🕯️ Traditions Ivatan Farmers Use Reeds as Supports for Crops

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In Batanes, Ivatan farmers have a traditional practice called kapawuknud, which involves setting reeds to provide support for future sprouts of root crops. It is a simple technique, but it reflects detailed knowledge of local farming conditions.

Batanes agriculture developed under strong winds and a challenging island environment, so practical adaptations became important.

The NCCA specifically documents kapawuknud as an example of traditional knowledge concerning nature and agriculture.

A humble arrangement of reeds can therefore represent generations of environmental knowledge.

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