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2. Santa Fe is one of the 15 municipalities that constitute the province of Nueva Vizcaya. Santa Fe is an agricultural based upland area, with elevation greater than 260 meters above sea level. Most of the mountains in the municipality are denuded as seen in Barangay Santa Rosa, the biggest Barangay in Santa Fe. | |
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3. Soil erosion, often triggered by typhoons and heavy rains, is seen everywhere in the entire Santa Fe, as seen in Barangay Canabuan. | |
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4. Damages caused by a big earthquake in 1990 are still seen in entire Santa Fe. The earthquake caused soil erosions, and the river bed is becoming elevated due to the accumulation of soil and branches in the river bed. | |
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5. The most important crops of the municipality are rice, camote, ginger, gabi and vegetables. Irrigated rice fields account for 800 hectares out of the entire land area of 39,000 hectares. | |
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6. The practice of slash and burn cultivation is called Kaingin, where people grow camote, gabi, ginger and other vegetables. To decrease the number of Kaingin practices and to improve the soil fertility is one of the purposes of this project. | |
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7. Most of the people grow native pigs and chickens for family consumption purposes, as seen in Barangay Buyasyas. | |
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8. Native houses of the Iwak tribe in Barangay Buyasyas. The roof is made of Cogon grass. Most of the people in Barangays of Santa Fe live in a simple house like this. | |
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9. Tiger grass seedlings planted for the project last year in Zigzag, Barangay Poblacion. There are many stems and flowers as this is the second year since they were planted. | |
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10. There are two main varieties of tiger grass; red variety and green variety. The green variety is often called the Sabran variety. The stems of the green variety are longer than those of the red variety and are more suitable for softbroom making. The tiger grass in the picture is of red variety. | |
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11. Tiger grass seedlings were distributed and planted in 10 far-flung Barangays for this years project. They establish a nursery where potted seedlings are placed until the start of the rainy season when they plant the seedlings. The nursery was established by a farmer in Barangay Bantinan. | |
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12. He is one of the beneficiaries of the project in Sitio Pocalbo, Barangay Malico. The tiger grass seedlings planted behind the potted seedlings are one year old. | |
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13. In the case of Barangay Buyasyas, tiger grass seedlings are grown in the Barangay nursery which is maintained by all the families. Medicinal plants such as Oregano and Yarbabuena and some flowers used for soap making are also grown in the Barangay nursery. | |
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14. Tiger grass seedlings are usually intercropped with other crops such as camotes and pineapples (Zigzag, Barangay Poblacion). | |
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15. Tiger grass seedlings affected by a disease called Tungro, which is often seen in Santa Fe. Pest and diseases management is needed in order to prevent this kind of disease. | |
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16. Harvested tiger grass seedlings will be dried and the flowers of the grass will be removed before being used for soft broom making. | |
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17. Bunches of tiger grass and rattan, raw materials for softbrooms, were distributed to produce 5,500 softbrooms. Finished products are stored in storages in Consuelo and Zigzag, Barangay Poblacion, until they are sold when the price is soared in the market. | |
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18. Along the national highway in the Municipality of Santa Fe, there are many stores where products such as softbrooms and baskets are sold. | |
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19. Potted coffee seedlings (Arabica variety) from Quirino Province prepared for the project. | |
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20. Coffee Arabica seedlings will bear fruits in three years. | |
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21. Harvested coffee beans will be dried (Robusta variety). Although coffee robusta is a native variety in Santa Fe, it takes 4-5 years until its harvest compared to Arabica variety which takes only 3 years and is dearer. This is why Arabica variety was used for the project. | |
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22. Coffee seedlings were planted in six villages (Barangays Baracbac, Atbu, Sinapaoan, Villaflores, Tactac and Balete) in Santa Fe. | |
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23.Mr. Juanito Liwan demonstrates how to plant coffee seedlings in Barangay Tactac. They plant coffee seedlings after putting some compost in the soil. | |
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24. The coffee seedlings planted by Mr. Liwan were intercropped with gabi, Camote, banana and baguio beans. | |
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25. Black pepper seedlings were planted in two villages in Santa Fe. The seedlings were planted next to a tree called Ipil-Ipil so that they can grow along the tree. | |
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26. Black pepper seedlings were planted in the forest by Mr. Juanito Liwan. Camote, gabi and other vegetables are also planted in this farm. | |
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27. A seminar on black pepper production was held in Consuelo Park Training Center on November 3-4, 2000. Mr. Dulnuan, an expert on tiger grass and black pepper production, held a lecture on economic value of black pepper, where and how to plant the seedlings, how to take care of the seedlings, etc. After the lecture, demonstration was held by him in the forest. | |
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28. 38 people participated in this black pepper seminar. |
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29. Mr. Boi Damo, an expert on coffee production, explains about economic value of coffee production, how to maintain coffee plantation and how to rejuvenate coffee trees in a seminar held on 11-12 October, 2000. | |
