroline (Bukidnon, Philippines: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, 2003)
    In this issue we cover the topic on education and advocacy on natural resources management. This was identified by the Working Group No. 2 led by Ms. Dulce Elazegui of ISPPS-UPLB during the Policy Workshop on the First Bukidnon NRM Policy Forum, 8-9 November 2001, Valencia City.
  • Landcare on the poverty-protection interface in an Asian watershed
    Garrity, Dennis P.; Amoroso, V.; Koffa, Samuel; Catacutan, Delia C.; Buenavista, Gladys; Fay, C.; Dar, W. (Waterloo, Ont.: Resilience Alliance Publications, 2002)
    This paper presents an integrated approach to natural resource management (INRM) that addresses both conservation of biodiversity and development to increase incomes and well-being in impoverished, fragile regions. The new approach suggested by the authors focuses on grass-roots movements to increase sustainable development. In the case study region, which is situated in the buffer zone of the Kitanglad Range Natural Park in the Manupali watershed, central Mindanao, the Philippines, there was successful widespread implementation of tree farming and conservation farming agroforestry techniques. The growth of fruit tree and timber farming increased tree cover in the buffer zone, and the use of buffer strips both decreased soil erosion and runoff and increased crop productivity. Local farmer-led Landcare groups helped to enhance conservation, restoring stream-corridor vegetation and contributing significantly to the 95% decrease of encroachment in the national park over three years. To resolve the overlapping, sometimes conflicting, management roles of the park, the ancestral domain claims of the indigenous people, and the local governments, the involved institutions are now developing a negotiation support system. The INRM applied to this region can serve as a national model for sustainable local natural resource and watershed management. The success of this approach, which worked with a very limited budget, suggests that projects based on high local commitment and involvement with "drip-feed" funding are preferable to large projects with generous external funding.
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    Linking Knowledge and Action in SANREM
    Mwangi, Esther; Alwang, Jeffrey R.; Catacutan, Delia C.; Valdivia, Corinne (2008)
    This presentation discusses cross cutting research, consisting of case studies of how new knowledge leads to action for change. It includes case studies of four Long Term Research Award projects: spanning devolution of forests, climate change adaptation and market integration in Bolivian and Peruvian Andes, watershed research in the Andes, and vegetable market integration in Asia.
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    Linking knowledge with action: Meeting NRM challenges through SANREM
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Ha, T.; Duque-Piñon, Caroline; Loan, L. T. (2008)
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    Local incentive-based policy for vegetable-agroforestry: A locally-appropriate adaptation and mitigation action (LAAMA) to climate change
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Duque-Piñon, Caroline (Laguna, Philippines: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), 2010)
    This policy brief describes the experience of the Lantapan Municipality in developing an incentive-based policy to promote vegetable-agroforestry (VAf) as a locally-appropriate adaptation and mitigation action (LAAMA) to climate change. As the demand for food increases, a solution is needed to address water scarcity and environmental degradation. In this area of the southern Philippines, VAf is a viable land use solution that will both help the environment and sustain the livelihoods of the local community. Through the use of collaborative efforts that combine research and local knowledge, informed decisions can be reached that will help to build social capital, regulate land use, create locally-tailored policies, and promote a wider adoption of conservation agriculture.
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    Managing Natural Resources Locally: An Overview of Innovations and Ten Initial Steps for Local Governments
    Queblatin, E.; Catacutan, Delia C.; Garrity, Dennis P. (Bukidnon, Philippines: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Southeast Asian Regional Research Programme: International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2001)
    This publication reports on the devolution and growth in community-based resource that is taking place in the Philippines. The authors suggest effective, innovative approaches for enabling local governments to manage resources.
