Department of Agriculture(DA)

June 18, 2021 Dear Trisha Mae Castro, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jun 18, 2021 08:39:42 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for shapefiles of the data used in creating the National Color Coded Guide Map. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. The National Color Coded Guide Map identifies the crops that are most suitable in agricultural parcels, and overlays soil properties, elevation, rainfall pattern, temperature and more importantly, the projected climate-induced multi-hazards. The maps will guide the government in determining forward-looking policies and site-specific food production projects and infrastructure investments. The NCCAG is created and being managed by the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture or AMIA. Please refer to their website: http://amia.da.gov.ph/index.php/da-systems-wide-programs-on-climate-change/ FOr more information, you may contact: DA-AMIA [email protected] DL: +63 2 273 2489 Tel.: +63 2 928 8741 to 64 loc. 2489 Like them at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMIA.PH/ Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary William D. Dar. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, AFID FOI Receiving Office