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SYMPOSIUM/WORKSHOP ON PLANNING A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION PROGRAM ON CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG

APEC MEMBER ECONOMIESMakati City, Philippines

September 2015

Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies16-17 September 2015Makati City, Philippines

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Program of Activities 5

Symposium/Workshop Report 7

Day 1 7

Opening Program 7

Economy Presentations 13

Day 2 21

Interactive/Group Session 21

Workshop Synthesis 23

Closing Message 23

List of Annexes

Economy Presentations

Profile of Resource Persons 25

Profile of International Organizations 27

Workshop Participants 29

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INTRODUCTION

Rationale

APEC has always recognized climate change as one of the biggest global challenges, and its impact on agriculture and food security has always been given much importance in APEC Leaders and Ministerial Declarations. Most recent of these is the Beijing Declaration on Food Security agreed by the Third Ministerial Meeting on Food Security in 2014, which calls for, among others, the strengthening of research and development cooperation to promote sustainable agricultural development and food security.

The “Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies” shall specifically address paragraph 16 of the declaration, to wit: “In response to climate change, we will work together to strengthen information sharing and exchange, and jointly conduct research into new eco-friendly technologies, planting patterns and prevention and control of diseases and pests.” The symposium/workshop intends to look at possible collaborative research, development and extension work with interested economies on the development of climate change-resilient agriculture not only on the commodity level but in the whole ecosystem as well.

This initiative is undertaken under the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG), which has been directed by the Beijing Declaration to continue with its “leading role as a coordinating group and further strengthen cooperation, press ahead with research, development and application of new technologies to increase agricultural productivity.The initiative further finds its relevance under one of the APEC 2015 Priorities, “Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities.”

Objectives

1. To share information on technologies and strategies on climate change adaptation and mitigation

2. To determine RDE gaps and identify common priorities among APEC member economies

3. To develop a joint RDE agenda among APEC economies with common concerns and priorities

4. To identify enabling mechanisms to implement the RDE agenda

Presentation/Topics

1. The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) based on International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

2. Umbrella Programs on Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Southeast Asia

3. Economy reports: Priority concerns and current technologies/strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation for the agriculture sector, existing institutional platforms/framework and, RDE gaps, limitations and other issues

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Expected Outputs

1. Joint RDE agenda on climate change adaptation and mitigation among specific economies with common concerns and priorities

2. Enabling mechanism to implement RDE agenda3. Regional network linking science, farmers and policymakers

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PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES

Day 0: Tuesday, 15 SeptemberArrival of Delegates

Day 1: Wednesday, 16 September0800H Registration

0830H OPENING PROGRAM

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Segfredo R. SerranoUndersecretary, Policy & PlanningDepartment of AgricultureAPEC-ATCWG Focal Point, Philippines

0900H Symposium/Workshop Overview, Objectives, Expected Outputand Mechanics of the Workshop

Dr. Nicomedes P. EleazarDirector, Department of Agriculture –Bureau of Agricultural ResearchAPEC-ATCWG Project Overseer, Philippines

0930H Group PhotoCoffee and Tea Break

1000H Plenary Presentation:The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

Dr. Dindo CampilanDirector for AsiaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

1030H Plenary Presentation:Umbrella Programs on Food and Nutrition Security, and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in South East Asia

Dr. Bessie BurgosProgram Head for Research & DevelopmentSoutheast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

1100H Open Forum

1200H Lunchbreak

1300H Economy Presentations

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Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies16-17 September 2015Makati City, Philippines1500H Coffee and Tea Break

1515H Continuation of Economy Presentations

1700H End of Session

1900H Welcome Dinner

Day 2 : Thursday, 17 September0830H Interactive/Group Session

Finding common ground- Identify priority R&D concerns for each economy- Identify and define the collaborative research agenda

Defining action plan and enabling mechanisms for collaboration

1015H Coffee and Tea Break

1030H Plenary Presentation of Workshop Outputs

1200H Lunchbreak

1400H Workshop Synthesis & Way Forward

Dr. Laura T. DavidDeputy Director for InstructionMarine Science InstituteUniversity of the Philippines

1500H Coffee and Tea Break

1530H Closing Message

Dir. Alicia IlagaDA-APEC Focal Person &Director, DA-System Wide Climate Change OfficeDepartment of Agriculture

Departure of Delegates

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SYMPOSIUM/WORKSHOP REPORTS

Day 1: September 16, 2015

Opening Program

Welcome RemarksDr. Segfredo R. SerranoUndersecretary, Policy & PlanningDepartment of AgricultureAPEC-ATCWG Focal Point, Philippines

The Department of Agriculture was already talking about climate change way back in the fourth quarter of the last century. We have the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act which talks about two very important things: one is climate change and the other is modern biotechnology. This was a law that was enacted towards the middle of the 1990s. At the time, when you talk about climate change, even our people in the scientific community in the Philippines, is quite divided as it is in the United States and many other developed economies. In so far as those developed economies, particularly in the Pacific, this big ocean that all of us in APEC share lead us to climate change and the need to be able to cope and prevail over the challenges that it poses.

The Philippines is like many developing economies. The Department of Agriculture is faced with the challenge to address the never ending quest for sustained food security. When liberalization was initiated through inclusion of the agreement on agriculture in the WTO Agreements, it added another challenge: to become more competitive because of increasing openness in our trade policy. The game changer is coping with the prevailing challenges posed by the adverse impacts of climate change.

Today’s workshop involves sharing of knowledge about how we could explore the possibilities of joint undertakings in order to further our research, development and extension programs as individual economies. Let me put it this way: there is probably no other element in the economy, any economy in the world that is much more adjusted to the biophysicals of the climate than the farmers and the fishers.

Coming from a farming family, I noticed that my grandfather used to have an almanac and that almanac is based on the regularity of the seasons. It could point to you the exact or the approximate week of a month to plant, for example a kind of tomato or a variety of rice. If you miss that week, [given that it was before there’s IRRI and modern rice breeding methods], what you are going to get is biomass with no grains because they are photoperiod sensitive. But now, we are advanced way beyond that.

I have observed that farmers can actually calculate and make decisions based on a portfolio of risks – biophysical, economic, etc. It determines how much he invests, how much entrepreneurs invest in agriculture. Unfortunately, often times, this is not the way the government invests. Farmers and fishers, our stakeholders in the rural sector, mainly base their decisions on their perception and calculation of risks.

