Flashback to 70s/80s, early in my career I realized that to be a good agriculturist I should also be forester and a rural sociologist as well. I lived in mountainous Central Visayas region...
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I detested doing a college technical thesis or the idea of a PhD. I wasn’t really keen on hard scienceBut the science world (ICRAF) beckoned in CY 2000. There was need to reach out to (upland)...
In 2014 A multi-agency initiative (DA, DENR, NCCA) with FAO support initiative developed a compendium (above relates to cover of said document). It developed a profile of approx. 75 initial candidate...
Dong Van Karst Platesu, Ha Giang Vietnam 2015. Documentation of an old age farming system on fragile karst landscape rock-based farming system by the Hmong Ideas that inspired us Indigenous...
Most of us are familiar with large River basins e.g., which are usually important for irrigation and hydropower. Starting in the 90s, we also became more conscious of the smaller component local...
Ideas that inspired us Forty percent of government revenues to go local government. it’s frontline civil service that has ears on the ground. Perhaps only 30-40% are doing their job, but...
Puerto Princesa City () is sometimes referred to as the city in the forest. While it is true that compared to other cities, is has a high proportion of forests, the reality is that the central...