The agrobiodiversity-based livelihoods project implemented by FAO and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) enabled the women of the Tboli tribe in the southern Philippines to keep on earning a living despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a province in the southern Philippines, three elderly women farmers are proving that, indeed, women are indispensable contributors to agriculture and the economy. 

FAO’s emergency response to Typhoon Haiyan ensured that affected rice farmers could plant in time for the December/January planting season, avoiding a potentially devastating food crisis.

The DIPECHO funded project “Enhancing Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture in Cambodia and the Philippines” (OSRO/ RAS/ 201/ EC) is jointly implemented by FAO and the Department of Agriculture (DA RFU5) of Bicol Region Philippines.

Understanding the effects of saltwater intrusion on rice farming has convinced farmer Jose “Jun” Hernan to use a saline-tolerant rice variety (NSIC Rc-182).

Flooding has been a problem for Judy for 10 years now, ever since she took over rice farming from her husband, who left for construction work in Manila. However, the uncertainties, damages and repeated yield loss she has experienced has not reduced Judy’s desire to cultivate rice.

Intervida Philippines Foundation, in collaboration with the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA), has adopted DIPECHO’s upscaling methodology for the identification, selection, and implementation of good practice options (GPOs) in upland and lowland agro-ecological zones.