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 Derived from farm, and other labor,
f. Values and beliefs
g. Policies (government policies on land use)
h. Community Organization

It was observed that in addition to remoteness and poor
roads of upland areas, the lack of proper organization
support system for marketing of products put the upland
farmers at the mercy of middlemen.

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES

There are likewise 5 basic principles and procedures to adopt to have
a successful agroforestry design. Each stage has steps. Allow me to
first enumerate the major stages to simply follow the steps.
 Planning stage
 Diagnostic stage
 Technology design stage
 Evaluation and redesign stage
 Implementation stage

I. PLANNING STAGE

Step 1. Planning of study
 Identify objectives
 Specify area to be covered
 Identify collaborating institutions and staff
 Select and adapt D&D methods to be used

Step 2. Regional Reconnaissance
 Identify, map and describe major land units and population
distribution

Step 3. Identification and preliminary description of land use system
 Differentiate and describe important land use systems
 Make a preliminary assessment of their constraints and
problems
 Make a preliminary assessment of their agroforestry potential

Step 4. Site selection
 Select land use systems for priority attention based on:
 Severity of problems
 Agroforestry potential
 Regional representativeness