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| Title | Bridging the Gap between Central and Locally-Formulated Policies to Promote Smallholder Investments in Vegetable-Agroforestry: the case of Lantapan Municipality in southern Philippines | | Author | Caroline Duque-Piñon and Delia Catacutan | | Editors | Delia Catacutan, Augustin R. Mercado Jr., Ma. Elena Chiong-Javier, Victor B. Ella, Victoria O.Espaldon, Agnes C. Rola, Manuel C. Palada, Caroline Duque-Piñon, Jean A. Saludadez, Anthony M. Penaso, Miriam R. Nguyen, Charmaine Pailagao, Isidra B. Bagares, Nathaniel R. Alibuyog, David Midmore, Manuel Reyes, Rebecca Cajilig, Wanraya Suthumchai, Karika Kunta and Samran Sombatpanit | | Year | 2012 | | Book Title | Vegetable-Agroforestry Systems in the Philippines | | Publisher | World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC), Beijing, China and the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya | | City of Publication | Beijing, China | | Volume | Special Publication No. 6b | | Number of Pages of the book | 18 | | Pages | 367-384 | | Call Number | BC0326-12 | | Keywords | Policy instruments, vegetable agroforestry, incentive-based policy, smallholders |
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| Abstract: |
| The Philippines’ policy environment is generally supportive to vegetable
agroforestry (VAF), but the benefits to smallholders remain limited. National
Ievel policies are often slow in addressing the diverse and immediate needs of smallholders local policy response is thus needed to offset this gap, At the local
level, policy support is needed to improve the extension system especially in improving access to new technologies, establishing market linkages and providing
infrastructure support. This paper presents the experience of Lantapan Municipality in initiating a pro-smallholder incentive-based policy, to stimulate smallholder investments in VAF. |
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