CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR-ICRAF publie chaque année plus de 750 publications sur l’agroforesterie, les forêts et le changement climatique, la restauration des paysages, les droits, la politique forestière et bien d’autres sujets encore, et ce dans plusieurs langues. .

CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Meeting the communication challenges of Philippines landcare

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The Philippines, like many Asian countries, is faced with major soil erosion in its rural uplands. Few past programs have resulted in sustained ‘on-ground’ impact. Landcare is a new and different approach. Commenced in 1996 at one site as a partnership between farmers, local government and technical facilitators, it has since developed to involve over 600 farmer groups with up to 65% adoption of on-farm conservation technologies. It has also had positive social and economic impacts. A key factor in its success has been effective communication, including use of Landcare Facilitators, effective verbal and visual communication methods, ‘hands-on’ farmer training, and involvement of the broader community. A need to capture the essence of the Landcare experience in book form to service new Landcare sites resulted in an innovative process to collect and publish the Landcare stories from over 40 people including pioneers, farmers, facilitators, government, community representatives and researchers.
    Année de publication

    2005

    Auteurs

    Boy G C; Garcia E; Laotoco A C; Ruiz A; Vock N

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    communication, land, land management, land use, rural areas, soil erosion

    Géographique

    Philippines

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