Report on the Workshop on Climate Forecast Applications for Managing Climate Risks in Agriculture 

The report of the Workshop on Climate Forecast Applications for Managing Climate Risks in Agriculture is now available. The workshop, hosted by the Municipality of Dumangas, Iloilo Province, Philippines from 11-12 December 2006, was convened in order to

1. share experiences between the demonstration sites in Dumangas, Philippines and Indramayu, Indonesia, and allow for cross-fertilization of good practices and lessons on reducing climate risks to small-holder agricultural systems;

2. broaden program implementation by identifying opportunities and developing plans of action to replicate the methodology and tools in other municipalities of Iloilo and Antique provinces and mainstream climate forecast applications in development planning at municipal and provincial levels; and

3. advocate for the replication of methodology and tools nationally. It brought together 82 participants from the Philippines and Indonesia. Participants from the Philippines formulated action plans detailing how they will go about implementing climate risk management initiatives in their areas using the experiences of CFA demonstration sites.  Click here to download the report