Inviting over fifty (50) LGUs and representatives, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office One (DA-RFO1) Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) Program introduced the Agro-Climatic Advisory Portal (ACAP) —a software intended to deliver agro-climatic advisory to farmers— during the two-day workshop on September 19-20, 2024, at Kabaleyan Cove Resort, San Carlos City, Pangasinan.

The Agro-Climatic Advisory Portal (ACAP) is a website designed to be a one-stop-hub in disseminating agro-climactic advisory using the ever-changing weather and climate as basis for the decision making in growing crops. This portal is initiated by the AMIA of the Department of Agriculture (DA) with the help of the University of Los Baños Foundation Incorporated (UPLBFI) and Alliance Bioversity & CIAT.

This website includes features and services such as the 10-day farm weather out look and advisory that uses the PAG-ASA’s weather forecasts, tropical cyclones and bulletin, relevant information regarding cyclones, droughts, and rainfall forecasts; cropping calendars that shows crop activity from preparation stage to maturity; Seasonal recommendations in the six-month period like climate risks and impact outlooks; and additionally, the convenience of exporting said information to PDF files in order to be printed and disseminated to interested farmers. Farmers and individuals may also register for SMS notifications.

Ms. Maybelyn B. Libong, AMIA focal person of Region 1 has stressed the importance of AMIA and climate resilience to Farmer Cooperatives and Associations and LGUs in contributing to the food security of the region. “𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦.” Hence the strive of AMIA to introduce innovative and sustainable ways to enhance farming ways and technologies.

The training workshop also included topics such as the Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA), Typhoon risk information and calendars, AMIA DST points and resources, preparation and dissemination of Climate Information System (CIS), and of course, training the LGUs in utilizing the ACAP website.

For more inquiries regarding the ACAP website or the AMIA program, contact:

Adaptation & Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) Program

Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 1

: Aguila Road, Sevilla, City of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines

: +63 (72) 242-1045 local 15

: amia@ilocos.da.gov.ph

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