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Eyes in the Skies - Philippines

FAO Philippines drone programme helps assessing damages on crops caused by extreme weather events - reaching farmers faster and helping them more effectively.

Country Philippines

Duration 14s

Edit Version Clean

Video Type B Roll Video

Date 09/26/2018 11:28 PM

File size 1.25 GB

Unique ID UF2SUP

All editorial uses permitted

Production details and shotlist

UNFAO Source FAO Video

Shotlist SHOTLIST

1. Drone shot of crops

2. Top shot of ducks in the water

3. Farmer walking in the water

4. Farmers harvesting the crop

5. Ox-drawn cart

6. Farmer waters the crop

7. Farmer harvest the crop

8. Wind blowing through plants

9. Farmer and child walking with wind blowing

10. Clouds in the sky

11. Farmer reaping the harvest

12. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog), Guillermo Fajardo Reyes, farmer, saying: "When there's a calamity, we get very nervous and worried that our crops will be destroyed because they are our main source of income. Our crops pay for our children's education and we stock up on our food when there are no other job opportunities available. It is devastating if our crops are destroyed because we need to take out loans to start again."

13. Abet Aduna, FAO emergency coordinator, Philippines, wears a jacket

14. Abet Aduna close the door of a car

15. Abet Aduna walking

16. Abet Aduna shacking the hand of farmer Guillermo Fajardo Reyes

17. Abet Aduna and Guillermo Fajardo Reyes talking

18. Pan right from FAO logo on a jacket to Guillermo Fajardo Reyes

19. SOUNDBITE (English), Abet Aduna, FAO emergency coordinator, Philippines saying: "We have a situation here in the Philippines which we call a cycle of poverty. So if they are not able to plant in the next cropping season, then the next cropping will already be about a year before they can harvest the next cycle. That would mean that for a year they will be food insecure and they no income to buy other household needs."

20. Abet Aduna talking with a farmer

21. Tilt up from plants to Abet Aduna face

22. Abet Aduna talking with Lowell Rebillaco, Philippines Department of Agriculture employee

23. Finger pointing on a damage assessment report for rice

24. Close up on Lowell Rebillaco face

25. Various of Lowell Rebillaco walking

26. Various of Lowell Rebillaco taking notes

27. Lowell Rebillaco talking

28. Lowell Rebillaco writing on a computer keyboard

29. Close up of fingers on a computer keyboard

30. Lowell Rebillaco talking at the phone

31. SOUNDBITE (English), Lowell Rebillaco, Agriculturist, Department of Agriculture, Philippines, saying: "The timeliness of submission of the reports as well as the accurate information in the report will be the bottleneck that will serve us as a guide for our local chief executives as well as law-makers in prioritizing what interventions or projects that will be provided to our farmers in maximizing their production."

32. Lowell Rebillaco at work

33. Computer screen

34. Hand moving from a computer keyboard to a mouse

35. Various of people mounting drones

36. SOUNDBITE (English), Ariel Langcauon, FAO Technical Assistant, Philippines, saying: "With this drone the work of the staff of DA (Department of Agriculture) will be much easier. Because this helps a lot. It's like eyes in the sky. So what the staff cannot see on the ground, the drone can see up above."

37. Don Peter Ignacio, Project Assistant Department of Agriculture Central Office handling a drone

38. Lowell Rebillaco talking to the radio saying "Clear for take off."

39. Don Peter Ignacio launching a drone

40. Aerial footage of fields

41. Various pictures of fields

42. Map of fields on a computer screen

43. Close up on a Don Peter Ignacio face

44. Hands on a drone remote control

45. Drone flying

46. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog), Don Peter Ignacio, Project Assistant Department of Agriculture Central Office saying: "So when we use the drone to see the vegetation and crop health we are able to advise farmers what steps are needed to make them healthy again and then at the same time, if there is a calamity coming we are able to instruct the farmers in advance if they should harvest their crops earlier than expected so that they can save the crops before the calamity, or typhoon hits."

47. Hands handling a drone remote control

48. Drone being put on a box

49. Drone box being put in a carton

50. Computer being put in a bag

51. Agriculturist Lowell Rebillaco from Department of Agriculture, Philippines, closes a van door

52. Van leaving

53. Drone taking off

54. Agriculturist Lowell Rebillaco talking with drone pilot

55. Drone flying over damaged crops

56. Aerial footage of damaged crops

57. Aerial footage of damaged crops displayed on a computer screen

58. Agriculturist Lowell Rebillaco talking

59. Fingers pointing on a computer screen

60. Close up on Lowell Rebillaco face

61. Aerial picture on a computer screen

62. Lowell Rebillaco at work on a computer

63. Map on a computer screen

64. SOUNDBITE (English), Deo Gabinete, FAO Climate Change and DRR Specialist, Philippines, saying: "Drones are just part of the big picture of the things that we are doing here at FAO. We use also satellite data to warn us of incoming disasters such as the typhoon you are seeing there. And we use satellite data as a basis to indicating early warning signs for incoming agricultural drought. Of course we also use satellite images for more longer term monitoring of potential crop yield and also damages and losses that tend to accrue over time."

65. Screen showing satellite images of a typhoon

66. Deo Gabinete pointing to a map on a screen

67. Finger pointing to a map

68. People in a dark room looking at aerial pictures on a screen

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Script STORYLINE

The Philippines is often struck by extreme weather events. Farmers are worst affected as their crops are destroyed, and their livelihoods threatened. "When there's a calamity, we get very nervous and worried that our crops will be destroyed because they are our main source of income" says farmer Guillermo Fajardo Reyes, who continues saying "our crops pay for our children's education and we stock up on our food when there are no other job opportunities available. It is devastating if our crops are destroyed because we need to take out loans to start again."

Abet Aduna, FAO emergency coordinator, Philippines explain: "we have a situation here in the Philippines which we call a cycle of poverty. So if they are not able to plant in the next cropping season, then the next cropping will already be about a year before they can harvest the next cycle. That would mean that for a year they will be food insecure and they no income to buy other household needs."

FAO provides training on the use of drones to help the Ministry of Agriculture access damage caused by extreme weather events. This means reaching farmers faster and helping them more effectively. "It's like eyes in the sky. So what the staff cannot see on the ground, the drone can see up above" says Ariel Langcauon, FAO Technical Assistant.

Agriculturist Lowell Rebillaco, from the Department of Agriculture, Philippines, explain: "the timeliness of submission of the reports as well as the accurate information in the report will be the bottleneck that will serve us as a guide for our local chief executives as well as law-makers in prioritizing what interventions or projects that will be provided to our farmers in maximizing their production."

With drones is possible to quickly assess damages when a disaster strikes, but also assess pest outbreaks. Fixed-wing drones can cover up to 200 hectares in 30 minutes, while a person can cover only 7 hectares per day. The still images are processed and stitched together to form one image. The drones capture both RBG and near-infrared images and these two images can generate the vegetation index, which shows the vegetation health of crops and pest infestation levels.

Satellites are used, together with drones, to check an incoming typhoon and tell the farmers what they should do to avoid the loss of a crop: "Drones are just part of the big picture of the things that we are doing here at FAO. We use also satellite data to warn us of incoming disasters" says Deo Gabinete, FAO Climate Change and DRR Specialist that also explain how satellite information can be useful to have long term monitoring of the crops: "of course we also use satellite images for more longer term monitoring of potential crop yield and also damages and losses that tend to accrue over time."

By working with governments to share technology and knowledge, FAO is empowering them to take action and be a part of the global goal to achieve Zero Hunger.

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