As the Philippines prepares for a transition from the El Niño weather phenomenon to La Niña in mid-2024, the country faces more pronounced climate-induced risks. Agriculture and fisheries are particularly vulnerable to the expected upcoming rapid transition from frequent droughts to intensified tropical cyclones. At the same time, the transition towards...

March 12, 2024 -- “We should continue to give our utmost devotion to our work in order to help uplift the socio-economic life of our farmers in the Bangsamoro,” said Dr. Daud Lagasi, director general for agriculture services of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) as he...

1 March 2024, Manila – A new programme for teaching primary school children about forests was launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Department of Education (DepEd), and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines. The programme covers forests in far greater detail than...

This new study looks at the potential for introducing agricultural insurance services in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines, aimed at building the resilience of smallholders to extreme natural events.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Philippines today called for more investments to enhance the country’s resilience, particularly in agriculture, ten years after Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Super Typhoon Yolanda, devastated central Philippines. This includes the adoption of the Anticipatory Action (AA) approach...