Our organization the Association of Locally-Empowered Youth in Northern Mindanao (ALEY-NM) support the youth in developing poor, marginal, upland communities with the main aim of empowering local youth members so that they take care of the environment at the same time earn from the low external input sustainable farming ventures. Our goal is to stem rural brain and manpower drain and to make the youth active promoters in rural development.
The practices that we will be imparting include the following;
a) Use of high-quality seeds and planting materials in tree planting resulting to high quality and production of trees with good genetic quality.
b) Improvement of knowledge in the control of pest and diseases in the nursery resulting to good quality seedlings.
c) Proper management of the seedling nurseries and field crops.
d) Proper field planting techniques (spacing, holing, fertilizing, pest and disease control).
e) Increased appreciation of the economics of tree planting and the management of fruit and timber trees.
f) Promoting low external input sustainable agriculture (LEISA) technologies such as using human waste as fertilizer, vermi-composting, contour farming, among others.
Activities:
a. Building of a modest bamboo and nipa training/ biodiversity center and office.
b. Nursery development and the planting of high-valued fruit trees.
c. Training on ecology, leadership and biodiversity for local youths.
d. Packaging at least two herbal remedies/nutritional supplements from local plants.
e. Marketing our seedlings and scaling-up our efforts to include other organizations.
f. Operating the biodiversity center that is able to cater to training and study requests, sell seedlings and use the funds to raise more seedlings.
Areas for Implementation:
Youth Livelihood and Training Center
Youth-led model farms - Tagpaco, Initao, Misamis Oriental and Digkilaan, Manticao, Misamis Oriental
Project Management:
The project will be managed by the association’s staff with support from local experts and advisers.
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