TMPEGS

Welcome to TMPEGS

The SANREM-CRSP Southeast Asia project
"Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds"

Ordinance on Incentive Based Conservation Agriculture Production System Adopted in the Philippines

Saturday, 15 August 2009 19:01 administrator

Mayor Godofredo Balansag (Center) with SANREM-CRSP, left to right, Dr. Keith Moore, SANREM Associate Director; Dr. S.K. Dedatta, SANREM Administative Principal Investigator, Mayor Balansag, Vice-Mayor Ernie Devibar, and Dr. Theo Dillaha, SANREM Director.

In SANREM Policy Brief 1, Catacutan and Piñon, ‘recommended that local government units be more proactive in developing incentive policies that complement or offset the weakness of national policies in delivering wider benefits to small farmers. Local government units have a better understanding of local contexts, hence policy interventions can be more realistic, and the policy performance can be closely monitored by local leaders.’ Last May 11, 2009, Mayor Godofredo Balansag signed the first‘Incentive-Support System for Farmers Adopting or Investing in Sustainable Farming Systems, in Lantapan, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines.’

TMPEGS': let us celebrate!!!

Monday, 29 June 2009 08:42 administrator

Farmer Andy from Indonesia – photo taken by Manuel Reyes, June 2007

A celebration of “TMPEGS accomplishments/obstacles/boo-boo, and what next: TMPEGS?’ will be held for each country. We will invite all stakeholders like USAID MISSIONS staff, local government units staff, researchers and of course small scale farmers both women and men. Below is a draft program:

TMPEGS' - PUSH

Friday, 15 May 2009 00:00 administrator

TMPEGS at the Annual SANREM Meeting, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

This is an exciting year because we are fully integrating TMPEGS and are putting the TMPEGS puzzle together. What is PUSH? PUSH is satisfying stakeholders. PUSH because only then can TMPEGS legitimately Hope, for funding until 2014.

'HOT COMMODITY'

Friday, 15 May 2009 00:00 administrator

TMPEGS is in the pages 9-10 issue of Virginia Tech’s Outreach Now Magazine. As SANREM editor, Deanne Estrada shared: ‘I am honored that our story has been chosen -- the magazine comes out only once a year and is quite prestigious. The article is in pages 8-9 of Outreach NOW 2008.