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The problem with climate change, aside from obliterating the relative precision of the almanac, is that many of those risks have just been transformed into uncertainties. When uncertainties pervade a particular sector or economy, or the way society acts or conducts itself, what you have is a lot of hedging and uncertainties. Our duty is to provide more clarity through research, studies, and technological innovations to reconvert those uncertainties into calculable risks.

Adaptation to the impacts of climate change will not happen if we have a different framework from what I just have related to you. That’s a lot of generated uncertainties that hamper investments, cloud decisions, and are essentially constraint to growth. And I’m not even talking about the physical impacts of climate change. I think what needs to be addressed is for us to help our farmers and stakeholders in agriculture and fisheries to properly adjust.

Before I end, let me give you a sense of the Philippine situation. The Philippines is unique, with all the God-given resources, but we are also the ‘jewel’ of the Pacific Ring of Fire and ‘buckle’ of the Typhoon Belt. Those are distinctions that provide us with mixed feelings.

In this economy of 100 million, we already have scarce lands. We have reached the boundaries of the use of land in terms of exploitation by agriculture way back in the middle of the last century.

If you look at what’s happening now at water resources, water is already scarce. In the cities, rural areas, and for agriculture, it’s going to be a constraint 10 to 20 years from now. There will be water scarcity, despite all the precipitation that we get, however our innovation systems are more precipitation-dependent than watershed-supported.

This economy, which our heroes in the 1800s described as having unlimited resources, is now down to a lot of limitations. What then remains? We tend to forget one important resource that is unlimited if we nurture it – our people – the 100 million Filipinos. We need to nurture the gray matter in between their heads. That is why innovations, technologies, education, and extension are important. For a economy like the Philippines with so many islands and high diversity, with so much hidden potentials and talent among its people, one person or citizen that we use is more than enough.

Symposium/Workshop Proper

Symposium/Workshop Overview, Objectives, Expected Output and Mechanics of the WorkshopMr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar, PhDDirector, Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural ResearchAPEC-ATCWG Project Overseer, Philippines

Dr. Eleazar presented the symposium/workshop overview, objectives, expected outputs, and the mechanics of the workshop. The activity has four objectives: 1) share information on technologies and strategies on climate change adaptation and mitigation for the agriculture and fisheries sector; 2) determine Research, Development & Extension (RDE) gaps and identify common priorities among APEC member economies; 3) develop a joint RDE agenda among APEC economies with common concerns and priorities; and 4) identify enabling mechanisms to implement the RDE agenda.

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He also presented the proposed workshop session matrix that will be used by the APEC member economies to specifically draw the outputs.

Dr. Eleazar’s presentation is attached as Annex A.

The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) program of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)Mr. Dindo Campilan, PhDDirector for AsiaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

CIAT is one of the 15 international agricultural research centers under CGIAR that focuses on tropical agriculture. It is also the lead center that handles the CGIAR program on CCAFS. CCAFS is the banner program on addressing climate change-related issues in relation to agriculture. The presentation of Dr. Campilan was divided into four sub topics. The first one is demystifying climate change in agriculture in which he pointed out that there is a need to have a common understanding on the terminologies being used when talking about climate change. Second one is the importance of global partnership for climate science on the CGIAR on moving forward and continuity of the global initiatives on climate change. The third is the climate change science tools that a member-economy can tap for its climate change endeavors. There are six toolkits presented. These are: 1) Scenario analysis and modeling, 2) CSA targeting and priority-setting, 3) CSA participatory action learning, 4) Climate advisory services, 5) Knowledge exchange for CC in agriculture, and 6) Action plan and strategy development. The last discussion is the reiteration of the importance of finding the right mix of tools to address the climate change challenges. He recommended strategic actions on agricultural resilience that APEC member economies can talk about and collaborate. The strategic actions are: 1) CC vulnerability assessment, 2) CSA prioritization, 3) Science-policy partnership platform, 4) Climate-smart villages (CSVs), and 5) Surveillance of CC-induced pests/diseases.

Dr. Campilan’s presentation is attached as Annex B.

Umbrella Programs on Food and Nutrition Security, and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in South East AsiaMs. Bessie Burgos, PhDProgram Head for Research & DevelopmentSoutheast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is a treaty organization aimed at promoting regional cooperation in the fields of education, science, and culture. Mandated to build capacities for agricultural and rural development, its priority themes and focus areas include social inclusion, environmental sustainability, regional and sub-regional cooperation in trade and investments, and governance.

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The need to address complex challenges and threats to food and nutrition security in the Southeast Asian Region through regional collaboration initiated the creation of the Umbrella Program on Food and Nutrition Security. Anchored on the ASEAN collaboration landscape in food security, the program is aimed at aligning the program of work of SEARCA and other key partners to the development needs in the region and support on-going regional/ASEAN level initiatives on food security and climate change.

Consequently, the Umbrella Program on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation was created due to the region’s high vulnerability to climate change since large population is being concentrated along coastlines. Also, livelihoods in these areas rely heavily on agriculture and natural resources. In addition are the areas in the region which are annually affected by climate extremes, thus, threatening livelihoods in those areas with limited adaptive capacity.

Recognizing that climate change issues require global solution, the program focuses on four (4) key thematic areas: 1) assessing climate change impacts and risks for policy, plans and investments; 2) advancing low-carbon agriculture and rural development; 3) enhancing proactive adaptation to climate change variability and extremes; and 4) enabling policies (including processes) and governance for climate-resilient agricultural and rural communities.

Dr. Burgos’ presentation is attached as Annex C.

Open Forum

Mr. Edi Husen, Indonesia:

Regarding the climate-smart agriculture, why there is an emphasis on climate-smart village? Why not climate-smart agriculture on ecosystem affected by the climate? My another question is which one is more important is adaptation or mitigation?

Mr. Dindo Campilan, CIAT:

Village because it is politically and geographically neutral term. But going back to the concept of climate-smart village, there are three dimensions. One is the farm, the ecological (the landscape), and the social. Never mind what the name is as long as we remember these three dimensions. The reason village was used to emphasize that all of these are all about human and social actions. Why village? Because it is difficult to adopt a term. In Philippines, it is baranggay, in to others it is a commune. The thing is let’s forget about the name village. What important is we are thinking about the social entity that is responsible for making adaptation and mitigation efforts. That is why the concept climate-smart village, they also have word which is called climate-smart landscape where the action in fact is significant at the landscape level.

