Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
livelihood projects which are mostly operational at the time of inspection. It
was, however, noted that the apparent concentration on livelihood projects
adversely affected the maintenance and protection of the established
plantation with survival rate as of inspection date of only 62%.
On the other hand, in three (3) other projects, the CO activities may not be
considered satisfactory. This condition affected the POs capability to
manage the sub-project as discussed below:
• Not all required activities to be undertaken under MC 97-01 were actually
undertaken. This is best illustrated in the case of DWSP where only nine (9)
out of the twenty (20) identified training needs were conducted by ENATI.
The trainings have minimal participants who were mostly PO officers. It was
noted that only about thirty (30), out of the nine hundred sixty-five (965)
reported beneficiaries participated in these seminars. The identified training
needs not undertaken follow:
Topics
Farm Appraisal and Planning
for Soil and Water
Conservation Strategies
Alley Farming with Livestock
Raising
Giant Bamboo and Propagule
Production (with feasibility
studies )
Training on Upland Crop
Production Technology
Training on Women in
Environment and Development
Trainors’ Training
Remarks/Possible Effect
The PO was not oriented on various soil and
water conservation strategies. The team
observed that Kaingin system is still rampant in
the area and the Model Farm envisioned in its
2003 AWP has yet to be established.
PO members verbalized during interviews that
they still need trainings that could help them
establish other livelihood projects.
These trainings could have guided the POs in
establishing other livelihood projects and in
improving upland farming techniques.
This training could improve and strengthen
social interactions among DMADAI and
community members.
This training could have enhanced the skills of
the DMADAI officers in conducting meetings,
trainings and symposiums. As gathered in the
interviews, PO affairs/activities were mostly
attended by PO officers only.
• Some activities undertaken did not produce satisfactory results due to short
period of training and inadequate feasibility studies. This resulted in the
suspension and termination of a number of livelihood projects and individual
operation of others due to unsuitable climate, absence of market, high costs
of farm inputs and unavailability of raw materials as exemplified in the
following livelihood projects established in DWSP, PWRS and STAGBAK
MRSP.
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