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Box 15.1
(continued)
5. Short and medium-term income producing crops (e.g. pineapple, ginger,
taro, peanut) are planted between strips of permanent crops.
6. Every 30-45 days, the growing hedgerows are cut to a height of 1.0-1.5 m
from the ground with the cut leaves and twigs to be piled on the soil around
the crops.
7. Crop rotation is practiced by planting cereals such as corn and upland rice,
tubers and other crops where legumes were previously planted.
8. Green terraces are built by piling organic materials such as straw, stalks,
twigs, branches and leaves at the base of the rows of nitrogen fixing trees.
6.2
Institutional Efforts
6.2.1
Creation of the Presidential Task Force on El Nino
The Task Force serves as coordinating body for the formulation of comprehensive
action plan to mitigate the adverse effects of El Nino. The mitigating measures
include cloud-seeding/rain-making operations; Information, education, commu-
nication (IEC) campaign; Research and Development; Transfer of appropriate
technologies/interventions such as seeds, fertilizers, small farm reservoirs, and small
water impounding projects; and Individual shallow tube wells were installed in
individual farmer's field as a way to augment irrigation in lowland areas not covered
by the national and communal irrigation system.
Approval of the National Integrated Research
,
Development
,
and Extension Agenda and
Program and Operationalizing the National Soil and Water Resources Research Develop-
ment Extension
(
RDE
)
Network
These initiatives are now implementing research and development projects
related to soil and water conservation and management all throughout the country.
Through the network linkages, the network RDE agenda are reviewed, formulated
and prioritized. Project coordination, implementation and monitoring are likewise
harmonized and unified.
6.2.2
Awareness Programs on the Character and Impact of Drought
and Land Degradation
This include the conduct of conferences and workshops on “National Awareness on
Combating Land Degradation and Mitigating the Effects of Drought in Mindanao”
and “Needs Assessment Workshop for Water Resources Management.” Another
form of the awareness programs was the inclusion of environmental education in
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