Strengthening capacities for disaster preparedness and climate risk management in the Nepalese agricultural sector

Since April of 2008, FAO along with other local partners have been assisting the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) in testing and operationalizing the shift from a reactive emergency response  approach towards a pro-active natural hazard risk prevention/preparedness approach in the agricultural sector.

It is also helping local authorities to increase awareness and resilience needed to address increasing climate variability and change through prioritised climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness practices.

The expected outcomes of the project include

• Enhancing technical capacity within DoA for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Agriculture
• Strengthening basic support services for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Agriculture sector in two selected pilot districts
• Demonstration of prioritized location specific technologies for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) within the agriculture sector through a participatory learning by doing process at district and community levels.
• Economic impact analysis of adaptation interventions, lessons learned and policy implications

To implement this project partnership arrangements were made with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), Department of Agriculture (DoA), Department of Livestock Services (DoLS), Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST) and several other agencies .

Duration: April 2008 – March 2010