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    PO-NGO-LGU partnership in natural resources management: Landcare experiences in the Philippines
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Mercado, Agustin R. Jr. (2000)
    Landcare is a movement of farmer led organizations supported by local governments with backstopping from technical service providers - that share knowledge about sustainable and profitable agriculture on sloping lands while conserving natural resources. The success of Landcare stemmed mostly from the strength of a tripart relationship of three key actors: the farmers and other community members, the Local Government, and Technical Facilitators. These three actors depend on each other, finding strength in working together - thus, forming an interdependent relationship to form a solid base for participatory program management. Participation in the triadic approach is fundamental in Landcare, but we also recognized that utopian participation is far below from reality. The triadic approach, as has been effectively applied in Landcare is largely applicable to any development program, because the essential elements comprising this approach are simple and basic. Following broad participatory principles, right motivation, trust, identification of common issues and partnership building, are fundamental elements that enhance participation in Landcare. What is perhaps, unique in Landcare, is its flexibility and openness to range of issues and the members ability to adopt alternative approaches and methods that suit local conditions. Participatory project management requires a great deal of hard facilitation work. It is often costly at the beginning, but the perceived benefits can be much higher. It is an investment requiring much human capital, commitment, trust and relationship building. These are basic requisites to participatory project management. Foremost, it should be aimed to address the participants needs rather than, the needs of project management and donors.
  • The policy context of vegetable-agroforestry (VAF) in the Philippines and Vietnam: Are there incentives for small farmers?
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Ha, Dang Thanh; Duque-Piñon, Caroline; Thanh Loan, L. (2008)
    This presentation examines the policy incentives for smallholders in vegetable agroforestry production. The research reveals that while generic incentives for the adoption of vegetable agroforestry systems in Vietnam and in the Philippines have a positive impact, these programs are insufficient to encourage widespread adoption amongst smallholders. The presentation concludes with suggestions for scaling up incentive structures geared towards smallholders.
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    The policy context of vegetable-agroforestry (VAF) systems in the Philippines and Vietnam: Are there incentives for small farmers?
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Ha, Dang Thanh; Duque-Piñon, Caroline; Loan, Le Thanh (2009-05-14)
    Vegetable-Agroforestry (VAf) is a viable farming system that provides multiple benefits, including provision of micronutrients to the diet of the rural community and enhancement of on-farm biodiversity and environmental
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    The policy environment of vegetable agroforestry in the Philippines: Are there incentives for small farmers?
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Duque-Piñon, Caroline (World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and SANREM CRSP, 2008)
    In the Philippines, using agriculture as a basis for rapid economic growth requires both a productivity revolution in smallholder farming, and innovative policies and political commitment. An important aspect of this development has to do with expanding technical options adapted to the ecological potential of the area and changing economic patterns, drawing on existing technologies in the short term, and introducing new practices and technologies in the longer term. Vegetable agroforestry (VAF) is a viable system in the uplands; however, its viability is constrained by various factors, including farmers' inability to invest, inadequate institutional structures for facilitating information flow, and lack of market incentives. Policy incentives are thus needed to stimulate smallholder investments in VAF systems. This paper reports on the scoping study of the policy environment of VAF systems. The study found that, at least in theory, the policy environment supports VAF but is insufficient in stimulating smallholder investments. Incentives for smallholders, albeit limited, do exist, but disincentives persist. Large stakeholders tend to benefit more from national level policies than smallholders because the former have more access to information and can leverage the associated costs of implementation. It is recognized that some issues are better resolved through national-level policies, while others are better addressed locally. For the vegetable sector, issues of price regulation and control, commodity protection, reducing costs across the market value chain, non-tariff barriers, and global trade require national-level interventions. For the tree sector, issues regarding restrictive policies, transaction costs, land tenure and resource rights, and domestic and international market incentives also must be addressed through national-level policies. At the local level, promoting smallholder investments in VAF requires decisive policy action to improve the effectiveness of the extension system, with emphasis on improved technology provision and support for market linkages and infrastructure. Where national-level policies do not effectively address the needs of smallholders, locally crafted policies are needed to close the gap. The viability of VAF depends on a whole set of policies that government can provide. It is therefore a political imperative.
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    The policy environment of vegetable agroforestry in the Philippines: Are there incentives for small farmers?
    Catacutan, Delia C.; Duque-Piñon, Caroline (Bukidnon, Philippines: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and SANREM CRSP, 2008)
    In the Philippines, using agriculture as a basis for rapid economic growth requires both