Typhoon Haima & Sarika APRIL 2017

QUICK FACTS

USD 233 million worth of damage to the agriculture sector

648 656 metric tonnes of crops lost, including rice, corn and high value crops.

399 143 hectares

of agricultural areas affected in seven regions

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farming households affected. Nearly 70 percent Umbrero Rafael (118 038) of them are rice-farming households. Source: Department of Agriculture, Haima and Sarika Assessment, 4 November 2016

Typhoon Sarika (local name: Karen) made landfall in Province on 16 October with maximum winds of

120 kmh and gusts of up to 200 kmh. Three days later, (local name: Lawin) struck, making landfall in Cagayan province with sustained winds of 225 kmh and gusts of up to 315 kmh. Food security and rural livelihoods were severely disrupted as hundreds of thousands of farming families reeled from humanitarian and economic crises caused by these extreme weather events.

ASSESSMENT

 The country’s rice granary, Region III (Central  The Department of Agriculture (DA) estimates that ), which was also hit by Koppu 399 143 ha of agricultural land was affected by and Melor a year ago, once again bore the brunt typhoons Haima and Sarika. of the disaster. Of the more than 69 000 farmers  Of the total area affected by the two typhoons, about affected by typhoons Haima and Sarika in the

86 percent was planted to rice, the hardest hit region, over 44 000 are in Aurora and sub-sector. provinces.

 Approximately 516 133 metric tonnes of rice, valued at  Those who were engaged in backyard gardening USD175.7 million, were either damaged or lost. also lost their vegetables.

 Damage to fisheries was estimated at USD1.1 million,

livestock at

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infrastructure and Umbrero Rafael

Nikki Meru Nikki Jay Directo Jay fisheries facilities at

USD6.4 million.

Conclusions given herein are considered appropriate at the time of its preparation.

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FAO SUPPORT

 FAO participated in coordination meetings of the United vulnerable farmers could harvest rice by April 2017, as Nations Humanitarian Country Team’s Emergency well as produce vegetables for household consumption Response Preparedness Working Group (HCT-ERPWG), and supplementary income. through which it provided updates on the impact of the  FAO also conducted training programmes for provincial typhoons to the agriculture sector.

and municipal agricultural technicians, extension workers  The Department of Agriculture (DA), with support from and local farmer trainers on resilient rice-based farming FAO, launched drone-aided post-disaster mapping systems. The training modules were designed to be missions in critical areas. Information gathered was integrated into the government’s regular extension subsequently processed at the FAO-supported Disaster activities and technical advisory services for farmers. Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Operation  At the regional level, technical assistance was also Centre in City and used by the Government for provided to strengthen the disaster response capacities response and rehabilitation planning. of DA staff.

 At the request of the Government, FAO is currently distributingmobilized the fertil distributionizer, assorted of fertilizer, vegetable seeds and hand toolsassorted to 4 vegetab 300 farmingle seeds households and hand in tools hard -hit municipalitiesto 4 324 farming in Nuevahouseholds Ecija andin hard Aurora-hit provinces. This augmentsmunicipalities resources in Nueva delivered Ecija and by AuroraDA and will help ensure

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 FAO’s assistance augmented the Nikki Meru Nikki vegetables for household consumption and Meru Nikki resources delivered by DA to help ensure supplementary income.

that the most affected and most

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