BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — The city council recognized farming in 12 outskirts communities here in preparation for their declaration as agriculture villages, including an Ibaloy-Kankanaey settlement tending gardens within the Camp John forest reserve. The council action may have reversed a city policy that prevented the issuance of an agrarian reform title inside the Baguio dairy farm. Last month, Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones said he was studying a proposal to grant Cloas to Barangay Happy Hallow inside Camp John Hay. Primary activityHappy Hallow, one of the villages that the council described as having “significant agricultural activities,” is Baguio’s only Ibaloy ancestral domain where farmers have been growing vegetables and cut flowers. ADVERTISEMENTThe city council also cited Barangay Dontogan, Lucnab, Pacdal and Ambiong for their farms and gardens.—Vincent CabrezaRead NextEDITORS' PICKMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 16, 2020 17:26 UTC