Strengthening Disaster Preparedness in the Agricultural Sector

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    FAO, ADPC, Ministry of Agriculture (China)
    Summary:

    Summary:

    The frequency of natural hazards and disasters in China is very high. Agriculture is one of the most exposed and vulnerable sectors. The Government of China has released in 2005 a new policy framework and legislation on natural disaster prevention . The new framework identified further improved disaster preparedness and mitigation as additional priorities for sucessful disaster risk management.

    Project Components:

    Agricultural Sector
    Water Sector
    Fisheries/Aquaculture Sector
    Early Warming System (EWS)
    Farmers Cooperatives (FC)Development for DRM
    Gender Mainstreaming in DRM
    DRM planning framework

    Expected Outputs:

    Output 1: An improved early warning system for flood and drought disasters and a better agriculture and market information system (from provincial to village level);
    Output 2: The preparation of an enhanced operational disaster risk management plan at county level with a focus on natural disaster risk prevention and preparedness;
    Output 3: The establishment and empowerment of farmer organizations in order to enable them to contribute as local partners to the DRM planning; and implementation of
    good practice demonstrations for enhanced risk reduction at village level;

    Contacts:

    Stephan Baas (FAO), Liu Yonggong (Center for Integrated Agricultural Development-CIAD)

    Project Status:
    Closed
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Government of China, Farmers in Juye county
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    FAO
    Financing Amount:
    475,300
    Cofinancing Total:
    0
    Total Amounts:
    475,300

Fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic systems in a changing climate

Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2010-01-19 04:51
Author(s):
Cassandra De Young
Year:
2009
City:
Copenhagen
Summary:

Presentations of speakers

Event details

On the occasion of the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, the Global Partnership on Climate, Fisheries and Aquaculture (PaCFA) hosted at the European Environment Agency on 15th December a side event on “Fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic systems in a changing climate”.

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