"What we need to do is bring action down to the local level where this is needed most," says expert

Dr. Julian Gonsalves (with microphone), Senior Asia Program Advisor of the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), during the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. (PAJ) Forum on Usapang Sakahan titled Climate Change: Handa na ba tayo? held at Sangkalan Restaurant, Visayas Avenue, Quezon City on Thursday (Feb. 23, 2017), says that achieving smart agriculture and addressing climate change need support at the local level. From left are Ramon Floresca, President PAJ; Dr. Rex Victor Cruz, Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB); and Dr. Reiner Wassmann, Senior Scientist and Climate Change Specialist, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, International Rice Reseach Institute (IRRI). (PNA photo by Ben Briones)
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