Mindanao farms adopt CAT system

By Ben Kritz

Mar 31, 2017 12:49 am

The World Agroforestry Center has established the Conservation Agriculture with Trees (CAT) farming system in its demonstration farm in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTER PHOTO

Some 10,000 Mindanao farmers have adopted the “conservation agriculture with trees” (CAT) system, a farming method that prevents soil erosion and serves as insurance against damage from climate change, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) said in a report.

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