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Wikipedia Article

Amadeo is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is nicknamed the "Coffee capital of the Philippines". According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,737 people in 5,470 households. Amadeo is best known for the Pahimis Festival, which showcases the town's coffee industry. It is usually held on the last weekend of February. More here.

Pahimis

A TRIP to Amadeo, Cavite in February is a bit like traveling to Baguio City. As soon as you cross the junction that diverts to the towns of Silang and Indang, a cool, clean breeze grazes your skin while a heady perfume of coffee flowers fills your nostrils. The experience is quite enervating and offers the perfect excuse to escape Metro Manila, if only for a day. It's no wonder then why throngs of serious cyclists pedal from as far away as Novaliches to pass through Amadeo on their way to nearby Tagaytay. More from Sandra Diez

Birdwatching in Amadeo

The campsite (Balete, Falls, ca. 2004) is located in the far end of a dirt road that cuts through a coffee plantation. A few feet away is a ravine that opens up to reveal a refreshing waterfalls lined with huts for daytime picnickers. The campers have just gotten out of their tents when we arrived so we thought we were going to look around the place first. We followed the trail down to the stream and were dismayed to find out that garbage from the picnickers have accumulated just within sight of the waterfalls. At first only the noisy YELLOW-VENTED BULBULS could be seen until we followed the trail that goes uphill again. A flash of blue revealed a pair of WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHERS. Read more.

Short geographic location facts

Latitude: 14.2 Longitude: 120.9333 (Decimal degrees) Latitude (DMS): 14Â° 11' 60 N Longitude (DMS): 120Â° 55' 60 E (Degrees, minutes and seconds)
For a view of the map, click here.

Amadeo Coffee History

The Coffee Industry of Amadeo Long before the Department of Agriculture launched its campaign to plant coffee to curb the constant drain of dollar reserves due to heavy importation of coffee, Amadeo was already engaged in coffee farming.
As early as 1880, Amadeo was producing Arabica, a variety known for its aroma and flavor, in modest scale. Formerly called Kapeng Tagalog, it was intercropped with other produce, supplementing community livelihood. However in 1890, an organism known asâCoffee Rustâ, swept the plantations. Rustlike patches on the leaves spread rapidly from tree to tree until entire coffee plantations appeared burned. Coffee fields were ruined. More here.

Monday, March 22, 2010

This site needs a major rework

As you may have noticed, this blog has been dormant for quite some time. Meanwhile, more "social" websites have grown that could be useful to connect this humble initiative to (Think: Facebook).

The cbox could also use a more relevant replacement, so a twitter badge could come in handy.

Incidentally, this blog was begun in the hope of rekindling pride of place that is anchored on local knowledge. Perhaps ideas and materials from theAsian University Digital Resource Network could point this site to some useful reference models?

Photo Source: http://www.uga.edu/fruit/image/dormant%20spur.jpg

Labels: AUDRN, local knowledge, rework

posted by Joel @ 7:09 PM

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