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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
In the Philippines, pure grasslands occupy 1.8 million ha and another 10.8 million ha (33% of the country's total land area) is under extensive cultivation mixed with grasslands and scrub. Most of these grasslands are under-utilised and dominated by Imperata cylindrica. Imperata grasslands generally represent areas of degraded soils that are acidic, low in organic matter and susceptible to erosion. However, conversion of these grassland areas into upland farms planted to annual crops and perennial trees is proliferating at a fast rate. This is triggered by the interacting factors of rapidly increasing population, the system of landholding, scarcity of jobs and the declining arable area in the lowlands.
Citation
Magcale-Macandog, D. B.; Abucay, E.; and Ani, P. A. B., "Alternative Land Use Options for Philippine Grasslands: A Bioeconomic Modeling Approach Using the WaNuLCAS Model" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 101.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeC/101)
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Alternative Land Use Options for Philippine Grasslands: A Bioeconomic Modeling Approach Using the WaNuLCAS Model
Dublin Ireland
In the Philippines, pure grasslands occupy 1.8 million ha and another 10.8 million ha (33% of the country's total land area) is under extensive cultivation mixed with grasslands and scrub. Most of these grasslands are under-utilised and dominated by Imperata cylindrica. Imperata grasslands generally represent areas of degraded soils that are acidic, low in organic matter and susceptible to erosion. However, conversion of these grassland areas into upland farms planted to annual crops and perennial trees is proliferating at a fast rate. This is triggered by the interacting factors of rapidly increasing population, the system of landholding, scarcity of jobs and the declining arable area in the lowlands.