Mr. Gil Saguiguit, SEARCA:

I want to add to the point of Dr. Campilan, from SEARCA’s perspective we also go by climate-smart villages particularly because of the social dimension. The same principle SEARCA adopts. Secondly, at the village level, you are talking about the

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actual conditions at the ground. We are actually taking off from villages and we are talking about rural villages which composed mostly of resource-poor farmers which are the most affected sector when we talk about climate change in agriculture. There is no argument between CIAT and SEARCA on the focus on small villages. The angle of SEARCA is more along the lines of piloting on the actual conditions particularly in Southeast Asia context.


Which one is more important, climate change adaptation or mitigation?

Ms. Bessie Burgos, SEARCA:

For ASEAN region, we give more priority to adaptation because in general, the region is not contributing much to greenhouse gas emission. But we also acknowledge the fact that the agriculture sector has much to contribute to lowering the greenhouse gas emission.

Mr. Ismail Bin Hashim, Malaysia:

You mentioned about resilience and about surviving and thriving. I would like to know what are the indicators you used to measure the outcomes?


The measures and criteria depend on the definitions because different organizations, programs have these two definitions. If you adapt the definition that resilience is only about bouncing back or going back to where one was, so then then there are measures to return back. For example in income, you just returning to the level of income before and it is just fine. But if you adapt the definition that resilience is about surviving and thriving, it means that your indicators, that in addition about going back on the level of income before, the household is also generating savings that is enabling them to address future risks. You also need to compute as a scenario what are the future losses and that becomes the indicators. So, it really goes back on how you define it. I am interested on how the economies define it.

Mr. Ismail Bin Hashim , Malaysia:

In terms of food sufficiency?


In Indonesia, it is always about food sovereignty. In other economies are about food security and some about food productivity. They have come to us to help in developing indicators. In Indonesia, we are having a hard time operationalizing food sovereignty. In food security, it easy because you just have to expound the dimensions.

Mr. Chandra Indrawanto, Indonesia:

It is interesting about you talking about the social and business aspect of climate change, as mostly it is only on economical aspect. May be you can elaborate more and give example on what is this business aspect on climate change approach.


I have shown in the presentation, we have started this on farmers’ trainings and farmers’ field school. Then we have realized we

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have millions of farmers graduating from farmers’ field school. However, they have nothing on their pockets. We transformed that on farmers’ business school because we want farmers to have entrepreneurial thinking, instead of the first exercise which is on agro-ecological analysis of the insects and soil. We send them to the markets. So they understand what the market means. Then now the resilience. In Indonesia and Cordilleras, many of the crops that they grow for the market suffered from climate change impacts. For our business school, now we include on the section of business plan on resilience where we ask the farmers to also look at the climate scenarios. For example, what varieties or what crops are susceptible to typhoons. They can include that in the cost. In Indonesia, one popular crop is root crops because they are underground. They are more resilient. It is all about balancing between the ecological (the climate change) and economic. That is what we are doing now in Indonesia in its cacao and coffee. In Indonesia is now encroaching cacao into protected areas. How do you balance trade? The world needs more cacao from Indonesia but then what is happening to the protected areas.

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Economy Presentations

Climate Change and Agriculture in ChileMr. Carlos Ovalle, PhDNational Coordinator of the Sustainable Agricultural Research ProgramNational Institute of Agrarian Research (INIA), Chile

Chile is a 75-million hectare territory, 5.1-million of which is arable. It has 17-million population, 13 % of which is rural. Generally, Chile has diverse climates resulting to diverse productions. Its climates include desert, semiarid, Mediterranean, temperate rainy weather, rainy and tundra. The RDE Agenda for the agriculture and forestry sectors of Chile is focused on adaptation strategies. Among the adaptation strategies identified include: 1) Design and implementation of a research program on carbon footprint incorporate technologies to reduce the use energy, fertilizer, pesticides and water; 2) support research and promote innovation in water management. Study of water requirements of the crops; 3) develop a national system to managing agro-climatic risks, develop early warning systems and integrated control of pests and diseases; 4) encourage the use of cropping systems to reduce thermal stress; 5) develop breeding programs for crops vulnerable to CC, using conventional and molecular tools; 6) develop a program of ex situ genetic conservation of crops and forest resources for adaptation to climate change; and 7) implement rainwater harvesting systems for irrigation and drinking water, etc.

Mr. Ovalle’s presentation is attached as Annex D.

Ms. Laura T. David, Philippines:

You said that you import mostly petrol. What are the other energy resources that you have for the agricultural sector?

Mr. Carlos Ovalle, Chile :

Electricity is the first. Second, we have the desert in the North so we have wind and solar energy. But only 10% of the alternative energy is available in the economy so we are increasing the technologies. We import petrol, we produce electricity, with water and with charcoal. These are very carbon and climate dependents.


I see that in the presentation, the area of Chile in the North is very different from that in the South. Do you have the same programs for these locations like from dry and in the South it is volcanic soil. Is there no problem in the South with regards to climate change?

Mr. Carlos Ovalle, Chile:

On fruit production, mainly it’s in the center of the economy but because of climate change, the main crops are moved to the South because the climate is better. But the soil is different so we need another technology to adapt not only for climate but for soils and other conditions.


In the North, because of dry condition, the soil is not volcanic?


No it’s not volcanic.


In the presentation of Dr. Dindo Campilan, he said that “not everything is climate change” so in the North, is the drying of the soil due to climate change or not?

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The North is always dry but it becomes drier than drier and we have intensified drought. All the dams are dry so this becomes a catastrophe.

Mr. Felino Lansigan, Philippines:

You mentioned a number of activities on mitigation and adaptation in Chile. I wonder if you can mention the extent of collaboration between the academe, the industry, and also the government agency or agencies involved in Climate Change RDE in Chile.


Research in climate change is public research. They are not private research because they apply to all the farmers. The collaboration between the academe and producers, we work in INIA which belongs to the Agriculture Minister, and we have on station program in the same institutions so we stations for these technologies for many, many years.

Economy Presentation-ChinaMs. Yue LiProfessor and DirectorInstitute of Environment and Sustainable Development in AgricultureChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

The presentation focused on four key challenges of agriculture in China. These include: the 1) RDE agenda for climate change adaptation and mitigation for the agriculture sector, 2) Current climate-resilient technologies and strategies, 3) Existing institutional platforms/arrangements and 4) RDE gaps, limitations and other issues.

