Reading remittance landscapes: Female migration and agricultural transition in the Philippines

TitleReading remittance landscapes: Female migration and agricultural transition in the Philippines
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsMcKay D
JournalDanish Journal of Geography
Volume105
Pagination89-99
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Tanowong traditional irrigation system, Philippines

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The case study of Tanowong traditional irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. As the water supply became inadequate to meet their cultivation needs, they decided to dig a 25 kilometer ditch to divert water from a new source, the Bwasao Stream, to their fields. Since the project...
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