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PAMPANGA – Could farmers with cellular phones be key to improving the speed and reliability of crop production forecasts? This is the subject of an ongoing pilot exercise being conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)....

MANILA – Over the last ten years, natural disasters such as typhoons, flooding and drought have cost the agriculture sector in the Philippines more than USD4 billion in damage and production losses. Amidst growing risks from weather extremes and climate change, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)...

MANILA - A group of international experts on small-scale aquaculture, aquaculture certification and aquatic animal health convened in the Philippines to begin the development of the first of a three-volume series of compliance manuals to support small-scale aquaculture certification. The exercise, spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – As livelihood recovery efforts continue, farmers in the rice-producing provinces of Aurora and Nueva Ecija are optimistic that the upcoming harvest can help them rebound from the devastating impacts of Typhoon Sarika and Super Typhoon Haima (local names: Karen and Lawin).  At least 4 300 families...

PIGKAWAYAN, Cotabato Province – Farming and fishing families in Mindanao are no stranger to both natural and human-induced disasters. For over four decades now, their lives and livelihoods have been disrupted by recurrent displacement as a result of periodic armed clashes. In the past five years, strong typhoons and widespread...