BUKDA: Sustainable Income for Indigenous Filipinos through Bamboo and Cacao Farming

At BUKDA, we aim to address the lack of sustainable income for the Indigenous People of the Umayamnon Tribe by introducing:

 	
Bamboo Farming

 	
Bamboo is a fast-growing endemic plant in which every part of it can virtually be made into a variety of products. It is an alternative material for timber, thereby reducing deforestation. Bamboo is also more resilient to climate change and has significant carbon sequestration capacity.

 
 	
Cacao Farming

 	
Cacao is considered an equatorial crop and the Philippines has a great potential of growing cacao. In fact, the Philippines has the ability to grow all of the three main cocoa bean types - Criollo, Forastero, and Trinitario cultivars.



 
Bamboo and Cacao Farming can increase short-term employment from tree planting, plantation maintenance, protection and management, and create long-term sustainable small enterprises by selling bamboo and cacao products, and hopefully, a share in the sale of Carbon Credits. In the manufacture of engineered bamboo products, the indigenous peoples get a share as sustainable income, and promote social-cultural bonds in the Ancestral Domain.


For more information on our solution, do refer to our Slide Deck.