Kalikasan farmers are well known throughout the Philippines for their success in developing organic rice farming and marketing. Their partnership with the ILEIA Research Programme helped them to obtain quantitative proof of the economic viability of their organic practices. It also strengthened their skill in carrying out experiments designed to develop farming systems that were well adapted to their conditions, needs and objectives. Farmers recently started experimenting with organic vegetable production. They aim to gradually evolve their rice farming systems into diverse integrated farming systems. Farmers intend to experiment with soil fertility management, plant breeding, conservation of genetic resources, and diversification.
