Population growth and customary land law: The case of Cordillera villages in the Phillippines

TitlePopulation growth and customary land law: The case of Cordillera villages in the Phillippines
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsCrisologo-Mendoza L, Van de gaer D
JournalEconomic Development and Cultural Change
Volume49
Issue3
Pagination631-658
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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