Manual of Seaweed Production and Filed Guide of Discovery-Based
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SAN AMM MAY Published jointly by Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF); and Social Action Center-Northern Quezon (SAC-NQ) Prelature of Infanta In collaboration with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region IV-A; and Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Mangingisda at Magsasaka ng Mabobon (SANAMMMAY) MANUAL OF SEAWEED PRODUCTION AND FIELD GUIDE OF DISCOVERY-BASED EXERCISES FOR FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS Compiled and edited by DAMASO P. CALLO, JR. AND ALFREDO N. DARAG, JR. Final Draft, September 2015 Manual of Seaweed Production and Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Farmer Field Schools. This manual-field guide is based from best practices and learning experiences shared by participants during a Workshop on Participatory Research and Learning of Seaweed Farmers Through the Farmer Field School Approach held in Maydalaga, Calutcot, Burdeos, Quezon, Philippines on 15-16 August 2013; by participants in Farmer Field School and Participatory Research and Learning on Seaweed Production undertaken in Calutcot- Kalongkoan Islands, Burdeos, Quezon, Philippines on August 2013 to May 2014; and by various stakeholders in their Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) activities from 2000-2013 in Quezon, Philippines, and elsewhere. Published jointly by Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Social Action Center-Northern Quezon (SAC-NQ) Prelature of Infanta, Infanta, Quezon, Philippines In collaboration with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) SAN Region IV-A, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; and AMM Samaahan ng Nagkakaisang Mangingisda at Magsasaka MAY ng Maybobon (SANAMMMAY) Calutcot, Burdeos, Quezon, Philippines Printed in the Republic of the Philippines First Printing, September 2015 Compiled and edited by Damaso P. Callo, Jr., and Afredo N. Darag, Jr. Style editing, cover design, and layout by Damaso P. Callo, Jr., and Afredo N. Darag, Jr. Philippine Copyright 2014 by PEF All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, in whole or as an entire chapter or chapters, without permission in writing from PEF. Paragraphs or sentences may, however, be quoted without permission as long as proper attribution is made. ISBN No. ii FOREWORD The Manual of Seaweed Production and Discovery-based Exercises for Farmer Field Schools is part of a series of handy training kits co-published by the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) and the Social Action Center-Northern Quezon (SAC-NQ) Prelature of Infanta, Quezon, in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region IV-A, and the Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Mangingisda at Magsasaka ng Maybobon (SANAMMMAY). The book has been enriched by extensive pioneering contributions from our SANAMMMAY seaweed farmers and technical experts at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region IV-A, as well as from our volunteer community organizers, facilitators, and other stakeholders. We are incredibly pleased to note that PEF, SAC-NQ, BFAR, and SANAMMMAY are making enormous and valuable contributions in the promotion of sustainable agriculture, in general, and seaweed production, in particular, in Quezon, the Philippines, and elsewhere. REV. FR. MARIO O. ESTABLECIDA Administrator Prelature of Infnta iii PREFACE The Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) envisions self-sustaining households providing for their basic needs, food, water, shelter, education, and contributing to the socio-cultural growth, economic development, and efficient governance of their sustainable communities. Among its most notable tasks includes the packaging and reuse of best practices and learning experiences to continuously build on new knowledge capital. A concrete output along this line is the Manual of Seaweed Production and Field Guide of Discovery-based Exercises for Farmer Field Schools, which is co-published by PEF and SAC-NQ, in collaboration with BFAR Region IV-A and SANAMMMAY. This manual-field guide integrates the best practices and learning experiences on integrated cultural management (ICM) in seaweed production in the Polillo Group of Islands, Quezon and in other parts of the Philippines, as well as the lessons learned from other seaweed production practitioners elsewhere. This manual-field guide provides useful technical reference materials which could enhance experiential, discovery-based, and participatory learning approaches among fisher-folks (in general) and seaweed production training participants (in particular). We are very confident that this handy training kit will be exploited, adapted, or modified by farmer field school (FFS) facilitators in