Senate Agriculture and Food Committee Chairperson Loren Legarda asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) for updates on the progress of the installation of rainwater harvesting systems in typhoon and flood prone agricultural areas in the country. The lady senator said that she expects acceptable climate change adaptation and risk reduction measures have been put in [...]

NP-NPC-LDP vice presidential  bet Loren Legarda, who campaigns in Mindanao this week, concurred with a study that El Niño will likely send millions into poverty or deeper into poverty this year.
Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Director Dr. Arsenio Balisacan said that even if the 2009 poverty statistics do [...]