The Philippines faces challenges in achieving food security due to climate change impacts like more frequent extreme weather events and shifts in weather patterns. The population has grown at about 1.1% annually, increasing food demands. The government has established several funds and legal frameworks to prioritize adaptation and food security. Key priorities include strengthening early warning systems, building climate-resilient agriculture, and increasing budget allocations for adaptation, though funding has remained low compared to needs. The National La Niña Action Plan identifies vulnerable areas and interventions to support production during drought periods.

1. Adaptation Prioritization:
Criteria and Processes in the Philippines

2. •Philippine population has
been growing, on the
average, at a rate of 1.1%
per year
•Translates to increase in
food requirement; annual
demand for rice grew at
about 0.69% for the last 5
years
PHILIPPINES OVERVIEW
60.7
68.28
76.51
88.55
92.34
100 101.6
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1990 1995 2000 2007 2010 2014 2015
inmillions
Population
1990-2015
Source : PSA

3. Rice and Corn:
Area Harvested by Crop and Year
2000000
2500000
3000000
3500000
4000000
4500000
5000000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Palay Corn
Source : PSA

4. CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING FOOD
SECURITY
Disaster risks and climate
change or the “new normal”
• Shifts in weather patterns and
extreme weather-related events
• Disrupts economic activities and
livelihoods
• Damages farm areas, equipment and
other assets
• Affects production cycles and
level/quality of output
• Ultimately, poses as an additional
threat to achieving food security
Year Typhoon
Area Most
Affected
Cat*
Damage &
Losses to
Agriculture &
Fisheries
(Php Billion)**
2006 STY Milenyo
(Xangsane)
Luzon 5 3.89
2006 STY Reming
(Durian)
Bicol 5 2.90
2008 TY Frank
(Fengshen)
Visayas 3 10.78
2009 TS Ondoy (Ketsana) Luzon 3 7.00
2009 STY Peping (Parma) Luzon 4 22.48
2010 STY Juan (Megi) N. Luzon 5 7.64
2011 TY Quiel (Nalgae)
with T Pedring
Luzon 4 16.33
2011 TS Sendong
(Washi)
Mindanao 2 0.46
2012 STY Pablo (Bopha) Mindanao 5 29.12
2013 STY Yolanda
(Haiyan)
Visayas 5 45.52
Total 146.12
Source: DA

5. El Niño Phenomenon
• 218 379 metric tonnes of crops lost with
estimated value of USD 70.8 million*
• About 66 000 farmers affected*
• 85 percent of the country experienced
drought by the end of March 2016, including
38 provinces in Luzon, 15 provinces in the
Visayas and 15 in Mindanao.
CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING FOOD
SECURITY
Dry
Condition
Dry Spell
Drought
*DA data as of 13 August 2015 Source: PAGASA

6. NATIONALLY DETERMINED
CONTRIBUTIONS: PRIORITY MEASURES
• Emphasizes adaptation a priority as a matter of national policy
• Priorities reflected in the NDC:
– Institutional and system strengthening for downscaling climate change
models, climate scenario-building, climate monitoring and
observation;
– Roll-out of science-based climate/disaster risk and vulnerability
assessment process as the basis for mainstreaming climate and
disaster risks reduction in development plans, programs and projects;
– Development of climate and disaster-resilient ecosystem(s);
– Enhancement of climate and disaster-resilience of key sectors –
agriculture, water and health;
– Systematic transition to a climate and disaster-resilient social and
economic growth; and
– Research and development on climate change, extremes and impacts
for improved risk assessment and management.

7. POLITICAL AND FUNDING PRIORITIES
National Climate Change Action
Plan (2011-2028) Priorities
• Food Security
• Water Sufficiency
• Environmental and Ecological
Stability
• Human Security
• Sustainable Energy
• Climate-Smart Industries and
Services
• Knowledge Capacity and
Development
People’s Survival Fund
• Adaptation activities
• Disease control and
prevention
• Preparedness to climate-
related hazards
• Strengthening existing
adaptation initiatives
• Institutional development

8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR DRR
• Enhance Disaster Risk Reduction Information and
Early Warning System
• Strengthen disaster risk reduction governance
• Reduce underlying risk factors and build resilience
• Prepare to respond and to build forward better
Source: National Strategic Plan of Action for DRR in Agriculture and Fisheries (2016)

9. • Climate Change Act
• National Disaster Risk
Reduction and
Management Act
• People’s Survival Fund
• Climate Change
Commission
• National Disaster Risk
Reduction and
Management (DRRM)
Council
– Local DRRM Councils and
Offices
LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
FRAMEWORKS

10. Local Disaster
Risk Reduction
and
Management
Plan
Local Climate
Change Action
Plan
Comprehensive
Land-Use Plan
Comprehensive
Development
Plan
Annual
Investment
Plan
Provincial
Development
and Physical
Framework
Plan
National Budget
Climate
Tagging
Bottom-
up
Budget
People’s Survival Fund
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Fund
National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Fund

11. CLIMATE APPROPRIATIONS (2009-2013)
6
•Increase shows Government willingness to increase climate action, but level of
funding based on projected needs is still low. The total climate appropriations
correspond to about 0.3 percent of GDP, falling below the Stern review
recommendations that countries should expend at least 2 percent of GDP to
implement climate action.
ClimateAppropriationsBasedon
theNCCAPClassification
mate appropriations have increased by 2.5 times in real terms and
average 26 percent annually, outpacing the growth of the national
dget (around 6 percent)
Climate appropriations have increased by 2.5 times in real terms and on
average 26 percent annually, outpacing the growth of the national
budget (around 6 percent)
Source: Climate Change Commission (2015)

12. ACCESSING THE PEOPLE’S SURVIVAL FUND
PSF
Proponents/R
ecipients
Municipal
Development
Fund Office
PSF
Secretariat
PSF Technical
Evaluation
Committee
Climate
Change
Commission
PSF Board
Submission of
Full-Blown
Proposals
Project
Implement-
ation
Assessment
of Proponent
based on
Eligibility and
Requirement
Technical
Evaluation
based on set
criteria
Notice on
rejected
applications
sent back w/
explanations
Endorsement
of the PSF
project
proposal for
approval
Board
Approval
Fund
Disbursement
Source: Climate Change Commission (2016)

13. NATIONAL LA NIÑA ACTION PLAN
Identification of
vulnerable areas
Ranking and
prioritization of
cities/
municipalities
Identification of
interventions
per commodity
Assessment of
funds required
per intervention
Identification of
resource
mobilization
strategies
• Vulnerable
• Less
Vulnerable
• Rice
• Corn
• High Value
Crops
• Livestock
• Funded
• Unfunded
• National
Budget
• NDRRMF
• Quick
Response Fund
• PSF
• Others..
• Hazard
• Exposure
• Adaptive
Capacity

14. Identified Interventions
₱- ₱200,000,000₱400,000,000₱600,000,000
Preparatory Activities
Information and Education…
Production Support
Crop Pest Management
Water Management
Provision of Chemicals
Fertilizer/ Soil Ameliorants
Damage Assessment
Machineries/ Equipment
Distribution Of Soil Testing Kits
Monitoring/ Validation/ Evaluation
Rehabilitation of Damaged…
Provision of STWs and PISOs
ESETs
Crop Insurance
Preparedness
0 50000000 100000000 150000000
Response
₱- ₱500,000,000 ₱1,000,000,000
Recovery & Rehabilition

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