She reported that their existing Agenda, Enhanced Actions on Climate Change (2020-2030) and National Sustainable Agricultural Development Plan (2015-2030), describe Climate Change as one of the major priorities of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture. Their current mitigation strategies are: 1) testing soil for formulated fertilization program, 2) rural biogas development, and 3) rice straw amendment into soil. On the other hand, their adaptation strategies consist of: 1) use of plastic mulch to efficiently harvest rainwater, 2) utilization of cloud water, and 3) prevention of evaporation.

Ms. Li’s presentation is attached as Annex E.


What are the effects of climate change in China in terms of agricultural production?

Ms. Yue Li, China: We experience decrease in harvest but our strategy to address this is by 1) adjusting our cropping schedule, and 2) using new varieties which can tolerate changes in temperature.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Thanh, Vietnam:

Does China have a program or policy to encourage the agricultural private sector to be involved in the strategies to adapt/mitigate the effects of climate change.Ms. Yue Li, China: There is no policy but the private sector is already doing its share to reduce their emissions.

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Given the huge population in China, do you still have marginal lands for agricultural expansion? Do you think wind affects your agricultural production?

Ms. Yue Li, China: We still have underutilized or marginal lands in the Eastern part of China but these are being developed to become commercial sites.

Ms. Maripaz Perez, Philippines:

In your presentation, you mentioned that your economy provides subsidies for the formulation of fertilizers. How do the farmers respond to your intervention? May I ask if this resulted to increase in crops production? In addition, how much investment does your economy puts to this strategy?

Ms. Yue Li, China: Yes, the subsidy encourages the farmers to use the formulated fertilizers. They reported increase in harvest but the labor to prepare or formulate fertilizers is costly. The amount of investment depends on the financial resources we get from the government.

Challenges and Best Management Practices in Coping with Climate Change in Indonesia AgricultureMr. Edi Husen, PhDDeputy Director for CollaborationIndonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources R&DIAARD, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia

With a total population of 240 million people, Indonesia was being challenged by pressing land conversion, thus, there is a need to utilize the marginally suitable land (including peat land) to sustain the food production capability of the economy to achieve food self-sufficiency and food security, and also reducing the agricultural greenhouse gases emissions. According to him, biomass, mineral land, and peat decomposition are largest contributory sources of land-based emissions. The national priority of Indonesia government is the adaptation strategies through: 1) development of drought, flood and salinity tolerant varieties, especially on rice, 2) integrated cropping calendar and standing crop, and 3) land and water management. For the mitigation strategies, peat sustainable management and emission reduction, emission reduction from lowland rice system, and emission factor from enteric fermentation are the identified researchable areas.

Mr. Husen presentation is attached as Annex F.


Who collects the information and upload it in the monitoring system on how many hectares are planted to rice, etc. and who updates it weekly?


Using the remote sensing especially on the standing crop. We can see everywhere especially in Java Island, the condition of our plant in the field. We can see the condition, we can predict the harvest, we can predict the planting time, we can see what area need tillage, what areas already have tillage.

Ms. Laura David, Philippines:

You said that this is a conversion of arable lands into something else, is there also conversion of peat lands into something else?

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What is that something else?


For paddy field, there is around 60-70 thousand hectares per year converted into other purposes mostly for housing especially on the territory of the city. This is the challenge now. How do we reduce it? Peat soil is not being converted because it is forest. Local people/farmers used the soil wisely. They cut the trees, little by little they use it for agriculture. But there is still abundance in peat soil/land and these lands are prone to fire.

Climate Change Effects on the Agricultural Sector in MalaysiaMr. Ismail Bin Hashim, PhDPrincipal Asst. DirectorDept. of Agriculture, Malaysia

Malaysia is a humid, tropical economy with a climate that is characterized by maritime monsoon winds. At least one third of the economy’s’s population depends to the agriculture sector for their livelihood. Thus, significant climate change definitely affects the agriculture sector.

Apart from the national policies implemented, specific adaptation measures are necessary to manage sectoral impacts due to climate change. In agriculture sector, adaptation measures are vital to ensure sustainability of the agriculture activities. Among the scientific adaptation measures were: 1) use of Soil Map to help in planning the drainage system in the flood prone areas and soils conservation measures on slope; 2) Use of ARI Map (Agriculture Rainfall Index) and Soil Map to determine the suitability of crops in an area in relation to the micro-climate (wet and dry months); 3) develop plant varieties that are tolerant to high temperatures and high water use efficiency; 4) develop the means to maximize efficient usage of water and nutrient input; 5) reserve Permanent Forest Reserves and water catchments areas to ensure adequate water supply for agriculture; 6) develop appropriate management practices for post harvest handling; 7) strengthen agricultural extension services (soil conservation measure and production efficiency); 8) Strengthen Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and biocontrol procedures to deal incidences of pest and diseases; 9) conduct research on impact of environment on the physiology of animals to cope with the changes and perform optimally; 10) establish semi controlled or controlled plant and animal housing; 11) implement microclimatic modification through landscaping and agroforestry; 12) develop appropriate responses to land use conversion that address socio-economics causes of land use conversion; 13) improve and strengthen laws or provisions related to agriculture development; 14) improve regional and international cooperation on agriculture-climate change related issues; and 15) introduce agriculture insurance to minimize.

Mr. Hashim’s presentation is attached as Annex G.


What are your ongoing research programs both in adaptation or mitigation in Malaysia? In what areas, aspects that these programs are still on going research either in adaptation or mitigation.


We are still on the process of conducting these researches and after that hopefully we can come up with decision through a Committee that we will form and look at the common grounds.

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Example for rice, what kind of research that Malaysia is conducting in terms of adaptation strategy.


In rice, we have come up with varieties that are suitable for climate change. For example, we already have varieties that can be planted by “broadcasting” and these varieties do not depend too much on water. And this technology was developed by MARDI.

Ms. Victoria Espaldon, Philippines:

I am interested in your Agriculture Rainfall Index or ARI Map that you used for determining crops suitability. If it is agriculture rainfall index and I was wondering if this has been adjusted to the new weather patterns that you are observing.


We get the data from the Department and we check the moisture content every month and we accredit in such a way that we can make projections every month, every year. This way we improve our efficiency system. We determine everything in order to make recommendations. We know if a certain soil has the right qualities. We don’t recommend crops that are not suitable for specific land area.

