"Strategy to ensure sustainable management of the upland resource base and improve the living standards of the communities who derive most of their income from upland farming."
"Strategy to ensure sustainable management of the upland resource base and improve the living standards of the communities who derive most of their income from upland farming."
Land Use-Based Barangay Development Planning (LUB-BDP) is a participatory land-use based barangay planning, a land-use plan within the context of an agreed Barangay Development Plan (BDP) should be agreed upon and adopted by all stakeholders, particularly the upland barangay community, as the basis for any development activities in a barangay. Therefore capacities have to be built Within the Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) to facilitate the planning process of the barangays.
Upland Agricultural Extension Delivery (UAED) introduce diversified farming systems to upland farmers that increase productivity and hence reduce the need to open up more lands, particularly in forest areas. The ultimate aim is that all steep slopes presently farmed
with short-term crops like corn, will ultimately be converted into tree (fruit and forest) cropped lands.
Barangay Forest Protection and Management (BFPM) was conceptualised by UDP to address the ongoing further destruction of the remaining forests in the uplands. The main causes for this situation are the continuous expansion of farming activities and encroachment into remaining forestlands as well as other on-going destructive activities such as illegal logging.
Labor-Based Routine Barangay Road Maintenance (LBRRM) aims to put a system in place in the barangay that will ensure that important farm to market roads are upgraded and maintained properly by and within the capacities and capabilities of the barangay LGU and community with support from the MLGU.
Rural Financial Services (RFS) deals with establishing a savings-based credit delivery system that provides micro finance, agricultural production loans and savings services on reasonable terms to upland farmers, enterprises and communities.
Upland Village Enterpise Development (UVED) to increase incomes of upland farmers through consolidating the crops
produced by individual farmers to achieve a quantity that enhances their competitive advantage and allows negotiation for higher prices and the institutionalisation of markets.
To achieve sustainable development in the upland areas with emphasis on preservation of the natural resources by strong community organisations and secondly to achieve higher incomes for the upland communities specifically those who make a living out of farming that would prevent further encroachment into forestlands by upland farmers.
