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ADSS: Crop Insurance as Resiliency Measure to Climate Change: Evidence from Corn Farmers in the Philippines

"Crop Insurance as Resiliency Measure to Climate Change: Evidence from Corn Farmers in the Philippines" by Dr. Jose Yorobe, Jr., Professor, College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños

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    As National Geographic showed us in 2013, sea levels would rise by 216 feet if all the land ice on the planet were to melt. This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities. Source:
  • Weather-Resistant Rice

    The Philippines Produce Extreme Weather-Resistant Rice Millions of people around the world depend on rice for their survival. But climate change is beginning to take a toll on traditional crops, forcing scientists
  • What Asia would look like if all the Earth's ice melted

    If all the Earth's land ice melted, sea levels would rise over 200 feet. So what would that mean for Asia's coastlines? Source: Business Insider Science
  • Albay, Philippines -DRR/CCA

    Governor Joey Salceda introduces Albay, Philippines and its Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation Initiative and Partnerships. Local initiative on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Source: Climate Ch
  • I-Witness: 'Ang Islang Walang Lupa,' dokumentaryo ni Howie Severino

    One area in Brgy. Taliptip, Bulacan is now considered as "water world." What used to be the center of the community is now mostly water. What could have happened? Source:
  • Every drop counts

    What drove Mr Lee Kuan Yew to pursue water security so relentlessly? More at http://sg.sg/everydropcounts1 Source: Gov.sg
  • Keeping Indonesia's Capital Safer from Floods

    Jakarta is very vulnerable to flooding. As the rainy season continues, the Jakarta government hopes its efforts to dredge the city's rivers and rehabilitate its floodways will make Indonesia's capital safer from flooding. Source:
  • ADSS: Developing a Community Well-being Index in Disaster-Prone Areas of the Philippines

    The SEARCA Agriculture and Development Seminar Series last March 28, 2017 featured Dr. Merites M. Buot, Associate Professor, Department of Human Kinetics College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños. She talked about
  • Adaptation: Economics of Climate Change in South East Asia

    Adaptation High Stakes: A Multimedia Toolkit on the Economics of Climate Change in South East Asia produced to illustrate the results of the South East Asia Regional Economics of Climate Change Study. Source: 
  • Science for A Hungry World

    This is a six-part series produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This video discusses "How Climate Change will impact agriculture" [Music begins] Narrator: Climate change is already affe
  • Home, The Movie

    In the past 200,000 years, humans have upset the balance of planet Earth, a balance established by nearly four billion years of evolution. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist. The price is too high. Humanity has little time to reverse
  • Indonesia farmers go green with charcoal

    Farmers in Indonesia are using a new method to fight the effects of climate change, and also improve their harvest. This new method, which should more than double their production, uses charcoal - not a very environmentally friendly product.&
  • Mermaids hate plastic

    A sea of plastic was interesting and sad, but it needed something unique and beautiful to truly standout. What more unique and beautiful to represent the ocean than a mermaid? Source: Von Wong
  • Albay, Philippines - CCA

    Governor Joey Salceda talks about "Climate Change Adaptation and Areas of Investment". Local initiative on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Source: Climate Change Academy of Albay