Author : Bornales, Romeo G. Jr.

Summary : This study investigated the dynamics of adoption of the recommended social forestry technologies in the learning site of the Department of Social Forestry , University of the Philippines Los Baños, in Pagkalinawan, Jala-jala, Rizal, Philippines. Generally, it aimed to determine the status of farmers' adoption of the technologies introduced by the Social Forestry Action Research Project staff. Specifically, it tried to: a) identify the technologies initially and continually adopted by the farmers; b) determine the socio-economic, physical, institutional, and technical factors associated with their continued adoption of the technologies, and; c) describe the changes in the technologies they adopted and explain the factors associated with these changes. Out of the 139 total identified members of the Pagkalinawan Farmers' Association, 58 were randomly selected as respondents of. Data were gathered using a semi-structured interview schedule and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman Rank Correlation. From the 58 sampled respondents, five cases were purposely selected to further study the changes that occurred on the technologies they initially and countinuously adopted and to identify some factors associated with the changes. Findings of the study showed that of the five technologies introduced, contour farming was the most popularly adopted by the farmers, while livestock production (goat dispersal) was the least adopted by them. Continuance of adoption of contour farming was significantly correlated to members' attendance to the organization's regular meetings. Family labor availability was significantly correlated to the continuance of adoption of planting new crops and livestock production. A negative correlation between farm size and continued adoption of pest control was also found. The farmers' perception was likewise significantly correlated to their continued adoption of the planting of new crops and use of pest control. Two categories of continuance of adoption of social forestry.