Modelling climate change risks for food security in the Philippines

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Political Science

Document Type

Article

Source Title

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volume

7

Issue

4

First Page

499

Last Page

515

Publication Date

11-16-2015

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to look into the impacts brought about by climate change to the food security in Saguday, Quirino in the Philippines. Design/methodology/approach – A framework for developing community food security was utilized which identified the need to mitigate and address inherent externalities in a community such as flooding due to climate change as necessary preconditions to attaining a food secure environment. The study highlighted Saguday’s risk to externalities using risk assessment and modelling. Findings – Data from literature reviews and agency reports were validated by key informant interviews of local and national officials and focus group discussions with different stakeholder groups. Originality/value – A modification of the Urban Food Security Planning Process developed by Taylor and Carandang (2010, 2011) was utilized to address the local government unit’s need to mitigate and manage the inherent geographical risks that Saguday has in relation to its agricultural and food productivity. © 2015, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1108/IJCCSM-10-2014-0123

Disciplines

Environmental Studies | Food Studies

Keywords

Food security—Climatic factors--Philippines--Quirino Province

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