About the Center

To address the challenges of climate change impacts on agriculture, the Center was established by virtue of BOR resolution No.1183, s.2012. Prior to this, the Regional Development Council- Region I also designated MMSU as the Regional Research and Training Center for Climate Change in Region I.

The center aims to enhance the resilience of the agriculture sector to climate change and climate variability through strategic research and demonstration of proven technologies on the farmers’ field for wider adoption. More so, it will take the lead of crafting, coordinating and implementing regional integrated RDE plans for climate change.

Research Facilities and Equipment

Currently, the center is equipped with:

• GIS and Environment Monitoring Laboratory  with  10 modern desktop computers with 31 floating ArcGIS 10.1 Licenses and two ENVI+IDL  Licenses
• Network of Automatic weather stations
• Two dedicated servers for downloading satellite data for climate change studies
• Two units of survey grade GPS

On-going Researches

• Enhancing resiliency of the agriculture sector to climatic variability and climate change through development and application of improved production and risk management technologies
• Field demonstration of locally appropriate adaptation options and site-specific technology packages to reduce exposure to climate change-induced risks
• Building climate resilient communities through targeted community training

Center Objectives & Goals

The Center aims to enhance the resilience of the agriculture sector to climatic variability and climate change through development and application of improved production and risk management technologies.

Specifically, the center will be responsible to carry-out the following:

1. Conduct climate change researches toward better understanding of the climate change impacts;
2. Develop decision support system toward improving farm productivity and governance, and 
other S&T programs to address climate change impacts;
3. Provide special skills training to various stakeholders to strengthen the region’s capability in 
responding to the challenges of the changing climate;
4. Demonstrate site specific technology packages on farmers’ fields for adapting to current climate risks;
5. Establish a climate information systems that will provide up-to-date weather forecast and advisories to farmers and policy makers
6. Transform communities adaptable to climate variability and climate change

Contact Information

Dr. Nathaniel R. Alibuyog

Mariano Marcos State University
Batac City 2606, Ilocos Norte Philippines

Contact No.: 077-670-1898, +639202509605

Email: natzalibuyog@yahoo.com

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