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30. There was a demonstration on how to rejuvenate old coffee trees in the forest. | |
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31. Participants of the seminar learned how to rejuvenate old coffee trees in the forest. After cutting an old coffee tree for rejuvenation, they put used oil on the surface to prevent fungus and diseases. New branches will come out in one month. | |
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32. A seminar on financial management was held on November 7 and 8, 2000, in Santa Fe. Miss Nishiumi, a project coordinator from ICA-Japan, explains about the project and the purpose of the seminar. | |
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33. The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Mendoza, a lecturer of Aldersgate College, by using a method called CEFE approach which was developed in Germany. At the beginning of the workshop was a game which warms up the participants and facilitates their getting to know each other. | |
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34. The participants were divided into groups of five and were asked to list up their fears and hopes towards the workshop. The levelling of fears is for the trainer to have a bench mark for the success of the workshop. | |
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35. On the second day of the seminar, Mr. Teodorico P. Padilla Jr.,the Mayor of Santa Fe, expressed his gratitude towards the project and hopes for the seminar. | |
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36. The participants understood the logic of basic marketing concepts and principles through a game called Mini Market Exercise. | |
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37. The participants through the Best Game Modules experienced the basic business cycle and learned how to make the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. | |
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38. A seminar on tiger grass production and softbroom weaving was held in Santa Fe on November 8-9. Ms. Cadang, Director of CREATE, Aldersgate College, explains about the project. | |
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39. The lecture was held by Mr. Alberto B. Dulnuan, an expert on black pepper and tiger grass. He explained about economic value of tiger grass production, nursery preparation and how to maintain tiger grass plantation. After the lecture, he demonstrated in the forest on how to plant the seedlings. | |
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40. Mr. Dulnuan explained about designs of brooms by showing samples with different designs. Sabran varieties were used for the project as they have longer stems compared to red varieties. | |
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41. The Ifugaos who moved to Malabing Valley in the early 1960s have been protecting the forest with the Muyong system. The forests called Muyong, planted with coffee and rattan, act as the watershed for their rice terraces and other crops. | |
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42. Citrus trees planted for the project one and a half years ago. They have been well maintained and have grown bigger. | |
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43. Robusta coffee seedlings were planted in the secondary forest in five villages in Malabing Valley (Barangays Malabing, Wangal, Binugawan, Papaya and Didipio) in order to increase incomes of the farmers in the future and also to protect the forest. | |
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44-46. Fruit tree seedlings were planted in seven villages in and around Malabing Valley (Barangays Malabing, Wangal, Binugawan, Papaya, Didipio, Tadjie and Capisaan). Lanzone, Rambutan and Durian are very popular, and higher income will be expected in the future. | |
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47-48. A nursery was established for citrus rootstock production in Barangay Malabing. After arranging concrete hollow blocks and putting wood supports, the nursery was covered with blue nets. | |
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49. After putting 6 inches of plain soil, they put gravel for drainage and a mixture of sand, compost and ash. | |
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50. About 2 kg of local seeds for Caramandarin rootstocks were sowed in this nursery. About 15,000 seedlings will be expected from the nursery. | |
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51-52. Using wooden sticks, they make rows three inches apart, and put seeds every half inch in the row before covering them with soil. | |
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53-54. Another nursery with iron pipes was established on a one-hectare farm which is owned by the Malabing co-op in Barangay Malabing. The demo-farm will be developed for further experimentations. | |
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55. They are making a canal for drainage. The canal will also be useful when filled with water to prevent insects from intruding to the nursery. The man with a camera is Mr. Sison, a local coordinator. | |
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56. A seminar on citrus production was held in Citrus Festival in Barangay Malabing on September 15. Mr. Alfonso C.Namujhe, an expert and a pioneer on citrus production, carried out a lecture on citrus nursery management, orchard establishment, post harvest handling operations, marketing, etc. | |
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57. About 50 people participated in the seminar. | |
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58. Staff members of ICA-Japan facilitated a workshop in order to identify the needs of the people in Malabing Valley. Ms. Nishiumi, a staff member of ICA-Japan, facilitated a discussion using an ORID method in order to find out how the project has been working in the community. | |
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59. Ms. Hasegawa, a staff member of ICA-Japan, facilitated a workshop using ICAﾕs TOP method in order to identify the needs of the people in regards to their activities through their participation. | |
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60. The participants, divided into small groups, discussed what the future possible activities were and wrote them down on pieces of paper. The written activities were clustered and arranged according to their priorities. The outcome of the workshop will be utilized in the next project. | |
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