Locating farmer-based knowledge and vested interests in natural resource management: The interface of ethnopedology, land tenure and gender in soil erosion management in the Manupali watershed, Philippines

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dc.contributor.authorPrice, Lisa Leimaren
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialManupali Watersheden
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.coverage.temporal1991 - 2009en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:00Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:00Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractResearch was conducted with support of SANREM CRSP's Southeast Asia LTRA from 1991 to 2009. Guiding research questions sought to determine farmer's methods for soil classification, perceived causes of erosion, erosion control practices, and what can be done to incentivize adoption of those practices. Methodologies included focus group discussions, transect walks, soil sampling and lab analysis. The researchers divided the farmers into 6 groups, so selected that within each group the members would display some homogeneity. For example, one group was comprised of farmers who own land and farm only that parcel, hiring labor when needed. Another group was comprised solely of female heads of households. An important factor in understanding practices adopted in the Manupali watershed is the tenure status of land. With little land for sale, renters make up a large portion of farmers, and focus group discussions revealed that they had few incentives to invest in prevention erosion on their plots. However, the researchers found that women were more involved than men in the adoption and implementation of long-term erosion prevention. Results revealed that a major issue in erosion prevention was land tenure status, as renters were more likely to avoid or undo erosion control practices enacted by previous renters in order to maximize yields for a particular growing season without long-term considerations for the availability of topsoil. While it is desirable to link local knowledge to conservation practices, the author puts forward that external economic pressures dissuade them from doing what is best for the environment.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-7 (Gendered Knowledge)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier4734en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 3:30en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68971en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/30en
dc.rightsCopyright 2007 Price; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectLand tenureen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectEthnopedologyen
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectSoil classificationen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectErosion controlen
dc.subjectLand tenureen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleLocating farmer-based knowledge and vested interests in natural resource management: The interface of ethnopedology, land tenure and gender in soil erosion management in the Manupali watershed, Philippinesen
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