Private Agri Tourism: Malabing Valley Casibu, Nueva Viscaya
JOSEPHINE NAMUJHE is the founder of the Malabing Valley Sustainable Integrated Forest Farmer’s Association (MVSIFFA). The Malabing Valley Multipurpose Cooperative has ventured into non-traditional capacity building activities as a means to organize farmers in the valley, and as a way to protect its natural resources. The cooperative has joined forces with some NGOs and the government in preparing a land use framework for a community-based forest management program aimed at preventing uncontrolled conversion of open access forest lands into citrus and other agricultural activities.
The Malabing Valley Agritourism Project was started in 2013 and is being operated by MVSIFFA, Inc. Tied up with DENR under the NGP contract, the association was in- charge of establishing sustainable development plan to protect, enhance, and increase biodiversity and economic viability of the area. However, like any other association, the main constraint of MVSIFFA is its lack of financial resources to push through their short, medium and long-term plans. For now, the livelihood program of the association is focused on the production of fruit bearing trees like lanzones, durian, rambutan, and bugnay, among others. The medium and long-term projects will be focused on the production of high value crops and processing of forest products into furniture and other crafts.
Below is the presentation of Ms. Josephine Namujhe:
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