Institutional Development of Local Organisations in the Context of Farmer-Led Extension: The Agroforestry Programme of the Mag'uugmad Foundation

Abstract

"This paper reviews the attempts of the NGO, World Neighbors, and its indigenous successor, the Mag'uugmad Foundation Inc., to develop the local institutional capacity of farmer organisations on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, building on a highly successful programme of farmer-led extension of agroforestry technologies. The paper describes the history of the programme from its inception inl982, and considers the grounds for its success in the transformation of the farming system over a wide area of the Cebu uplands. It then examines progress to date in the area of local institutional development, and assesses the likelihood of the substantial transfer of management functions to the community."