Pinoy NZ Life Nov 2018
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BUHAY SA CHRISTCHURCH Vol 2 No 1 | www.pinoynzlife.nz FB: <strong>Pinoy</strong> <strong>NZ</strong> <strong>Life</strong> | www.filipinonews.nz | email: filipinonews@xtra.co.nz 05<br />
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“I hope that<br />
my research<br />
will help<br />
farmers<br />
back home.”<br />
By Maribeth<br />
Jadina,<br />
PhD Student<br />
from the<br />
Philippines<br />
Maribeth is studying her PhD at Lincoln University in<br />
Christchurch. She spent the first year of her degree learning<br />
from her supervisors in New Zealand and is now conducting<br />
field research in the Philippines. Her dream is for her<br />
research to impact policies to improve the agricultural sector<br />
in the Philippines.<br />
CHRISTCHURCH -<br />
My research focuses on<br />
mapping the impacts of<br />
land parcelization in<br />
developing countries like<br />
the Philippines.<br />
Land parcelization is<br />
subdividing agricultural<br />
land and returning it to<br />
the people who farm the<br />
land.<br />
I’m particularly interested<br />
in the impact this<br />
has on the landscape, the<br />
people in the society and<br />
its relationship to extreme<br />
weather conditions.<br />
Disaster resilience is<br />
important, because the<br />
Philippines is a disasterprone<br />
area, but farmers<br />
are not prepared to face<br />
the challenges that come<br />
from disaster.<br />
In 2013 Typhoon Haiyan<br />
hit Leyte, where I’m<br />
from, and around six<br />
thousand people were<br />
killed.<br />
Land titles and landmarks<br />
were destroyed and<br />
farmers were vulnerable<br />
to land-grabbing. The<br />
farmers lost everything<br />
w w w . p i n o y n z l i f e . n z<br />
and they are still recovering<br />
from that typhoon.<br />
My big dream one day is<br />
to work in the agricultural<br />
sector and see it<br />
improve and see farmers<br />
empowered.<br />
Just like in New Zealand,<br />
agriculture is one of<br />
the main industries in my<br />
country. Here in New<br />
Zealand I have noticed<br />
that farmers are some of<br />
the richest people. They<br />
have good status. But in<br />
my country they are the<br />
poorest and they don't get<br />
the recognition or the support<br />
that they need.<br />
Coming to New Zealand<br />
By coming here to New<br />
Zealand I am able to prepare<br />
myself for the career<br />
that I want in the future.<br />
When I started planning<br />
to study abroad, I<br />
saw that all the universities<br />
in New Zealand were<br />
top calibre. Then I started<br />
looking for a university<br />
where I could focus on<br />
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Coming to a new place<br />
with a different culture is<br />
very interesting. My parents<br />
were excited when<br />
they found out that I<br />
would be coming here,<br />
because it'll be a new<br />
journey for me.<br />
I was really scared of<br />
living alone and far from<br />
my family. In the past I<br />
had been away from home<br />
for work, on a different<br />
island in the Philippines,<br />
but I always knew that I<br />
could go back home easily.<br />
But here it's quite far.<br />
When I first arrived in<br />
New Zealand, it was a<br />
shock for me. The weather<br />
here is very different from<br />
the Philippines. I left in<br />
the peak of summer when<br />
it was 32 to 40 degrees.<br />
When I arrived here it<br />
was zero to negative two<br />
and I got sick the next<br />
day. I had a difficult time<br />
adjusting to the new environment.<br />
But the people<br />
were very nice. The university<br />
provided me with<br />
the support that I needed,<br />
checking on me to see if I<br />
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was doing well with my<br />
studies.<br />
Learning in New Zealand<br />
Learning in New<br />
Zealand is interesting for<br />
me. Back home we see<br />
supervisors as well, like<br />
supervisors. There is<br />
always a wall. But here it's<br />
very open. I see my supervisors<br />
as more like colleagues.<br />
I feel as if I've grown<br />
and changed as an individual<br />
and as a researcher<br />
here, because I need to do<br />
everything independently<br />
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and I have to manage my<br />
own time. I think that it<br />
will set me up well for my<br />
career.<br />
I want to help my country<br />
to develop its own<br />
technologies and policies<br />
fit for the farmers and the<br />
people. For many years<br />
now the Philippines has<br />
been adopting westernstyle<br />
technologies and<br />
policies. But that’s not<br />
why I’m studying in New<br />
Zealand. I want my<br />
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that I gain in my New<br />
Zealand education to help<br />
farmers in the Philippines<br />
to be self-sustaining.<br />
I’m excited to be learning<br />
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Zealand and gaining<br />
knowledge that I can take<br />
back home.<br />
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