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to climate change.” This was confirmed by expert witness Undersecretary
Segfredo Serrano of the Department of Agriculture’s Policy and Planning, to
wit:
a.
10% rice yield reduction for every 1°C increase in night
temperatures;
b.
c.
1.7% reduction on corn/maize yield for each day above
30°C under drought conditions;
Substantial yield reductions in vegetables and fruits;
d.
A3-5% reduction in feed intake for every 1°C above 30°C;
e.
Increased soil salinity resulting in drastically lower yields
to pre-Green Revolution levels;
f.
Flood-driven crop losses even for water-intensive crops;
g.
Water scarcity and drought effects
cultivated by the poorest rice farmers;
h.
Increased losses from pests, diseases and weeds; and
i.
Further
crop
velocities.
losses
due
to
lodging
on
rainfed
from
high
areas
wind
8.25. In line with the global effects noted by IPCC science, the
abovementioned impacts will pose great general food supply challenges, such
as higher food prices, higher malnutrition, and food insecurity risks; higher
production and marketing costs for farmers resulting in income and livelihood
losses; and reduced catches and increased costs for fisherfolks.*4?
The
impacts of climate change on agriculture are further discussed below in
section B.6 (The right to food).
F.
Forests and Biodiversity
8.26. As stated in the IPCC SRCCL, “[l]and is both a source and a sink
of GHGs and plays a key role in the exchange of energy, water and aerosols
between the land surface and atmosphere. Land ecosystems and biodiversity
347 Bordey, F.H., et al., Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Crop Yields in the Philippines, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, available at http:/Avww. fao.org/3/a-bt560e.pdf (last
accessed on 12 September 2019).
348 Exhibit “UUU” to “UUU-8,” Printed PowerPoint Presentation of Usec. Segfredo R. Serrano (Climate
Change & Philippine Agriculture), slides 8-9.
349 De Guzman., R., supra note 302, pg. 96-98; Also see: Exhibit “UUU” to “UUU-8,” Printed PowerPoint
presentation of Usec. Segfredo R. Serrano, entitled “Climate Change & Philippine Agriculture,” slides 1416.
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