Economy Presentation-PhilippinesMs. Maripaz Perez, PhDMember, Bureau of Agricultural Research Climate Change Advisory TeamRegional Director for Asia and Country Director for the Philippines WorldFish

The Philippines ranks high in terms of vulnerability to climate change. The economy losses an average of $189 million annually in the last decade due to destructive typhoons and the projection is said that the agricultural production will need to increase by at least 70 percent to meet demands by 2050. Climate change will greatly affect the capacity of the economy to produce and to sustain if not address immediately. The presentation includes the RDE agenda for climate change adaptation and mitigation which was divided by sector that includes crops, livestock and poultry, aquaculture and capture fisheries. It is also presented the current climate-resilient technologies, processes, systems and tools used in the economy such as rainwater harvesting system, vertical agriculture, integrated management o climate-induced pests and diseases (VAST-Agro), automatic weather station and early warning system, crop forecasting system (CFS), among others. There is also the focus on existing institutional arrangements that supports the national climate change mainstreaming initiatives of the Philippine government. These include the climate change laws, the DA System Wide programs on climate change, and the enabling organizational structure. For the identified gaps and limitations, it zero in on the human capacity to mainstream climate change initiatives, and the existing institutional structures and processes that hinders implementation of climate change initiatives.

Ms. Perez presentation is attached as Annex H.


Can we apply crop insurance for climate change in Philippines? Because of the condition is erratic and farmers cannot predict their yield. Can it work?

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Ms. Maripaz Perez, Phlippines:

The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) has been operating for quite some time already and we have the National Credit Coordinating Council (NCCC) in the Philippines that provide access to loans. These are commercial banks. It is always been an issue when farmers and fishers who are usually non-bankable approach them for loan. The challenge of the system-wide program of the Department is to introduce innovative ways of covering them to crop insurance. I do not know the extent in which PCIC has succeeded. I know the Quedancor of the Department has been trying to bridge the gap between the commercial banks that requires collateral. But unfortunately, in the Philippines, they do not accept agricultural lands as collateral. The NCCC has been trying to address and they have little success. If we can translate uncertainties to calculable risks, then we have good mathematician, which you called them actuarians who can convert them into insurance premium or insurance policy. The issue is to have a very good science-based information that can convert uncertainties to calculable risks. The science community has a lot of roles to play in ensuring that information is provided. Otherwise, these are businessmen and they always protect their investment. But I definitely agree is there is someone who needs insurance, it is the farmers and fishers.

Ms. Saturnina Halos, Philippines:

I just want to add to the answer of Dr. Perez, we are now piloting the weather-based insurance for crop. We have studied the phases of the rice plant, for example, which it is very vulnerable. There is also a study right now with the Agriculture Credit Body wherein the use of credit it promote the adaption of adaptation strategies.


Is there a requirement for the farmers to be covered by insurance?

Ms. Saturnina Halos, Philippines:

In terms of getting access to credit, for example, you are required to get insurance. That is already a policy. Now we are looking at using weather, for example, if you have this much rain and if you have this much wind, then you expect the rice farmers at this stage expect this much damage the will automatically pay that much.


I understand that all member economies including the Philippines, you have the climate change office and climate change program but it is required that these agenda to be integrated into the regular programs. I would like to know is that the challenge to the Philippine is to get the climate change agenda or program mainstream into the regular programs. There are many time in the Philippines and in other economies as well that when rice people or vegetable people asked anything that is climate change related, they are being directed or to consult the climate change office or program as climate change is not their turf. How are we gonna overcome this? Because you are creating another entity rather than making it facilitator of thematic or cross program initiative.

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Ms. Alice Ilaga, Philippines:

The presentation already identified the challenges and the first two points are the most important ones which is about people. Understanding, appreciation of climate change and their general capability to know what they have to do with the issue of climate change. Our idea is not to have a separate climate change program but to integrate it in our planning, in our policies, the way we plan, the way we implement, the way we monitor, the way evaluate programs and projects. We have already issue about the insufficiency of funds in climate change. We have our regular budget. We include climate change considerations and do the regular way of doing things then we have a very big or the whole government budget which we can transform to adaptation and mitigation budget. The people are the most critical challenges and making that transformation within your system.

Economy Presentation - ThailandMr. Napat OuicharoenEconomistOffice of Agricultural EconomicsMinistry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand

The Research component is composed of working groups who deal with the 1) Science Basis of Climate Change; 2) Impacts Vulnerability and Adaptation; and 3) Green House Gas Mitigation. The Thailand Research Fund supports the collaborative efforts of the Scientist + Government + Scholar. Among the optimal crops for CC are: rice, rubber, sugarcane, cassava, corn, oil palm, longgan, durian, and pineapple.

The presentation of Mr. Ouicharoen is attached as Annex I.

Responding to climate change in agriculture and rural development:Achievements, opportunities and challenges – priority actions for 2015-2020Ms. Nguyen Ti Hong ThanhOfficialScience, Technology and Environment DepartmentMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam

The presentation discussed the policies and legal documents that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Vietnam has crafted in response to Climate Change. Through the Action Plan Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change of ARD for 2008-2020, MARD accomplished the following outputs for crop production: 1) Applied procedure of good agriculture practices (VietGAP) in agriculture production, 2) Adjusted cropping pattern and crop varieties to adapt to climate change for different ecological regions, 3) Adopting the model "Large scale paddy field”, 4) Applying technology solutions to save water, decrease use of pesticides and fertilizer , and 5) Collected, treated and reused agriculture by-products and waste. On the other hand, they also apply the principles of VietGap to their livestock and fisheries. Currently, their R&D priorities in CC are about (a) evaluating the effects of CC and vulnerability of eco-regions and adaptation solutions, and (b) implementing the Green growth strategy and action plan.

Ms. Nguyen presentation is attached as Annex J.

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Mr. Napat Ouicharoen, Thailand:

Where is Vietnam in the scale of being Climate Smart?

Ms. Nguyen Ti Hong Thanh, Vietnam:

I think we need to get the technical support of CIAT to know where we are, how many preparations we need, and what strategies should be taken to become a Climate Smart economy.


Do you require a legal framework to initiate collaboration?

Ms. Nguyen Ti Hong, Thanh, Vietnam:

Yes. We need to put things in black and white, and set our Guidelines and Memorandum of Understanding to establish partnership with CIAT.

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Day 2: September 17, 2015

Interactive/Group Sessions

A group session was held to lay down common grounds among the seven APEC economies, specifically to identify priority R&D concerns and determine collaborative research agenda. They also discussed action plan and enabling mechanisms for collaboration. A proposed matrix was given for easy facilitation of the workshop.

