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Journal of Public Affairs and Development

Philippines

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Improvement In Self-Assessed Knowledge And Changes In Farming System Practices Of Climate Field School Graduates In Bicol, Philippines, Ruth Anne T. Ruelos, Macrina G. Umali, Therese R. Olviga, Rubelyn S. Villa, Eliel Severino V. Jacobo, Merylyne M. Paunlagui, Agnes C. Rola Jan 2017

Improvement In Self-Assessed Knowledge And Changes In Farming System Practices Of Climate Field School Graduates In Bicol, Philippines, Ruth Anne T. Ruelos, Macrina G. Umali, Therese R. Olviga, Rubelyn S. Villa, Eliel Severino V. Jacobo, Merylyne M. Paunlagui, Agnes C. Rola

Journal of Public Affairs and Development

Rainfed lowland and upland farmers have less access to new technologies especially those that would reduce their vulnerability to climate change. In the Philippines, the Philippine Rice Research Institute developed a package of technology called “Palayamanan” that is suited to rainfed sites. This paper presents the results of the study that disseminated the Palayamanan technology through the climate field school (CFS) in rainfed areas in Bicol. Thirty-eight farmers from two barangays of Pamplona, Camarines Sur, and 78 farmers from three barangays of Milagros, Masbate were the respondents. A five-point scale was used to self-assess farmers’ knowledge on topics discussed in …


Policy And Institutional Challenges In Climate Information Services Provisioning In Philippine Agriculture, Dulce D. Elazegui, Agnes C. Rola, Roger A. Luyun, Nico Jayson C. Anastacio, Francis John F. Faderogao, Maria Cristina A. Alvarez Jan 2017

Policy And Institutional Challenges In Climate Information Services Provisioning In Philippine Agriculture, Dulce D. Elazegui, Agnes C. Rola, Roger A. Luyun, Nico Jayson C. Anastacio, Francis John F. Faderogao, Maria Cristina A. Alvarez

Journal of Public Affairs and Development

Current and immediate information about the increasingly unpredictable weather conditions are needed to augment conventional knowledge in local communities. Policy analysis on climate information services (CIS) provisioning in the agriculture sector is vital and warranted. This paper describes the global and national CIS policies as well as the institutions involved in provisioning through the characterization of pathways from data generation to dissemination. Further, it identifies the various intermediary users of the CIS and how CIS are ultimately disseminated to the municipal agricultural offices and the farmers. Secondary data sources were searched. Primary data were gathered through key informant interviews. Qualitative …