PHILIPPINE COCONUT FARMERS IN DIRE NEED OF ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS, UN AGENCY WARNS

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Date: 27 Jan 2014 12:00:01 -0500
Subject: PHILIPPINE COCONUT FARMERS IN DIRE NEED OF ALTERNATIVE
LIVELIHOODS, UN AGENCY WARNS
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PHILIPPINE COCONUT FARMERS IN DIRE NEED OF ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS, UN
AGENCY WARNSNew York, Jan 27 2014 12:00PMCoconut farmers in the
Philippines are in urgent need of assistance to recover their
livelihoods nearly three months after Typhoon Haiyan tore through the
country, the United Nations food relief agency today warned, calling
for donors to support its $38 million call for severely affected
Philippine households.

"Coconut farmers are replanting, but what makes the situation so dire
is that newly planted trees take between six to eight years to reach
maturity and return to full production,"
<"http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/212957/icode/">said Rajendra
Aryal, acting UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
Representative in the Philippines.

Philippines is the second largest coconut producer in the world,
accounting for 26.6 per cent global production.

The typhoon flattened millions of trees when it made landfall in
November and the country's second largest coconut-producing region,
Eastern Visayas, was one of the areas most affected, according to the
FAO.

In this region alone some 33 million coconut trees were damaged or
destroyed and more than a million coconut farmers impacted, with an
estimated loss of $396 million, according to the Philippine Coconut
Authority.

FAO is working closely with the Philippine Coconut Authority,
humanitarian partners and local organizations to develop a recovery
plan for the sector in Eastern Visayas.

"It is critical to develop alternative income sources for these
small-scale farmers until their coconut trees become productive
again," Mr. Aryal said.

Crop diversification and intercropping can provide key access to
income and restore self-sufficiency, building the resilience of
communities to withstand future disasters, the UN agency has said.

Recovery efforts are also still needed in other sectors, FAO warned.
Remote farming communities in upland areas who have received little or
no humanitarian aid, fishers and coastal communities, and backyard
livestock-keepers who lost their animals are all in urgent need of
support.

FAO has called for $38 million to support more than 128,000 severely
affected households in the Philippines and has so far received $12
million.

The UN agency provided around 44,000 of the worst-affected farming
households with rice seed and fertilizer to plant in time for the
December-January planting season. The amount is expected to feed
around 800,000 people for one year.Jan 27 2014 12:00PM
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