Call Prefix : PR-T

Call Suffix : 2016

Call Cutter : D - CoDe 44

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : TD

Publisher : University of the Philippines Los Baños

Publication Date : June 2016

Publication Place : Los Baños, Laguna

Summary : This study was conducted in the pilot communities of the Conservation Village Program in Albay, Ifugao and Negros Oriental to analyze the development pathways that were chosen by the upland farming communities and their outcomes on the sustainability status based on seven community capitals, namely, natural, human, social, financial, physical, political and cultural capitals. Using focus group discussion to 147 participants; farm household survey to 230 upland farmers; farm visit and direct observation; key informant interview, and secondary data gathering, this study revealed that the upland farmers were smallholders, whose biophysical conditions of the farms were generally characterized as marginal areas. Five dominant development pathways were identified in this study. These include 'monocropping in contour'; 'multiple cropping in contour'; 'agroforestry'; 'agroforestry with non-farm activities'; and 'multiple cropping/ monocropping without contour'. Multinomial logistic regression revealed that socioeconomic characteristics such as income and age were the major determinants in the farmers' choice of development pathways. The development pathways contributed to a high level of social, human and political capitals; moderate level of financial, physical and natural capitals; and low level of cultural capital. This study formulated a framework of development pathways towards sustainable upland farming communities in the Philippines.