Group warns Super El Niño may worsen PHL's poverty rate - BusinessWorld Online
PBSP said farmers and fishermen face rising livelihood risks as heat and reduced rainfall threaten agriculture and could push more households into poverty.
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Super El Niño Threatens Philippines' Poverty Reduction Gains Amid Agricultural Crisis
Extreme heat from a potential "super El Niño" is threatening to reverse recent gains in poverty reduction in the Philippines. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), heatwaves have already affected 451,889 people, including more than 215,000 farmers and fishers, with agricultural losses totaling 6.5 million pesos. Alvin Ivan Yui, executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), …
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PressNewsAgencyIs Philippines geared for El Nino? Critics say water-planning has run dry
As the Philippines braces for months of drought and shortages amid the deleterious effects of El Nino, questions are mounting over whether it could have been better prepared to deal with a crisis that had been predicted well in advance. The government’s haphazard response to the climate phenomenon reflects its persistent track record of failing to adequately plan, according to climate and risk specialists. El Nino is a weather phenomenon that tr…
He warns former Minister of Economy, Waldo Mendoza, who recommends that the Executive can act with emergency decrees. He also considers that the Government underestimates El Niño because the few resources it would allocate
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