| ID: | 52626 |
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| Country: | Philippines |
| Title: | Philippines - Second Cordillera Highlands Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2)- June - 2017 |
| Description: |
This pond is part of a communal irrigation system funded by IFAD to support the farmers of Bobok-Bisal, a remote municipality in the mountains of the Philippines’ northern Cordillera Administrative Region. It plays host to a small tilapia fishery, with fingerlings provided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and provides irrigation water . This single investment in infrastructure (the pond collects water piped over from a stream on another mountain several kilometres away) has transformed the way in which Murphy Chunao, a local farmer, operates. He says “Now, with the regular supply of water up here, I can grow tomatoes two to three times a year and still grow paddy near the river, and I save time, effort, and money. I’m really grateful to the project for providing us with this irrigation system. It has changed our life.” IFAD’s Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP 2) builds on the first CHARM Project, which contributed to reducing poverty among indigenous peoples in the highlands of the Cordillera Administrative Region, in the northern Philippines. It aims to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of indigenous peoples living in the poorest areas in all six provinces of the region. CHARMP 2 combines several innovative features in developing indigenous communities in remote areas. These include: strengthening participatory systems of community planning, monitoring and evaluation; enhancing the capacity of indigenous peoples and their councils of elders to take the lead in forestry/agroforestry management activities; providing funds for livelihood assistance to small groups; and commercialization of the products of indigenous peoples through market linkages. Find out more about Murphy’s story and IFAD’s CHARMP 2 project at http://bit.ly/2ACH1li. |
| Size: | 16.20 MB; 5760 x 3840 pixels; 488 x 325 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1524 x 1016 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Irshad Khan |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/Irshad Khan |
| Categories: | none |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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