Browsing Malaya by Subject "hurricanes"

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    • As tides rise, Indian villagers find a friend in mangroves 

      Basu, Moushumi (Malaya, November 28, 2018, on page B5)
      Pushpo Mandal still remembers the day, nine years ago, when Cyclone Aila struck and the slender creek at the southern edge of her village swelled into a watery monster.Tall tidal waves broke through the earth embankment, ...

    • Climate change to cut fish catch by 50% 

      (Malaya, June 20, 2013, on page A3)
      The Philippines will have to prepare for a 50 percent drop in fish catch and the huge risks storms will have on informal settlements and coastal communities due to climate change. The World Bank said that fish catch in ...

    • Crop insurance for 1M farmers, fisherfolk 

      (Malaya, March 26, 2015, on page A4)
      The number of covered farmers and fisherfolk under the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) grew by 24.31 percent in 2014, insuring close to a million in the agricultural workforce. PCIC is a government-owned and controlled ...

    • DA to distribute 1M fishing boats in five years 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, August 19, 2016, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) targets to distribute one million fishing boats nationwide in the next five years in support of the goal towards fish and marine product sufficiency. "We will provide two families a fiber ...

    • Farm output growth slowed to 1% in 2018 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 11, 2019, on page A1)
      Ahead from the release of official figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the farming sector grew by 1 percent in 2018, due to the effects of 13 weather disturbances ...

    • Fish output dropped in 2014 

      (Malaya, February 25, 2015, on page A4)
      Production output of the three most consumed fish varieties dropped in 2014, according to the latest report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The effects of typhoon Glenda were attributed as the primary factors ...

    • Fishing boats help Capiz communities 

      (Malaya Business Insight, May 16, 2014, on page A10)
      The MVP Group Tulong Kapatid consortium has consolidated resources to rebuild coastal communities in the province of Capiz that were devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda. The PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF) took the lead in ...

    • Govt looks for typhoon-free sites for food production 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 5, 2017, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday said that it plans to look for relatively typhoon-free sites to be developed as new food production areas following Nina's extensive damage to agriculture last month. Agriculture ...

    • Mangroves not best buffer vs storm surges 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, May 15, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      Mangroves hit by strong typhoons are slow to recover, something to think about in the rush to rehabilitate shorelines as a buffer against storm surges. a study before and after a strong typhoon hits mangrove forests has ...

    • Typhoons and coral reef fisheries 

      Alcala, Angel C. (Malaya, April 11, 2014, on page B5)
      The trend for typhoons to hit the lower latitudes of the country in recent times has serious implications on reef fisheries. This question is being asked because most of the best coral reefs are situated in the southern ...