BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Abandoned or idle rice terraces in Ifugao province would be brought back to life under a new government strategy to sustain the granaries of the Cordillera, agriculture officials said. In other upland Cordillera towns, farmers carved out vegetable gardens by following the natural contour of the mountains. READ: Save the rice terracesThe new DA allocations would rebuild broken terraces and finance the reactivation of idle terraced farms to improve productivity, added Jennilyn Dawayan, DA Cordillera director. Outside the World Heritage Site, smaller rice terraces were converted into vegetable gardens to maintain the family businesses, Banaue Mayor Joel Bungallon had said in March. Jerry Dalipog employed chawwa to revive 341.7 hectares of idle terraces to supply a popular restaurant.
