Agriculture and fisheries stakeholders were trained on climate proofing methodologies during the Training-Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) into Policies, Plans and Investments at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in Los Baños, Laguna last October 7-10.
Representatives from the Agriculture and Fishery Council (AFC) and National Sectoral Committee (NSC), Department of Agriculture, local government units, academe and farmers’ regional network learned how to incorporate CCA into their programs and projects.
In his message, SEARCA Director Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr. noted how climate change threatens our food security as it negatively affects the agriculture and fisheries sector and that the best option to face the challenges of climate change is to adapt and heighten the resiliency of the agriculture and fisheries sector.
It is in this context and along with its mandate of building capacities toward inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development that the SEARCA conducted the training-workshop to equip the participants with knowledge and skills in integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation actions into their development initiatives, he emphasized.
During the workshop, the participants were made to apply the systemic adaptation assessment or climate proofing methodology on selected real cases that they submitted prior to the training-workshop.
Their outputs were presented into an “information marketplace,” a method that is based on the idea of a real market where there is buying and selling and the venue is used for stimulating the exchange of information among many people simultaneously within a limited time.
UPLB College of Arts and Sciences Dean Felino Lansigan spoke on the introduction to climate change and climate change adaptation concepts, while UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources Prof. Canesio Predo discussed the use of economic tools in assessing adaptation options.
Representatives from the Agriculture and Fishery Council (AFC) and National Sectoral Committee (NSC), Department of Agriculture, local government units, academe and farmers’ regional network learned how to incorporate CCA into their programs and projects.
In his message, SEARCA Director Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr. noted how climate change threatens our food security as it negatively affects the agriculture and fisheries sector and that the best option to face the challenges of climate change is to adapt and heighten the resiliency of the agriculture and fisheries sector.
It is in this context and along with its mandate of building capacities toward inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development that the SEARCA conducted the training-workshop to equip the participants with knowledge and skills in integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation actions into their development initiatives, he emphasized.
During the workshop, the participants were made to apply the systemic adaptation assessment or climate proofing methodology on selected real cases that they submitted prior to the training-workshop.
Their outputs were presented into an “information marketplace,” a method that is based on the idea of a real market where there is buying and selling and the venue is used for stimulating the exchange of information among many people simultaneously within a limited time.
UPLB College of Arts and Sciences Dean Felino Lansigan spoke on the introduction to climate change and climate change adaptation concepts, while UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources Prof. Canesio Predo discussed the use of economic tools in assessing adaptation options.
Meanwhile, Dr. Daylinda Cabanilla of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños and SEARCA Program Specialist Rosario Bantayan served as the training workshop’s Technical Coordinator and Co-Coordinator,respectively.
Among the participants during the activity were AFC representatives Stephen Santillan (Region 6), Floro Dalapag (Region 10), Dante Tobias (Region 2), and Guillermo Argosino (Region 4-A), and NSC representatives Arsenio Tanchuling (Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture), Emman Sibayan (National Confederation of Farmers and Fishers Organizations), Antonio Rola (Committee on Fruits and Vegetables), Alfredo Pedrosa III (Committee on Climate Change), Leonora Lava (Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement), and Emilio Neri (National Federation of Hog Farmers).
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries endorsed the 10 trainees to increase their understanding on the application of climate proofing methodologies within their respective organizational environment to ensure that climate change concerns are integrated in their agenda.
In addition, their attendance to the training workshop also aimed to enhance their capabilities in the monitoring and evaluation of various DA and NAFC-assisted climate change adaptation programs and projects, and provide feedbacks and inputs on their implementation.
-With reports from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
source: http://nafc.da.gov.ph/NAFCNEWs/2014/agri-fishery.html
Among the participants during the activity were AFC representatives Stephen Santillan (Region 6), Floro Dalapag (Region 10), Dante Tobias (Region 2), and Guillermo Argosino (Region 4-A), and NSC representatives Arsenio Tanchuling (Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture), Emman Sibayan (National Confederation of Farmers and Fishers Organizations), Antonio Rola (Committee on Fruits and Vegetables), Alfredo Pedrosa III (Committee on Climate Change), Leonora Lava (Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement), and Emilio Neri (National Federation of Hog Farmers).
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries endorsed the 10 trainees to increase their understanding on the application of climate proofing methodologies within their respective organizational environment to ensure that climate change concerns are integrated in their agenda.
In addition, their attendance to the training workshop also aimed to enhance their capabilities in the monitoring and evaluation of various DA and NAFC-assisted climate change adaptation programs and projects, and provide feedbacks and inputs on their implementation.
-With reports from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
source: http://nafc.da.gov.ph/NAFCNEWs/2014/agri-fishery.html
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