Climate change is an immense challenge that the world faces today. It is the main cause of the fluctuating weather conditions and severe droughts we are experiencing nowadays. There are numbers of studies being conducted to provide awareness to the different sectors of the country and to allow society to take precautionary actions if possible. However, the weather aberration has a profound impact not only to people but also on the commercial interest in aerospace, mining, shipping, and agriculture - the growth and development of the country’s crops. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations stated that “High winds, heavy rains and localized floods destroyed houses and infrastructure, including irrigation facilities,
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According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the impact of the effects of climate change will intensify exponentially over time. [1] There is a greater risk for more variations of weather conditions in the next decades, thus proper actions to lessen the effects of these changes to the society should be planned and implemented. Philippines, considered as an agricultural country, is one of the most susceptible countries to climate change. Impacts would range from extreme precipitation to droughts resulting to massive damage to crop yields in different regions which could lead to shortage of crops all over the country. Climate change has always been a problem that many Filipinos face especially those communities that lack awareness on the proper measures to take during disasters. Weather events could lead to different scenarios which include changes in annual mean temperature with significant warming for the Philippines by 2050, increases in annual precipitation, and the rise of sea level resulting to an increase in the risk of flooding and damage from storm surges. [4] And since many crops cannot survive on too much heat or cold, investments would all be put to …show more content…
There are no available big data technologies adopted for stakeholders in the agricultural sector that can manage and transform amount of weather data that has grown exponentially over the years into actionable knowledge. Farmers rely on practices passed from previous generations and base their approaches on how the way weather patterns go in a specific planting season. And in the event that the weather varies before the time for harvest, the quality of the crops would be at risk. This could lead to more issues that could threaten food security of the whole country and losing not only financial investments made by stakeholders but the hard work exerted by farmers from the planting season up to the harvest.
1.4 Objectives
This research proposal aims to utilize the Philippines’ past weather data and turn it into an opportunity to be able to address the impacts of climate change and cultivate knowledge towards better agricultural adaptation practices in the country. At the end of the study, an online platform will be provided to envision indicators in the weather and allowing farmers and decision makers to discover interesting information through predictive and visual analytics.
Specific objectives:
• To integrate climate deviances issues into the development of the country’s agricultural sector;
• To provide reliable and comprehensive
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the impact of the effects of climate change will intensify exponentially over time. [1] There is a greater risk for more variations of weather conditions in the next decades, thus proper actions to lessen the effects of these changes to the society should be planned and implemented. Philippines, considered as an agricultural country, is one of the most susceptible countries to climate change. Impacts would range from extreme precipitation to droughts resulting to massive damage to crop yields in different regions which could lead to shortage of crops all over the country. Climate change has always been a problem that many Filipinos face especially those communities that lack awareness on the proper measures to take during disasters. Weather events could lead to different scenarios which include changes in annual mean temperature with significant warming for the Philippines by 2050, increases in annual precipitation, and the rise of sea level resulting to an increase in the risk of flooding and damage from storm surges. [4] And since many crops cannot survive on too much heat or cold, investments would all be put to …show more content…
There are no available big data technologies adopted for stakeholders in the agricultural sector that can manage and transform amount of weather data that has grown exponentially over the years into actionable knowledge. Farmers rely on practices passed from previous generations and base their approaches on how the way weather patterns go in a specific planting season. And in the event that the weather varies before the time for harvest, the quality of the crops would be at risk. This could lead to more issues that could threaten food security of the whole country and losing not only financial investments made by stakeholders but the hard work exerted by farmers from the planting season up to the harvest.
1.4 Objectives
This research proposal aims to utilize the Philippines’ past weather data and turn it into an opportunity to be able to address the impacts of climate change and cultivate knowledge towards better agricultural adaptation practices in the country. At the end of the study, an online platform will be provided to envision indicators in the weather and allowing farmers and decision makers to discover interesting information through predictive and visual analytics.
Specific objectives:
• To integrate climate deviances issues into the development of the country’s agricultural sector;
• To provide reliable and comprehensive