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ProjectEmergency and Early Recovery Support to Floods-Affected Farming Households in Western Terai, Nepal - TCP/NEP/3809 2023
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No results found.Nepal is highly vulnerable to climate change, hydrometeorological hazards and extreme events such as storms, floods, landslides and debris flow, and soil erosion. These hazards often affect the food and nutritional security of vulnerable households (HHs) as well as their livelihoods, with women and children representing the most affected population. Unseasonal incessant rainfall between 21 and 24 October 2021 triggered landslides in the hills, and flooding and inundation mostly in Western and Eastern Terai region and parts of Karnali. These constitute the main paddy pocket area in Nepal - the country’s food basket. Substantial damage was caused in the agriculture sector, in both cropland and paddy crops, which were at the harvesting stage. This further increased the vulnerability of the Terai communities in the most severely flood-hit districts. The Government of Nepal, including local government units, carried out an assessment of agricultural losses and damage in the affected areas. The conclusion was an urgent need to provide immediate agricultural recovery support to the impacted populations in order to protect their food and nutrition security, and livelihoods. In response to this need, in partnership with MoALD and the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoLMAC), Sudurpaschim Province, and in close coordination with the affected and vulnerable municipalities and communities, FAO prepared agricultural recovery packages to assist the affected population to recuperate from the shocks and to resume its disrupted agricultural practices. -
DocumentUse of Salt-Tolerant Rice Varieties to counteract impacts of sea surges and saltwater intrusion, Philippines 2013
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No results found.There are 400 000 ha of coastal saline soils in the Philippines, of which 100 000 ha are in mangroves, 175 000 ha are in fishponds and 125 000 ha are idle. Due to changes in the climatic and other environmental factors / parameters, Bicol’s coastal region is undergoing and experiencing various changes in the cropping pattern. About 70 000 ha of rice production area in Bicol and Cagayan Valley are potentially affected by saline water intrusion, thereby needing special attention and improvement (PhilRice, 2001). Rice areas along the nipa palm in Rizal and Bagacay, are usually affected by saline intrusion. Farmers in these areas normally experienced low rice production, because the present rice varieties used are suitable for the increasing saline-stressed environment, especially during may (end of dry season) and in December. The wider dissemination of a selected salt tolerant variety, namely NSIC Rc-108, was tested in 3 pilot sites (Rizal and Bagacay, Gubat, Sorsogon) between June and October 2010 (wet season) in lowland irrigated farming systems in Bicol, the Philippines. -
DocumentMulti-stress tolerant Green Super Rice in the Philippines 2017
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No results found.Green Super Rice lines are tolerant to variety of stresses such as diseases, drought and insects. Due to climate change, the Philippines has become one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, for example, natural hazards such as droughts, floods and typhoons. In order to cope with these recurrent, adaptive crop cultivation strategies are needed. Thus, multi-stress tolerant rice lines and varieties are tested by research institutes and implemented across the Philippines. This technology describes the benefits of the cultivation of Green Super Rice (GSR) varieties in the Philippines, compared to local traditional varieties.
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