IN the light of the challenges presented by climate change, a Southeast Asian-based agricultural research organization is pushing for reforms to be made to make more farmers consider insuring their crops.

This move for reforms is a result of a recent study spearheaded by Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in Los Banos, Laguna in collaboration with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) based in Nueva Ecija province.