Impacts of Natural Disasters on Agriculture, Food Security ...

ERIA-DP-2013-15 ERIA Discussion Paper Series Impacts of Natural Disasters on agriculture , food Security , and Natural Resources and Environment in the philippines DANILO C. ISRAEL philippine Institute for Development Studies ROEHLANO M. BRIONES philippine Institute for Development Studies August 2013 Abstract: This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the Impacts of Natural Disasters (particularly typhoons, floods and droughts) on agriculture , food Security and the Natural resources and environment in the philippines . It aimed to propose recommendations as to how best to respond to the Impacts of Natural Disasters and to suggest further studies that can be undertaken. In general, the study found that: a) typhoons, floods and droughts have an insignificant impact on overall agricultural production at the national level, yet typhoons may have a significant negative impact on paddy rice production at the provincial level; b) typhoons, as exemplified by Ondoy and Pepeng in 2009, have a significant negative impact on the

necessary level of focus in the Philippines. The main objective of this study is to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze, to the extent possible with available secondary data and information, the impacts of typhoons, floods and droughts on agriculture, food security and the natural resources and environment in the Philippines.

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  Security, Food, Agriculture, Disaster, Resource, Food security, Natural, Philippine, In the philippines, Natural disasters on agriculture

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