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DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, AGRICULTURE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY:AND FOOD SECURITY:FAO GOOD PRACTICEFAO GOOD PRACTICE

DRM Working Group DRM Working Group FAO RomeFAO Rome

OverviewOverview

ContextContext Food security and systems in the Food security and systems in the

hazard context hazard context FAO and Climate Risk FAO and Climate Risk

ManagementManagement Good Practice Good Practice LessonsLessons

Increasing populations/urbanizationIncreased demand for food and dietary

convergenceLimited areas to enhance food production Many hazard prone countries are LIFDCs

Climate change

CONTEXTCONTEXT

FOOD SECURITYFOOD SECURITYExists when all people at all times have Exists when all people at all times have physical or economic access to sufficient, physical or economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an dietary needs and food preferences for an active healthy lifeactive healthy life..

Four dimension of food security: Availability, Four dimension of food security: Availability, Access, Stability and UtilizationAccess, Stability and Utilization

HAZARD IMPACTS ON FOOD SYSTEMS HAZARD IMPACTS ON FOOD SYSTEMS

Food production losses Infrastructure damage Asset losses Increased livelihood risks More food emergencies Health risks

Development & disaster riskreduction (DRR)

Emergencyresponse

period

Recovery & Rehabilitation

Media response

Risk assessment

Mitigation/preventionWarning/

evacuation

Preparedness Search &

rescueRe-establish logistic routes

Recontruction

Economic/social recovery

Restoration of infrastructural services

Coordination

Ongoing development

activities

Provide ongoing assistance

Damage assessment

Normal economic/social growth

pattern

Major hazard/disaster

Emergency initiatives

Recovery initiatives

DRR initiatives

Normal economic/social growth pattern

How does FAO address DRR?

Mainstreaming DRR into ongoing development processes

FAO Technical SupportFAO Technical Support

Risk reducing technologies Sectoral policies and institutions Infrastructure improvement Climate and weather information Emergency response and rehabilitation Livelihoods support, promotion and

diversification

Policy and local support: DRR and adaptation in agriculture

ENHANCING CAPACITIES

• TECHNOLOGICAL

• INSTITUTIONAL AND

• BEHAVIOURAL

Policy-based measures

CREATING INCENTIVES FOR DRR

and ADAPTATION AT FARM-LEVEL

DRR and ADAPTATION MEASURES

IMPLEMENTED BY GOVERNMENT

Local processes of risk

reduction and adaptation

Key message: need to act on both levels (local

processes plus policies) by institutionalizing support

for CBDRM/CBA

DRR/CAA Implementation

• Assess current vulnerability, risks and local livelihoods by agro-ecological zone/socioeconomic setting• Assess future climate risks & overlay to current

• Identify, validate and test adaptation options

• Design location-specific risk reduction strategies

Stakeholder Engagement

• Enhance inst & technical capacities for adaptation

• Up-scaling and mainstreaming in annual (sectoral) development plans

Guiding principles• Building on what already exists

• Focus on poor & small holders

• Linking top down & bottom up perspectives

• linking DRR & CCA; action research

• Cross-sectoral livelihood perspective Source: FAO-LACC (2008)http://www.fao.org/forestry/47375/en/

Approach

GOOD PRACTICEGOOD PRACTICECuba, Grenada, Haiti and JamaicaCuba, Grenada, Haiti and Jamaica

Impact mitigation of climatic hazards in agricultureImpact mitigation of climatic hazards in agriculture

DRR integrated into sectoral planning in agriculture and DRR integrated into sectoral planning in agriculture and livestock sectorlivestock sector Pilot interventions at community level Pilot interventions at community level Knowledge exchange on DRR Knowledge exchange on DRR

among countriesamong countries Documentation of good practices Documentation of good practices

for local risk reduction in AG:for local risk reduction in AG: diversified cropping diversified cropping control soil erosioncontrol soil erosion tree managementtree management

GOOD PRACTICE - InGOOD PRACTICE - Indonesia: donesia: Building back better after the tsunamiBuilding back better after the tsunami

Building capacities of local and Building capacities of local and provincial authorities as well as provincial authorities as well as vulnerable fishing communities to vulnerable fishing communities to jointly manage coastal fisheries jointly manage coastal fisheries in a sustainable wayin a sustainable way

Model of post-disaster Model of post-disaster rehabilitation and transition rehabilitation and transition projectproject – demonstrates how – demonstrates how development practices can be development practices can be applied in relief settings and applied in relief settings and emergency projectsemergency projects

Good practice for longer-term Good practice for longer-term sustainable development in fisheriessustainable development in fisheries

Lessons Food security perspective: DRR and CCA go together Address DRR/CCA within broader vulnerability context No single approach or practice: use option menus by AEZ;

systematic documentation; farmers take only what benefits; framework conditions may change

Push for doing better on known sustainable land and water management practices (no-regret)

Cross-sectoral perspective is essential: need to better catalyze sectoral buy-in as partners in DRR/CCA

Re-think the role of research: R&D linkages and extension services (for poor) as vehicles for DRR/CCA implementation