The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Liza Battad of PCC and Dr. Ma. Victoria Espaldon of UPLB.

To give focus and direction during the workshop, Ms. Chai de Guia of BAR reminded the economies that they need to identify at least 2-3 climate change R&D priorities/concerns and determine specific agencies/institutions within the economies that will lead the R&D as well as other collaborating agencies from other economies who have the same concern.

Each economy were given at least 10 minutes to work on their matrix and identify their priority R&D and economies that will lead the initiative. The output was presented during the plenary. The order of presentation was the same as that during the first day: Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Philippine output was presented by Dr. Felino Lansigan of UPLB.

]Responses/Reactions


Most of the discussions focused on terrestrial-based adaptation strategies except for Vietnam. Hence, I can only respond to Vietnam initiatives. WorldFish is currently doing a lot of work on aquaculture future forecasting. We have completed work in economies like Cambodia and Bangladesh and on-going projects in the Philippines and Vietnam. I will make sure that I link you with our expert in Vietnam who is leading our work in aquaculture future forecasting that considers already saline intrusion in freshwater aquaculture, marine forecasting work for supply and demand analysis. Your team can learn from our experiences here in the Philippines and from other parts of the world.


There are at least 5 key strategic actions mentioned by at least 2 of the economies: 1) Climate smart agriculture knowledge sharing mentioned by 4 or 5 of them

The question is whether the economies are interested in sharing individual technologies i.e., SRI, water saving technologies, or interested in decision support tools to help select and prioritize which among these you really need in the economy.

2) Mainstreaming of climate change mitigation and adaptationVery few of the APEC economies have developed their adaptation and mitigation plan. The question is how do you share and build capacities for mainstreaming but mostly planning. How do you plan these mainstreaming strategies given your national commitment to do that.

3) Climate advisories and services

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This represents something else it’s not technological but institutional innovation early warning system, extension, insurance. This is where we can link up/reach out with other group within APEC.

4) On pest and diseases This is strategic because these are transboundary and so are inherently require collective action.

5) Methane emission on riceThis is very specific and the only one that is clearly mitigation.

These five are significant, strategic, common, distinct, but collaborative themes and areas.

Ms. Flaviana Hilario, Philippines:

Every one of the economies is a member of the Meteorological Organization, through their national meteorological agencies. There is a big, ongoing project, which is called the Global Framework on Climate Services. This is on the application and use of meteorological and climate information to various socioeconomic sectors such as agriculture.

One important topic that was discussed was the improvement of the seasonal climate forecast. Since this topic was mentioned here as one of the priorities, and we also see it as a need in the meteorological agencies, we need to improve our seasonal climate forecast and the agriculture sector can provide us the information that is mostly needed.

The other priority is the weather based insurance, transferring of risk. In the Philippines, we have a lot of projects on that already i.e. UNDP and WorldBank funded.

Mr. Reiner Wassmann, IRRI:

The questions for us are: 1) what can a group like this really do? and 2) what is this group’s comparative advantage given that there are so many initiatives that are already going on?

Suggestions:1. Come-up with an inventory of what is going on in the economies (what kinds of

research and development programs that are relevant to climate change which are being implemented);

2. Focus on individual strengths of each economy through peer learning that could lead to forming a community of practice for CC-related areas;

3. There is little information how important drought really is in terms of economic losses and this applies also to other climatic stresses. Comparative studies must be done to quantify actual losses that have occurred to obtain quantitative, substantive data.

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Workshop SynthesisMs. Laura T. David, PhDDeputy Director for InstructionMarine Science InstituteUniversity of the Philippines

The synthesis for the two-day event was provided by Dr. Laura David of UP-MSI. She presented a comprehensive synthesis basing it from the first day presentations of the seven economies.

Ms. David’s presentation is attached as Annex K.

CLOSING MESSAGEMs. Alicia IlagaDA-APEC Focal Person and Director of DA-System Wide Climate Change OfficeDepartment of Agriculture

After two days of sharing experiences and generating ideas, we now come to a close. I would like to acknowledge all the economies that participated in this event. This activity would have not been possible without your great contributions: plenary presenters, Dr. Dindo Campilan of International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Dr. Bessie Burgos of Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA); support provided by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Southeast Asia and SEARCA; Philippine delegates from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Office of Policy and Planning, Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (BFAR-NFRDI), Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), UP-Marine Science Institute, Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and Manila Observatory; Philippine-based organizations including WorldFish and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); and of course the project overseer, Dr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar and his hardworking team from the Bureau of Agricultural Research.

This afternoon, I would not be giving a closing message but an opening one. I would like for this activity to open opportunities on where and how we can move forward the common themes that we have identified. If you would remember, this is a self-funded project of the Philippines under the auspices of the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG), one of the working groups under APEC. Eleven days from now, that is from September 28-29, 2015, during the APEC Food Security Week meetings in Iloilo, particularly the 19th ATCWG, our project overseer Dr. Nicomedes P. Eleazar would report the outputs of this symposium. It is important that we stand united in this meeting so that our common agenda gets included in the Working Group’s priority. It is timely that the Working Group will review its thrusts and priorities, will decide on its 2015-2019 Strategic Plans in the light of the directions set by the Beijing Declaration on Food Security, PPFS Roadmap, and 2015 APEC Priorities which include sustainable and resilient communities. It is important that Beijing Declaration already provided an opening not only to share and to exchange information, but to jointly conduct research to address climate change. The Philippine has proactively responded to this call through this symposium.

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We have identified significant, strategic, common, distinct, but collaborative themes and areas, provided by presenter Dr. Dindo Campilan and our synthesizer Dr. Laura David. These include climate-smart agriculture knowledge sharing whether these are specific technologies or decision support tools, capacity building for mainstreaming climate change in planning for adaptation and mitigation, climate advisories and services, pests and diseases, and emissions in rice. The synthesis also indicated the economies which could take the lead in such areas. I would be requesting the delegates from the participating economies that as you go back to your economies, talk among yourselves and confirm which among the projects you really want to take the lead, then inform the Secretariat of this meeting. Hopefully, we can include that in the Philippine report during the ATCWG Meeting. We would also like to request you to do a little search on who will attend the Working Group meeting in Iloilo. Brief your representatives about these common themes or better if you can join your delegation during the meeting. So that we will stand united and we will be able to do something about the strategic plan of the Working Group. Lastly, may I request Dr. Dindo Campilan through CIAT to help the various economies in packaging proposals to move this forward and look for appropriate partners for the conduct of related activities.

