Loan financing of smallholder treefarming in Ilocos, a comment

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1983
Contributors Author: K. F. Wiersum
Author: C. P. Veer
Journal
Agroforestry Systems
Volume
1
Issue
4
Pagination
361-365
Date Published
12/1983
Language
English
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This paper is a comment on a previous explanation for an unsuccessful treefarming project in the Philippines. The earlier explanation did not inquire deeply into the project and its problems, and simply stated that "a development model that is successful in one area may not be successful somewhere else."

Further investigation revealed some problems in the Ilocos project. The responsible people underestimated the effectiveness of locally-owned woodlots in meeting local demand, and underestimated the woodlots' potential for meeting future demand increases. In this case, lack of local input was doubly ignored, both by the project leaders and by those who were attempting to explain the project's failure. (author)

URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155942
DOI
10.1007/BF00155942
Journal Abbreviation
Agroforest Syst
ISSN
0167-4366; 1572-9680