conducting season-long FFSs on seaweed production not only in the Philippines but in other Asia-Pacific countries as well, when and where they judge them to be valuable. ROBERTO R. CALINGO Executive Director Peace and Equity Foundation iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are extremely pleased to acknowledge all seaweed growers, farmer field school (FFS) facilitators, academicians, researchers, private practitioners, and other stakeholders in seaweed production for their laudable efforts in moving forward to achieve the ultimate goals of their local integrated seaweed production programs as enabling tools of people empowerment in the Polillo Group of Islands, Quezon, the Philippines, and elsewhere. The experiences they shared in various endeavors formed the basis of many best practices and learned lessons compiled in this manual-field guide. Our sincere gratitude goes to our volunteer community organizers [Mr. Renato Salazar and Mr. Jose T. Deles, Jr.], as well as the technical experts, sponsors, and other project-partners from the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI), headed by Dr. Gavino C. Trono, Jr. [Emeritus Professor], the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region IV-A, headed by Ms. Rosella C. Lucero [Regional Seaweed Coordinator], the Social Action Center-Northern Quezon (SAC-NQ) Prelature of Quezon, headed by Rev. Fr. Miguel Floro D. Avenilla [Coordinator] and Mr. Juanito A. Gucilatar [Project Manager], and the Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Mangingisda at Magsasaka ng Maybobon (SANAMMMAY), headed by Mr. Benito Tena [President], for their generous support afforded, without which this manual-field guide may not have been completed. Incomparable appreciations are given as well to agricultural technologists from BFAR Region IV-A, Municipal Local Government Unit (MLGU) of Burdeos, Quezon, and other stakeholders for their wide-ranging innovative contributions. Moreover, this manual-field guide may not have been published without the consensus and financial assistance extended by the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) and the Social Action Center-Northern Quezon (SAC-NQ) Prelature of Infanta. v ABOUT THE PUBLISHERS Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF), also known as Peace Equity Access for Community Empowerment Foundation, aims at transforming poor communities through sustainable social enterprise. Its missions are to: (a) manage and preserve the value of the endowment fund to promote opportunities for the poor to liberate themselves from poverty; (b) enable civil society organization and other partner-intermediaries to develop and innovate on best practices and models using a social enterprise approach; and (c) engage other stakeholders, government, business, and academe in leveraging resources and technologies to replicate and scale-up models that work for sustainable communities and enterprises. Enshrined in PEF mission are its values of: (a) service orientation and commitment [mission of service to the poor]; (b) innovation [seeking better ways and solutions]; (c) inclusiveness [openness to diverse cultures and sectors]; (d) participation [constructive participation of primary stakeholders]; (e) accountability [prudent stewardship of resources]; and (f) transparency [openness to evaluation and knowledge sharing]. Social Action Center-Northern Quezon (SAC-NQ) Prelature of Infanta is a Church-based, non-stock, non-profit organization operating at the Prelature of Infanta, Provinces of Aurora, and Quezon. Established in 1972 as an offshoot of the second Vatican Council’s call for the Church greater involvement in social issues and concerns, SAC is the social action arm of the Prelature and an institution for social services. It coordinates, supervises, and implements social action programs aimed at improving the conditions of the poor. It also addresses the social, cultural, economic, and political needs of the people of the Prelature and Diocese. Its main thrust is to serve the poor, catering principally on the rights of the deprived, the oppressed, and the marginalized sectors (rural poor, fishing communities, farmers, menial laborers, indigenous people, especially women and children) in the Prelature of Infanta. vi ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AESA Agro-ecosystem Analysis ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN IPM ASEAN Integrated Pest Management Knowledge Network DA Department of Agriculture FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FAO-IPM Food and Agriculture Organization IPM Programme for Asia FFS Farmer Field School ICM Integrated Cultural Management IPM Integrated Pest Management IPPM Integrated Production and Pest Management KASAKALIKASAN Kasaganaan ng Sakahan at Kalikasan (Philippines National IPM Program) LGU Local Government Unit