Let’s push these common agenda forward and let us be prepared for longer term partnerships.

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PROFILE OF RESOURCE PERSONS

Mr. Dindo M. Campilan, PhDDirector for AsiaInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)Global headquarters: Cali, Colombia Asia regional office: Hanoi, Vietnam

Mr. Campilan has worked with CGIAR international agricultural research centers for 20 years, in various science leadership and program management roles. He is currently the Director for Asia of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - one of the 15 research centers of the CGIAR consortium and the global lead center for CGIAR research on climate change for agriculture and food security.

He manages CIAT’s regional collaborative program across Asian economies, including research on climate adaptation and mitigation in the agriculture sector. He leads research on integrated technologies and practices for resilient agricultural livelihoods in climate-smart villages of Southeast Asia. His team also works with governments and other stakeholders to support evidenced-based adaptation and mitigation planning.

Our speaker holds a PhD in Agriculture and Environmental Science from Wageningen University, The Netherlands (1995) and was awarded as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Scientists in the Philippines (2001). Over two decades he has researched, published and lectured on: agri-food security and livelihood, pro-poor value chain development, sustainable natural resources conservation and use, and strategic capacity development.

Ms. Bessie M. Burgos, PhDProgram Head for Research and Development Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

Ms. Burgos is currently the Program Head for Research and Development of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). She leads the research initiatives of the Center aimed at influencing policy directions, building research capacities, and promoting research activities in the Southeast Asian region with focus on inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD).

Previously, she has served the same organization as the Manager of the Project Development and Management Department (ProDev). There, she has led SEARCA’s efforts to package flagship projects in the areas of agricultural competitiveness and natural resources management and generate external funding to fuel said projects. She also supervised the provision of professional technical services to governments and member-agencies and international donor agencies for high impact projects in agriculture and rural development.

She earned her PhD degree in Science and Technology Studies from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia and her fields of expertise are research and development management, agribusiness management, technology transfer and commercialization, and intellectual property management.

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Ms. Laura T. David, PhDDeputy Director for InstructionMarine Science InstituteUniversity of the Philippines Diliman

Ms. David is a Physical Oceanographer and Professor at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute. Her approach to her science is multi-disciplinary incorporating the study of ocean physical characteristics with its effects to productivity and diversity.

She is currently the Chair of the Commission of Higher Education Technical Committee on Marine Science, and a member of the CHED Technical Panel on Science and Math. Combining her oceanography with her background in Chemistry she has also gone around the world to build capacity of other scientist in using the Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones (LOICZ) approach to calculate estuarine biogeochemical budget. Her contribution was recognized internationally when she was appointed in 2000 as one of the 24 Scientific Steering Committee members of the Intergovernmental Geosphere-Biosphere Programme---Land Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone project.

She served her term and was subsequently nominated as one of only 16 Corresponding Members – scientists whose expertise LOICZ will continue to rely on even beyond their term limit. In the Philippines, her expertise is also being tapped to assist in information related to climate change vulnerability and adaptation. She is currently a member of the National Panel of Technical Experts for the Climate Change Commission.

She is an awardee of the Outstanding Young Scientists (OYS) and The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS), a former L’Oreal National Fellow and a continuing OML Senior Fellow.

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PROFILE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Backed by the Colombian government and Rockefeller, Ford, and Kellogg Foundations, CIAT was formally established in 1967 and began its research in 1969. Tasked to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture. While aware of the many constraints to farming in the tropics, CIAT’s founders saw this vast region as a world of promise, where agriculture, with the aid of modern science, might contribute substantially to reducing hunger and poverty. Since no single organization can address the whole of tropical agriculture, CIAT complements the efforts of others by focusing on selected crops and research areas. CIAT develops technologies, methods, and knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to enhance eco-efficiency in agriculture. CIAT’s work contributes importantly to CGIAR Research Programs, which address the major agricultural challenges of our time. CIAT is lead center for the program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which helps smallholder farmers adapt to and mitigate the effects of rising temperatures and increasingly unpredictable rains.

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

The SEARCA was established by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) in 1966 “to provide to the participating economies high quality graduate study in agriculture; promote, undertake, and coordinate research programs related to the needs and problems of the Southeast Asian region; and disseminate the findings of agricultural research and experimentation." In both the business sector and in the development arena, an organization cannot be effective in too many areas. Applying this insight, SEARCA will focus its strategy and operations in the next five years to respond to the identified needs of its selected target beneficiaries. The strategic focus of SEARCA will not only optimize the use of its resources and efforts, but it will also differentiate itself from the other SEAMEO centers and from the constellation of other development organizations advocating agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia. SEARCA’s Tenth Five-Year Plan will focus on the overarching theme of Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD).

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. FAO’s three main goals are: the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition; the elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress for all; and, the sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources for the benefit of present and future generations.

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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

IRRI’s headquarters was established in the Philippines in 1960. IRRI has strong relations with its target communities. IRRI’s community projects have benefited scores of poor families and dependents through computer donations to public schools, training on emergency response to natural disasters, information seminars and awareness campaigns to improve the quality of life of community residents, and various livelihood projects. IRRI has been working on research issues that are related to rice and climate change since 1991 – a time when climate change was considered a marginal topic within agriculture research. This perception on the significance of climate change has fundamentally changed. The Institute has defined a coherent research portfolio on rice and climate change emphasizing on three areas: adaptation, mitigation, and policy.

Philippine Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Fellows Association, Inc. (PhilKOFA)

The Philippine KOICA Fellows Association, Inc. (PHILKOFA) is the alumni association of the participants to academic and training courses, workshops, seminars, and other activities sponsored by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in the Republic of Korea. Aligned with KOICA’s mission of contributing to help address global development issues by realizing sustainable socio-economic development of partner economies and pursuing harmonization with global partners to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in developing economies. PHILKOFA’s objectives are to maintain linkages between and among KOICA scholars here and abroad through social networking sites, newsletter and website; collaborate with other organizations for continuing education and resource mobilization; conduct community services; and establish mechanisms for sustainability.

