TerraForestry™ views community development as an integral part of sustainable agroforestry. A successful plantation should create value not only from the land and trees, but also through jobs, skills, farmer participation, local enterprise, and long-term community partnerships.
Inclusive Rural Development
TerraForestry™ can create opportunities throughout the plantation value chain:
Nursery → Planting → Farm Management → Harvest → Processing → Manufacturing → Marketing
Potential community benefits include:
- Local employment
- Contract farming opportunities
- Nursery and propagation enterprises
- Plantation maintenance services
- Harvest and processing employment
- Skills development
- Local supply-chain participation
- Small-enterprise opportunities
Farmer Partnership
The model can provide farmers with opportunities to participate without necessarily requiring them to independently build the entire value chain.
Potential mechanisms include:
- Contract farming
- Co-managed plantations
- Outgrower programs
- Tree adoption/value-sharing arrangements
- Technical assistance
- Input and planting-material support
- Market-linkage programs
The objective is to align farmer income with plantation productivity and long-term stewardship.
Local Economic Multipliers
A TerraForestry™ project can stimulate economic activity beyond the plantation itself.
Investment → Plantation Development → Local Employment → Local Procurement → Processing → Value Addition → Community Income
Where practical, local sourcing and service providers can be incorporated into the project supply chain.
Skills & Capacity Building
TerraForestry™ can establish training programs covering:
- Nursery management
- Tree planting and establishment
- Agroforestry practices
- Soil and water stewardship
- Plantation monitoring
- Tree health
- Sustainable harvesting
- Post-harvest handling
- Digital farm records
- Occupational health and safety
This builds a local knowledge base that remains valuable beyond a single plantation project.
Community Engagement
Responsible development requires meaningful engagement with affected communities.
TerraForestry™ can establish processes for:
- Stakeholder consultation
- Community feedback
- Grievance mechanisms
- Transparent project information
- Participatory planning
- Local benefit-sharing
- Periodic community performance reviews
Where Indigenous Peoples or other legally recognized rights holders are involved, engagement should follow applicable Philippine laws, regulations, and appropriate consent and consultation processes.
Community Development KPIs
| Area | Example Indicator |
|---|---|
| Employment | Local jobs created |
| Farmers | Participating farms/farmers |
| Income | Community economic value generated |
| Training | People trained / training hours |
| Enterprise | Local suppliers and service providers |
| Inclusion | Participation across community groups |
| Safety | Workplace incidents and corrective actions |
| Engagement | Consultations and resolved grievances |
| Value sharing | Benefits distributed to participants |
Community + AgriTrace™
Community participation can be connected to the broader AgriTrace™ ecosystem:
Farmer/Community Partner → Farm Block → Production → Harvest → Processing → Market → Value Sharing
This creates greater transparency around who participates, what is produced, and how value moves through the supply chain.
Shared-Value Development
TerraForestry™ seeks to move beyond a traditional plantation model toward a shared-value ecosystem:
“When the forest grows, the community should have an opportunity to grow with it.”
The long-term objective is to build agroforestry projects that generate productive forests, sustainable livelihoods, local enterprise, and enduring community partnerships.
TerraForestry™ — Growing Forests. Empowering Communities. Creating Shared Prosperity.