Some comments on the presentations included:
Drought
A participant asked who the respondents were, which was answered by explaining how the process (sampling process) of selecting the farmer respondents was done.
A MAO seemed to disagree on the result that younger farmers were more able to recognize indicators of drought than their older counterparts. He mentioned that, based on his personal experiences, older farmers who engaged more in farming are able to recognize the indicators better than the younger generation of farmers and that most of the young people now have different interests and engages not in agriculture but in other activities.
Flood
A participant noted that “kaingin” as adaptive strategy to flooding may not be applicable since it aggravates flooding. However, it was also noted that farmers who engaged in “kaingin” did that to prepare additional farm lands in the hills or mountains in the event that their farms get flooded.
One general comment made was that some of the figures/statistics presented were difficult to understand or comprehend. Some participants suggested that the numbers/coefficients may be left out of the presentations and include only the significant or important indicators.
Training Report for Component 3B of UPLBFI-SPICACC3.1 Activity 3.3
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