HyDEPP-SATREPS conducts Workshop on Flood and Agricultural Damage Monitoring Technology for Supporting Rapid Recovery in Pampanga
July 14, 2023
The project Development of a Hybrid Water-Related Disaster Risk Assessment Technology for Sustainable Local Economic Development Policy under Climate Change in the Philippines (HyDEPP-SATREPS) held a Workshop on Flood and Agricultural Damage Monitoring Technology for Supporting Rapid Recovery last June 20, 2023 held at Microtel San Fernando, Pampanga to provide hands-on training using flood and agriculture monitoring systems being developed by the project and apply it on the upcoming rainy season in the country. Dr. Patricia Ann J. Sanchez, Philippine Project Manager welcomed the 64 participants representing various disaster risk reduction, planning and agriculture officers in Pampanga, DOST PAGASA, JICA, and project members from UP Los Banos, University of Tokyo, ICHARM, University of Kyoto, and Tohoku University. The Japan Project Leader, Dr. Miho Ohara from the University of Tokyo, gave an overview of the project and training workshop objectives and design.
An introduction to the flood monitoring system of the workshop was provided by Dr. Yasukawa Masaki and Dr. Tamakawa Katsunori of the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM). Hands-on training on access to various global datasets archived in Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) was taught as input to flood and agricultural monitoring systems training. Dr. Kentaro Aida gave an overview of remote sensing and its application to agricultural damage monitoring.
During the afternoon session, Dr. Patricia Ann J. Sanchez presented the current Angat operation communication protocol and verified with the participants if such protocol was followed on ground operations. This was followed by a joint presentation by Dr. Ma. Angeles O. Catelo and Dr. Tomohiro Tanaka about the agent-based model (ABM) to determine climate change's impact on flood damage in relation to the population’s preference to stay after flood events.
The event is part of a 2-week joint research activity of Filipinos and Japanese researchers under the HyDEPP-SATREPS. The research team aims to employ project outputs in the risk assessment during the upcoming rainy season which may cause agricultural damages brought by flooding through the conduct of skills training to relevant stakeholders.