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| Personal Name | Malihan, Maria Angela A. |
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| Resource Title | Integration of climate-smart agriculture interventions to the agriculture sector development plan |
| Date Issued | August 2018 |
| Abstract | Rice remains an important crop as food and as a source of livelihood in the Philippines (Department of Agriculture [DA] 2012). Recently, the country experienced rice shortages due to several factors, which include climate change. The rice plant is considered as the most vulnerable crop to the changing climate (Mohanty et al. 2013). However, rice production is one of the major contributors of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that aggravate climate change. In the Philippines, the agriculture sector is the second largest GHG emission source (26% of the total emission), with rice cultivation as the top contributor (63% of the total agricultural emissions)(Dikitanan et al. 2017). Due to these interconnected problems of food productivity, climate change adaptation, and mitigation, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) introduced the concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). CSA is an approach that intends to transform and reorient agricultural development under the new realities of climate change (Lipper et al.2014). The aims of this thesis were two-fold. First, to determine the integration and implementation process of CSA in agriculture sector of Guinayangan, Quezon. Second, to develop CSA strategies for rice that other local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines can adopt based on the experiences of Guinayangan. The study employed a combination of quantitative and qualitative research designs to get an in-depth knowledge of the CSA program being implemented at the municipality-level. The study covered the municipality of Guinayangan, Quezon province, one of the pilot sites for the DA's program on Strengthening Implementation of Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) and is a model for CSA. The CSA program in Guinayangan is being jointly implemented by the LGU's Office of the Municipal Agriculture (OMA) and an NGO, the International Institute of Rice Reconstruction (IIRR). Through a community survey, 76 rice farmers from 8 barangays of Gui |
| Degree Course | Master of Arts (Urban and Regional Planning) |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Agriculture; Economic aspects; Environmental aspects |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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