Tools

Guidelines and Tools for Emergency and Rehabilitation Operations in the Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry Sectors

• Assessment and Programme Formulation Guidelines for Agriculture Emergencies (APF)
• FAO Cluster Coordination Guidance [pdf]
• Global Nutrition Cluster Toolkit for Nutrition in Emergencies (2008)
• Guide for Beneficiary Results Assessment of Agricultural Emergency Interventions
• FAO Guidelines on the use of pesticides
• FAO Guidelines on Fertilizers and their use
• Guidelines for Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions
• Guidelines on Protecting and Promoting Good Nutrition in Crisis and Recovery (2005)
• Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)
• Mineral Fertilizer Specifications
• Guidelines for Disaster Risk Management Systems Analysis 
• Climate and flood forecast applications in agriculture

Guidelines on gender issues in emergency and rehabilitation programmes

• Gender in emergency and rehabilitation programmes
• Guidelines on Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (2006)
• Passport to Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Emergency Programmes [pdf]
• Socio-economic and Gender Analysis for Emergency and Rehabilitation
• Women, Girls, Boys and Men: different needs equal opportunities (IASC) [pdf] 
  

Database

• Database on Integrated Plant Nutrition Information System (IPNIS)

The database provides information on crop specific plant nutrient management in a number of countries (district level specifications on crops, yields, cropping practices, plant nutrients requirements as per extension service recommendations). 

Although the website has been developed to support farmers and policymakers within a long-term planning framework, it is also used as a tool to provide baseline information on fertilizer requirements of affected farmers.

• Rapid Agricultural Disaster Assessment Routine (RADAR) on agriculture

This methodology combines information derived from historical disasters with remote sensing data, to improve anticipation of information on natural hazard impact, and support action planning during and immediately following an event.

• Technology for Agriculture Database: Documentation of good practices for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Agriculture and related sectors

The entries in this data base document good practices which have been successfully field tested in the context of various FAO projects. They have been collected in order to be shared and to facilitate their further adaptation and dissemination, with the aim of avoiding or limiting the adverse impacts of future natural hazards and increasing the level of preparedness for emergency situations

• Who does what where: nutrition contact directory