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DocumentFinal Evaluation of the Project “Strengthening Climate Change Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture to Improve Food Security in Haiti After the Earthquake”
GCP/HAI/027/LDF- Project evaluation - Evaluation report
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No results found.Over the past decade, the country of Haiti located in the Caribbean has been subjected to numerous natural disasters, including Hurricanes Isaac and Sandy in 2010. Implemented by FAO and funded by the LDF, the agricultural and livelihoods resilience project “Strengthening Climate Change Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture to Improve Food Security in Haiti After the Earthquake” sought to restore livelihoods, introduce climate-smart agriculture techniques and rehabilitate damaged land and livelihoods. The final evaluation found solid gains made in the area of climate change adaptation, as the project took important steps to link emergency relief efforts. The project led to sustainable outcomes for increased resilience in terms of agricultural productivity, and incomes were increased due to improved production techniques. The project did not however have a sufficient exit strategy, and more work is needed to ensure the financial sustainability necessary to achieve long-term impact. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetClimate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) - Boosting agricultural productivity and incomes while adapting to climate change 2019
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No results found.Agriculture suffers more than 26 percent of the damage and loss caused by climate-related disasters, disproportionately affecting the poorest and most vulnerable, three-quarters of whom rely on agriculture or natural resources for their livelihoods. A single major natural disaster can undermine years of development work and climate change can have major long-term repercussions. On the flip side, agricultural sectors are often unsustainable, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and degrading the natural resource base. FAO has developed a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approach to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes while adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions. The approach has been widely adopted internationally and is key to achieving Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitments as well as SDG targets. Building on successful on-the-ground implementation, policy commitments and partnerships, this initiative will scale up and strengthen CSA through the concerted integration of disaster risk-reduction and management interventions, and through greater consideration of social aspects (in particular, gender-related responses and social protection). Such an approach will allow the identification of interventions that optimize SDG synergies and reduce social and environmental trade-offs. -
DocumentMaldives and FAO: Achievements and Success Stories 2011
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No results found.Maldives became a member of FAO in 1971 and was accredited to the FAO Representative’s office in Sri Lanka in 1979. The economy of Maldives has grown rapidly since 1975, making impressive socio-economic progress when measured by improvements in socio-economic indicators and poverty reduction. The government has played a central role in the rapid growth of fisheries and tourism, which are the main foreign exchange earners of the country. Food security in Maldives has unique features as the countr y depends on imports for most of its food needs, including rice, which is the country’s staple grain. Outside of Malé, fishing and subsistence agriculture are the main sources of food security and livelihoods for the vast majority of the people. The agricultural sector of Maldives is based primarily on coconuts and other tree crops with only some 4 000 hectares under other agriculture crops. In response to the current food and fuel crisis, Maldives is integrating food security into national plan ning. It has removed tariffs on imported food items, agricultural inputs and fuel and is intensifying and diversifying agriculture and fisheries. Maldives is also promoting and strengthening small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in both these sectors, while providing financial support for small growers and fishers in rural areas. Climate change is central to all discussions about food security in Maldives, because it is adversely affecting crops and fish stocks and reducing land area as the sea le vel rises. Developing agriculture as the third pillar of the economy, after tourism and fishing, is one of the priorities of the 7th National Development Plan, which is being implemented at present. The government is working with FAO and IFAD as well as the private sector to develop agriculture by introducing new and innovative techniques and technology that would make farming into a vehicle for commercially viable sustainable rural development. Since the early 1970’s, FAO has provided assistanc e to the government through national and regional programmes to address the needs and priorities of the country. Direct support from FAO in the form of targeted Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) projects has totalled US$9.5 million. Additionally, Maldives has been a recipient of support from numerous regional TCP projects. The country also received substantial amounts of emergency assistance for post tsunami recovery in 2005 and 2006. Donors supporting development through FAO in Maldives inc lude: Japan, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, EC, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the Netherlands.
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