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Rice is a staple food for 90% of Filipinos. Around 11.5 million farmers and family members depend on the rice industry as their means of livelihood. Thirty-three per cent of the country’s agricultural lands are devoted to rice. Rice farming, however, is being threatened by climate change, which is primarily manifested in the changing intensity and length of the rainy season and average rainfall in the Philippines. The general objective of this study was to document two cases of small rice farmers’ adaptation to the changing climate, especially significant variation in the intensity and length of the rainy season and average rainfall in the Philippines.
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This study benefited from consultations with individual experts: Dr. Felino Lansigan of the Institute of Statistics in the University of the Philippines in Los Baños; Ms. Grace Centeno of the Climate Unit of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); Drs. Eduardo Quilang, John de Leon, and Constancio Asis, Jr. of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice); and Dr. Chito Medina of Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG). The researchers would also like to express gratitude for the openness and cooperation of the officers and members of the two case study-organizations: Kalipunan ng mga Magsasaka para sa Likas-Kayang Sakahan sa Nueva Ecija (KALIKASAN-NE) and Salngan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SARBMPC).
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Yap, R.C., Lotze-Campen, H. (2012). Adaptation Options for Small Rice Farmers in the Philippines. In: Edenhofer, O., Wallacher, J., Lotze-Campen, H., Reder, M., Knopf, B., Müller, J. (eds) Climate Change, Justice and Sustainability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4540-7_19
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