Tour Flyer 07-27-07

Discover how people in Badiang and Guinobatan, New Lucena... … are improving their lives through sustainable farming technologies … see how farmers prepare their organic inputs and use contour farming methods to produce healthy food for their families and the wider public while protecting the environment…

How to get there Badiang and Guinobatan are located about 5 and 10 kilometers north of the poblacion of New Lucena, respectively. Canauili and Pangilihan, on the other hand, are located about 13 and15 kilometers northwest of the poblacion of Janiuay. New Lucena and Janiuay are two of the six project municipalities of PRDCI located within the MagapaSuague River Basin in central Iloilo. New Lucena is about 20 kms., and Janiuay is about 33 kms., from Iloilo City. Both towns can be reached by private or public utility vehicles, although Canauili and Pangilihan may require tougher vehicles like fourwheel drives during the rainy season. There are tricycles regularly plying Badiang and Guinobatan from the poblacion, rain or shine. (Guests should prepare to get muddy and wet, and wear the appropriate attire and footwear. Home-stay and camping options are available for those who would like to interact longer with the communities. Proper coordination should be made.)

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In Canauili and Pangilihan, Janiuay... …listen to the “legend of the golden tinday” and help the people regain their forests by planting seedlings of endemic trees…

Panay Rural Development Center, Inc. (PRDCI) San Matias St., Molo, Iloilo City Telefax: (033) 338-3226 email: [email protected] website: www.prdciph.org Photos by Agnes Españo-Dimzon. A Purzuelo design

“Duna nga pamaagi sa pagpanguma” Alma’s and Leloy’s Farm, Badiang, New Lucena

“Pagpabalik sang sustansiya sang duta nga nadula sa malawig nga panahon” JLP Farm, Guinobatan, New Lucena

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Iday: “Tuburan sang Kabuhi” Canauili-Pangilihan, Janiuay

... learn the lessons and advantages of shifting from commercial mono cropping to organic diversified farming while enjoying the taste of organically-grown rice and vegetables, catching cultured hito and feeding free-range chicken

... appreciate the community’s struggle to regain and protect their forests and springs... see the panoramic beauty of central Iloilo from the top of the hill... trek down the “monkey trail” to Amaga creek and see the remnants of centuries-old trees that were cut down to feed the sugar mills in the 1970’s...