Icraf has been conducting research on contour hedgeow technologies for the past decade in Claveria, Misamis Oriental and Lantapan, Bukidnon in nothern and central Mindanao, Philippines. Focus was much on assessing the management strategies that address key technical constraints of the contour hedgerow system, and we observed that adoption by farmers was low for many reasons, including, high labor in establishment and maintenance of the hedgerows, resource competition above and below-ground, between the hedgerows and associated crops, limited value-added from the hedgerow prunnings, and poor species adaptation. We concluded that low adaptation and adoption of the conventional hedgerow system was not only due to some technical constraints but, largely, to socio-economic and institutional constraints faced by poor farmers in the uplands
Publication year
2001
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
land, technology, upland areas
Geographic
Philippines
