Typhoon Haima and Sarika Assessment, 4 November 2016
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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 © 170 936 FAO/ farming households affected. Nearly 70 percent Rafael Umbrero (118 038) of them are rice-farming households. Source: Department of Agriculture, Typhoon Haima and Sarika Assessment, 4 November 2016 Typhoon Sarika (local name: Karen) made landfall in Aurora Province on 16 October with maximum winds of 120 kmh and gusts of up to 200 kmh. Three days later, Typhoon Haima (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 Luzon), which was also hit by typhoons 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 Nueva Ecija 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 USD607 000 and © agricultural FAO/ © © FAO/ FAO/ infrastructure and Rafael Umbrero Nikki Meru Jay Directo fisheries facilities at USD6.4 million. Conclusions given herein are considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. © FAO/ Nikki Meru 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 Quezon 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 thatprovinces the most. affected and most vulnerable farmers will be © © FAO/ able to harvest rice by April 2017, as well as produce FAO/ FAO’s assistance augmented the Nikki Meru vegetables for household consumption and Nikki Meru resources delivered by DA to help ensure supplementary income. that the most affected and most FAO Representation in the Philippines | 29th Floor, Yuchengco Tower, RCBC Plaza, 6819 Ayala Avenue, Makati City Tel. No: (02) 901 0363 | [email protected] © FAO, 2017 www.fao.org/philippines | www.fao.org I7103EN/1/04.17 .