Pilipino (Tagalog) version of the FAO project disclosure document Environmental and Social Management Framework for GCF project “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change” (APA). 

The Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. An analysis of future climate impacts on agriculture and farming communities indicates that large parts of the country will face further exposure to increased temperatures. Through the baseline study and intensive stakeholder consultation, a range of climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) options were examined for the most exposed agricultural systems in the regions most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

The objective of this project, “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change”, is to increase the resilience of rural men and women in areas vulnerable to climate change, whose livelihoods depend on agriculture while transforming the country agriculture towards climate resilience. This will be achieved through improved capacity of farmers to develop CRA enterprises and adopt financially and economically viable CRA practices, and of the government and the private sectors to build supporting systems for scaling up. The project will support the national agriculture and fisheries modernization and industrialization plan (NAFMIP), while providing a systemic approach to climate change adaptation (CCA) in agriculture for the entire country.

Also available in Pilipino (Tagalog): Balangkas ng Pamamahala sa Kapaligiran at Panlipunan para sa proyekto ng GCF na “Pag-Aakma ng Agrikultura ng Pilipinas sa Pagbabago ng Klima”.

This policy brief summarizes the findings of surveys among financial and insurance providers, fishers and fisherfolk organizations in the Philippines in 2021. It explains why financial services are important for small-scale fishers (SSF) and provides recommendations for improving their access to finance and insurance. Produced through the collaboration between FAO, the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) and the Philippines' Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC).

The SPAFAD-BARMM lays out the priorities for technical cooperation between FAO and the BARMM regional government from 2020 to 2022. The overarching goal of FAO’s SPAFAD-BARMM is to uplift the well-being of the Bangsamoro people by improving their food security and nutrition, and bring about rural progress in the Bangsamoro Region through the development of resilient agriculture- and fisheries-based livelihoods and enterprises, institutionalization of risk-informed shock responsive social protection, and equitable and sustainable use and management of natural resources.

The FAO report looks at rural livelihood and agricultural market chains as a critical component of the country’s food security capacity, and the related effects to it of the community restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, the report assesses the impact of COVID-19 on the access of the most vulnerable population that may result in a high rate of malnutrition. The results are expected to provide an information base to aid in local and national decision-making to alleviate the impact of this pandemic and facilitate the production movement, and distribution of goods essential to food security without compromising public health and safety.

The report is a publication prepared by FAO with technical support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Department of Agriculture (DA). The study was also supported by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM).