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/urbanization

Increased demand for food and dietary convergence

Limited areas to enhance food production

Many hazard prone countries are LIFDCs

Climate change

CONTEXTCONTEXT

FOOD SECURITYFOOD SECURITY

Exists 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)

Development & disaster riskreduction (DRR)

Emergencyresponse

period

Emergencyresponse

period

Recovery & Rehabilitation Recovery & Rehabilitation

Media responseMedia response

Risk assessmentRisk assessment

Mitigation/preventionMitigation/preventionWarning/

evacuationWarning/

evacuation

PreparednessPreparedness Search &

rescue

Search &

rescueRe-establish logistic routesRe-establish logistic routes

RecontructionRecontruction

Economic/social recoveryEconomic/social recovery

Restoration of infrastructural servicesRestoration of infrastructural services

CoordinationCoordination

Ongoing development

activities

Ongoing development

activities

Provide ongoing assistanceProvide ongoing assistance

Damage assessmentDamage 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 E

ngagement

• 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 DRR integrated into sectoral planning in agriculture and 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 sustainable development in fisheriesfisheries

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