Palaganas EC, Sinumlag AB, Suyam RR, Galang RM, Sia IC. Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnolinguistic Groups: The Uma tribe of Western uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga, Cordillera Administrative Region. University of the Philippines Manila 2013.
Phase II Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health for Selected Ethnolinguistic Groups: The Uma tribe of Western uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga, Cordillera Administrative Region
ABSTRACT
The study focuses on the knowledge and practices on health of the Uma tribe in Western Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga which is a home for the Uma tribe of Kalinga Province in the Cordillera region of Northern Philippines. It is one of the barangays within the Municipality of Lubuagan lying 800 meters above sea level and found in the eastern part of the Cordillera region. It is a mountainous community which is suitable for all plants that thrives in a low temperature climate. It has a total land area of 2,014.828 square meters with its total half portion as a forest. From the land area , 50 hectares of this is being used by the commmunity for rice fields and 50 hectares of this is orchard planted with coffee fruit trees. 50 hectares is used for swidden farming and 30 hectares is residential. (Barangay profile, 2009).
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