by PJ Capistrano, LUCID scholar I went to the Upper Pulangi district of northeastern Bukidnon to learn about corn farming, especially the ordinary tasks farmers have to tackle when growing corn, things that I had little-to-no knowledge about, as someone
Isabela province is the second largest province by area in the Philippines after Palawan and the largest province in Luzon Island at 1.24M ha. It is also the top corn producer in the country peaking its production in 2012 at
Last September 2017, LUCID project North Coordinator Stéphane Leyens and South Coordinator Andres Ignacio conducted a site reconnaissance visit to Iloilo Province, one of the three focus areas of the LUCID project where corn is a major crop. Iloilo is
by PJ Capistrano, LUCID scholar “The philosopher is always socially situated, and if the society is divided by oppressions, she either reinforces or struggles against them.” – Iris Marion Young To the person unfamiliar with philosophy, the inclusion of a
Clarice Manuel is a researcher seconded by Ateneo de Manila University to Environmental Science for Social Change to undergo studies in Belgium with scholarship from the collaborative project on Land Use Change Impacts and Drivers (LUCID). In July 2017, Clarice
SDGs, Human Development Report, Laudato Si’, DRR and building back better Seeking and finding occasions for hope is a key focus of around 30 graduate students from different countries in Asia who are taking a course on human development and
LUCID, through Rowena Soriaga, participated in the UNCCD workshop on land degradation neutrality target-setting for the Philippines, held in Quezon City last 3-4 May 2017. UNCCD is the ‘custodian’ (monitoring arm) of SDG Target 15.3 – “By 2030, combat desertification,
ESSC participated in the validation of the 2015 Land Cover Update of the Philippines for Region 10 on 23 March 2017 held in the DENR Region 10 Conference Room in Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City. The activity was NAMRIA’s effort to present the
From 27 Feb – 16 March 2017, ESSC hosted the LUCID coordination and planning mission held at the ESSC offices in Ateneo Campus, Quezon City and in Malaybalay City with fieldwork to three corn-producing upland communities in Upper Pulangi Watershed,
Julie Transon, remote sensing researcher from the Université catholique de Louvain, conducted a research mission in the Philippines from 9 January to 6 February 2017 to contribute to the interdisciplinary project on Analysis of socio-economical impacts of agricultural land use
