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Climate Change Clouds Philippines Dream of Rice Self-Sufficiency
2014-01-13 04:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WSJ: Climate change will complicate the Philippines efforts to become self-sufficient in rice, the countrys economic planning secretary said Monday. Arsenio Balisacan said preliminary data showed that 74% of the estimated damage from natural disasters in the country last year came in the farm sector, primarily affecting rice. The natural disasters include extreme weather caused by global warming, he said. We expect these extreme events and unpredictable phenomena to become the new normal, Mr. Balisican...
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