Making Our Own Choices for Sustainable Farming: Documentation of Selected Rice Farming Methods

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Synthesis of Experiences and Lessons

1. From an era of unsustainability to sustainability: Sprouting initiatives of “sustainable agriculture”
2. Basket of sustainable agriculture practices: Different approaches highlighted in the documentation
3. Towards sustainability: Outcome of the mapping and case studies of sustainable rice technologies and practices
4. Reflections on sustainable agriculture: Summary and conclusions
5. Way forward: Challenges for sustainable agriculture

III. Success Stories

1. PRRM’s Alternative Rice Production Pattern
2. Sustainable Rice Farming through MASIPAG Rice Technology
3. Biodynamic Farming in the Philippines: The Don Bosco Diocesan Youth Center, Inc. Experience
4. System of Rice Intensification (SRI): A Success Story of Sustainable Agriculture Advocacy in the Philippines
5. Community Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) Conservation, Development and Use: Interventions and Innovations in SEARICE’s Community Projects
6. Women’s Voices Amid Ricefields: DALUYONG’s Case on Women’s Participation in Sustainable Rice Production Systems in Nueva Ecija, Philippines
7. Breaking Monopolies: PRRM’s Rural Finance and Alternative Trading and Marketing Strategies