MainDBDraft: FAO’s methodology for damage and loss assessment in agriculture
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FAO’s methodology for damage and loss assessment in agriculture
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Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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Academics and scientists; Policy makers; Practitioners
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Date of submission:
09/07/2021
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
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All developing and developed countries as the FAO methodology is used to track progress of Sendai Indicator C-2 on reducing direct agricultural loss attributed to disasters, and the corresponding SDG indicator 1.5.1.
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Local; National; Subregional
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Adaptation planning and practices; Capacity building; Education and training; Impact assessment; Monitoring and evaluation/M＆E
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Disaster risk reduction
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Drought; Floods; Storm surges; Tropical cyclones/typhoons; Wildfire
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In partnership with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), FAO’s methodology has been adopted into the two main 2015 international agendas, which recognize resilience as fundamental to their achievement, namely the Sustainable development goals (SDG) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR). As such, it contributes to monitoring the achievement of specific targets on reducing direct economic loss from disasters. Specifically, the FAO methodology is used to track progress of Sendai Indicator C-2 on reducing direct agricultural loss attributed to disasters, and the corresponding SDG indicator 1.5.1.
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Year of publication:
2020
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Educational/training material; Technical document/report
Description:
One of the key aspects of reducing economic loss from disasters consists in a comprehensive analysis of the impacts generated and their associated cost. Detailed assessments of overall loss and damage are regularly carried out by governments and multilateral organizations following large-scale disasters using different methodologies. However, when applied to agriculture, these assessments often fail to capture the specificities of the sector and result in an imprecise or under-estimated evaluation of disaster impact. This hampers adequate agricultural disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy and planning, and leads to under-investment in resilient agriculture. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed an agriculture-specific methodology, which provides a framework for identifying, analyzing and evaluating the impact (damage and loss) of disasters on the sector. Seeking to standardize disaster impact assessment in agriculture, FAO’s Damage and Loss methodology corresponds to universal norms, commitments and collective action at the global level, while remaining flexible enough to be applied in various country/regional contexts. The tool serves both national policy and planning needs as well as the post-2015 international resilience agendas, including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
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