The Worldfish

Reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. WorldFish, an international, nonprofit research organization, harnesses the potential of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture to increase food and nutrition security and promote better livelihoods. WorldFish climate change research focuses on: (1) assessing and mapping the vulnerability of fish-dependent people and systems to climate change; (2) understanding how fishers and fish farmers currently adapt to climate variability and other “shocks”; (3) contributing to climate change mitigation by identifying ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in aquatic production systems; and (4) building local, national and regional capacity to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies for fisheries and aquaculture by informing policy and decision-makers in the national government.

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WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

MEMBER ECONOMIES

Representative/s Organization Economy Email Address

Mr. CARLOS OVALLE National Institute of Agrarian Research (INIA) – Chile

Chile [email protected]

Ms. YUE LI Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

People's Republic of China

[email protected]

Mr. EDI HUSEN Indonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and Development, IAARD, Ministry of Agriculture

Indonesia [email protected]

Mr. CHANDRA INDRAWANTO

Secretariat of Indonesian Agency for Agriculture Research and Development (IAARD), Ministry of Agriculture

Indonesia [email protected]

Mr. ISMAIL BIN HASHIM

Department of Agriculture, Malaysia

Malaysia [email protected]

Ms. MARIPAZ PEREZ WorldFish Philippines Republic of the Philippines

[email protected]

Mr. NAPAT OUICHAROEN

Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Thailand [email protected]

Mr. JEFFREY ALBANESE

Office of Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Manila, Philippines

United States of America

[email protected]

Mr. RALPH BEAN Office of Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Manila, Philippines


[email protected]

Mr. PERFECTO CORPUZ

Office of Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Manila, Philippines


[email protected]

Ms. NGUYEN THI HONG THANH

Science, Technology and Environment Department; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

VIET NAM [email protected]

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Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies16-17 September 2015Makati City, PhilippinesINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

Name Organization Email Address

Dr. MA. CARMELITA ALBERTO

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

[email protected]

Dr. REINER WASMANN [email protected]. ARISTEO A. PORTUGAL Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO)[email protected]

Ms. JUDY VERMUDO Philippine KOICA Fellows Association, Inc. (PhiKOFA)

Mr. VOLTAIRE PALANA

Dr. DINDO CAMPILAN International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

[email protected]

Dr. LILY ANNE LADAO The Worldfish-PhilippinesDr. GIL SAGUIGUIT, JR. Southeast asian Regional

Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

Dr. BESSIE M. BURGOSDr. LOPE SANTOS III [email protected]. NANCY LANDICHOMs. IMELDA BATANGANTANG

[email protected]

Mr. JERREL EDRIC MALLARI [email protected]. ALVIN TALLADA [email protected]. CARMEN NYRHIA ROGELMr. HENRY CUSTODIO

PHILIPPINE DELEGATIONSName Organization Email Address

Usec SEGFREDO SERRANO Department of Agriculture (DA)

[email protected]

Ms. ALICIA ILAGA Department of Agriculture-Systems Wide Climate Change Office (DA-SWCCO)

[email protected]

Ms. ANNA LLERA DA [email protected]

Ms. JANET GARCIA DA-APEC [email protected]

Ms. PERLA BALTAZAR DA-SWCCO [email protected]

Dr. SATURNINA HALOS DA-SWCCO [email protected]

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Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies16-17 September 2015Makati City, PhilippinesDr. LAURA DAVID University of the

Philippines-Diliman (UPD)[email protected]

Ms. LOVELY JOY VILLARIN University of the Philippines-Diliman, Marine Science Institute (UPD-MSI)

Ms. TALNA LORENA DELA CRUZ

University of the Philippines-Diliman, Marine Science Institute (UPD-MSI)

Dr. MA. VICTORIA ESPALDON University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. ROGELIO CONCEPCION University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. ROBERTO RAÑOLA University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. FELINO LANSIGAN University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. ENRICO SUPANGCO University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. LUIS REY VELASCO University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Chan. FERNANDO SANCHEZ University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. REX DEMAFELIS University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB)

[email protected]

Dr. VIVENCIO MAMARIL Bureau of Plant Industry [email protected]

Dr. LIZA BATTAD Philippine Carabao Center

[email protected]

Dr. MUDJEKEEWIS SANTOS National Fisheries Research and Development Institute

[email protected]

Dr. FLAVIANA HILARIO Department of Science and Technology-PAGASA (DOST-PAGASA)

[email protected]

Mr. ARNOLD GRANT BELVER Climate Change Commission

[email protected]

Dr. FELICIANO CALORA, JR. Philippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD)

[email protected]

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Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies16-17 September 2015Makati City, PhilippinesMs. DORCAS TRINIDAD University of the

Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc. (UPLBFI)

[email protected]

Ms. PATTRICIA LEGASPI University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc. (UPLBFI)

[email protected]

Ms. MARILOU ATANANTE University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc. (UPLBFI)

Ms. ALONA ANI University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation Inc. (UPLBFI)

DA-BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHName Office/Division Email Address

Dr. NICOMEDES P. ELEAZAR

Office of the Director [email protected]

Dr. TEODORO S. SOLSOLOY

Office of the Assistant Director

[email protected]

Mr. JOELL H. LALES Planning and Project Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. DIGNA L. SANDOVAL Institutional Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. SALVACION M. RITUAL Project Monitoring and Evaluation Division

[email protected]

Mr. ANTHONY B. OBLIGADO Technology Commercialization Division

[email protected]

Ms. JULIA A. LAPITAN Applied Communications Division

[email protected]

Ms. CYNTHIA REMEDIOS V. DE GUIA

Planning and Project Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. MARJORIE M. MOSENDE

Institutional Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. AMAVEL A. VELASCO Project Monitoring and Evaluation Division

[email protected]

Ms. MA. ELENA M. GARCES Technology Commercialization Division

Ms. RITA DELA CRUZ Applied Communications Division

Mr. RAYMOND PATRICK L. CABRERA

Planning and Project Development Division

[email protected]

Mr. ARJAY F. BARCELONA Planning and Project Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. CATRINA B. MIRA Planning and Project Development Division

[email protected]

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Symposium/Workshop on Planning a Collaborative Research, Development and Extension Program on Climate Change among APEC Member Economies16-17 September 2015Makati City, PhilippinesMr. JACOB ANDERSON C. SANCHEZ

Institutional Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. ELVIRA S. RAPADA Institutional Development Division

[email protected]

Ms. GLADYS B. GAMMAD Technology Commercialization Division

Ms. DIANA ROSE L. DE LEON

Applied Communications Division

[email protected]

Ms. ANNE CAMMILE B. BRION

Applied Communications Division

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