Dimensions of Farming | Climatic Events | Impacts to Upper Isarog Only | Impacts to Both the Upper and Lower Isarog | Impacts to Lower Isarog Only |
Soil Quality | Extreme Heat |
| Dryness and cracking of soil |
|
Extreme Rainfall | Soil is very loose Loss of nutrients | Soil is very wet and muddy
| Improved quality of the soil | |
Typhoon | Loosened soil, not fertile | Soil is wet | Good quality | |
Early Onset of Rainy Days | Moisture of soil is good | None | Soil is muddy | |
Delay Onset of Rainy Days | None | None | none | |
La Nina (Prolonged Rain) | Lots of nutrients are washed out | Soil is wet and muddy | Improved quality of the soil | |
El Nino (Prolonged Heat ) | None | Cracking and dusty soil | none | |
CROPS | Extreme heat | Good growth for abaca More tuber production for root crops | Pest infestation (Worms, insects and pests) Drying of Crops Low crop production | Low quality of fruits Early maturation of crops |
Extreme Rainfall | Virus, Rat and fungal infestation Insufficient fruit and tubers production | Washing out of vegetables Worm Infestation Drying of crops | Golden snails infestation Reddening of leaves (Tagustos) | |
Typhoon | None | Partial to total destruction of crops | None | |
Early Onset of Rainy Days | None | Healthy growth of crops Good crops yield Favorable to planting | None | |
Delay Onset of Rainy Days | Inability to plant crops Poor and stunted growth Favorable to root crops | Drying of crops Low crop yield | No manifested impact in lower portion of Mt. Isarog | |
La Nina (Prolonged Rain) | Favorable to abaca crops No tubers for root crops | Poor fruiting system | Poor maturation of crops Low crop yield | |
El Nino (Prolonged Heat ) | Pest infestation like cocolisap, tungro and cadang-cadang Drying of crops | None | Reddening of leaves Poor maturation of crops | |
INCOME | Extreme Heat | Decrease of income due to debt and less yield production of crops | Income increased due to higher demand for crops but farmers sometimes incur losses due to poor yield resulting to debt and poverty | Less yield and low income |
Extreme Rainfall | Increase in income for abaca and coconut farmers | Low income due to the low buying price of the crops. | Loss of income for rice and vegetable farmers | |
Typhoon |
| Low to no income depending on the strength of typhoon |
| |
Early Onset of Rainy Days | Good income | None | Increase of income | |
Delay onset of rainy days | No change of income | None | Low to loss of income | |
La Nina (Prolonged Rain) | The same or increase of income | None | Low income | |
El Nino (Prolonged Heat ) | The same income for abaca and vegetable farmers | None | Low income due to poor quality of crops |