BAGUIO CITY-- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Cordillera has embarked on hunger mitigation projects through its project, the Community Base Forest Management (CBFM) under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program(CARP).
Regional Executive Director Clarence Baguilat said the project is aimed at enhancing the socio-economic conditions of the stakeholders while improving and protecting their community area and improving the forest and backyard vegetation.
The program provides alternative livelihood projects reducing pressure on the intensive use of the upland ecosystem .
At the same time, it introduces farm productivity interventions compatible in the consumption and protection of the forest resources, Baguilat explained.
In Kalinga, the project being implemented is the agro-forestry enhancement. The stakeholders target to increase the productivity of their 218-hectare areas by increasing the existing species of forest trees like mahogany, gemelina and the few mango plants, he said.
Involved in the project is the municipality of Pinukpuk particularly barangays Cawagayan and Mapaco through the Cawagayan-Mapaco Forestland Management Association, Inc.
The free range chicken production was introduced that could help mitigate hunger in the area as it will provide immediate food and income to the project participants.
A total of 5,000 day-old chicks, vitamins and incubators were provided for the project, Baguilat said.
In Tadian, Mt. Province, the project implemented consisted of three components - enhancement of the coffee plantation, integration of short term cash crops in sugar cane farming for muscovado and vinegar production, and free-range chicken raising as livelihood, he said.
These projects when fully supported and strictly managed will be a sustainable source of food income for the villagers while enhancing environmental condition in the area, Baguilat added.
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