Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines
Droughts are common recurring natural hazards in Asia, and El Niño events are particularly severe in the Philippines. This paper explores responses by farm households, irrigation system managers, and macro policymakers in the Philippines to El Niño. In response to the large 1997–98 El Niño, farmers...
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| author | Dawe, David Moya, Piedad Valencia, Shiela |
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| description | Droughts are common recurring natural hazards in Asia, and El Niño events are particularly severe in the Philippines. This paper explores responses by farm households, irrigation system managers, and macro policymakers in the Philippines to El Niño. In response to the large 1997–98 El Niño, farmers in one major irrigation system significantly diversified their economic activities, hut the drought was so acute that many of these activities were not successful. Communication between meteorologists and irrigation system managers is strong, and irrigation system managers are aware of El Niño events in advance. Communication between irrigation system managers and farmer irrigation associations is also strong, and together they have developed response options that attempt to augment supplies of and more efficiently allocate scarce water. Water pricing is not used, however, and lack of cooperation among farmers results in sub‐optimal outcomes. Macro‐level policy responses in terms of rice imports and buffer stock management to protect poor consumers have improved substantially over time. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1662182025-02-19T14:26:48Z Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines Dawe, David Moya, Piedad Valencia, Shiela agricultural policy crop production diversification drought el nino southern oscillation institutions irrigation irrigation water water allocation philippines Droughts are common recurring natural hazards in Asia, and El Niño events are particularly severe in the Philippines. This paper explores responses by farm households, irrigation system managers, and macro policymakers in the Philippines to El Niño. In response to the large 1997–98 El Niño, farmers in one major irrigation system significantly diversified their economic activities, hut the drought was so acute that many of these activities were not successful. Communication between meteorologists and irrigation system managers is strong, and irrigation system managers are aware of El Niño events in advance. Communication between irrigation system managers and farmer irrigation associations is also strong, and together they have developed response options that attempt to augment supplies of and more efficiently allocate scarce water. Water pricing is not used, however, and lack of cooperation among farmers results in sub‐optimal outcomes. Macro‐level policy responses in terms of rice imports and buffer stock management to protect poor consumers have improved substantially over time. 2009-04 2024-12-19T12:56:00Z 2024-12-19T12:56:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/166218 en Wiley Dawe, David; Moya, Piedad and Valencia, Shiela. 2009. Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines. Disasters, Volume 33 no. 2 p. 291-307 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural policy crop production diversification drought el nino southern oscillation institutions irrigation irrigation water water allocation philippines Dawe, David Moya, Piedad Valencia, Shiela Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines |
| title | Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines |
| title_full | Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines |
| title_short | Institutional, policy and farmer responses to drought: El Nino events and rice in the Philippines |
| title_sort | institutional policy and farmer responses to drought el nino events and rice in the philippines |
| topic | agricultural policy crop production diversification drought el nino southern oscillation institutions irrigation irrigation water water allocation philippines |
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