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Within the agricultural sector, livestock is the largest economic component, comprising 55.4 percent of total
agricultural incomes, and is the dominant source of livelihood for the majority of small farmers, especially
landless peasants and those under informal or insecure land tenure contracts. Natural events such as disease
outbreak, floods, and droughts increases the incidence of livestock disease and death, leading to a
substantial decline in the total assets of small farmers.
The Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) is supporting the provinces of
Punjab and Sindh to develop the Provincial Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Operational Plan
(ADRMOP) and Implementation Guidelines. The plan and guidelines will help the agricultural
departments of the two provinces to mainstream disaster risk management into their overall development
plans and operational modalities. FAO has selected the Water Informatics and Technology Center (WIT)
at the Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) to facilitate the provinces in preparing their
ADRMOP. WIT will follow an inclusive process to develop the plans and guidelines by soliciting advice
and input from a variety of stakeholders.
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Given the economic importance of the agricultural sector and its vulnerability to several types of natural
disasters, Pakistan requires a comprehensive DRM plan to mitigate the impacts of such events. The
NDMA envisions a response at the provincial level to DRM; therefore, provinces must develop
ADRMOPs to fulfil the requirements of the NDMA and to in turn make their agricultural sectors resilient
to natural disasters.
Objectives
To develop comprehensive Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Operational Plans and to propose their
implementation structures and guidelines for Punjab and Sindh provinces.
Outcomes
The outcomes of the project are: (1) Create an enabling and inclusive environment for stakeholders to
engage in a constructive dialogue on the development of the ADRMOPs (2) Ensure that the respective
depatments of agriculture (DoAs) understand the current issues and opportunities related to agricultural
resilience (2) construct a framework for integrating DRM into agricultural policy (3) Develop DRM
implementation structures and guidelines with clear departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Methodology
LUMS team will undertake with support of FAO during month of September/October (1) review of
literature (2) meeting key informants (KIIs) and (3) organizing Focus Group Discussions (FGD) for well
identified stake holders. KII would entail conducting key informant interviews with senior experts in
academia, the government, and the private sector. During FGD we will employ a structed questionnaire
along with conducting SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis) to inform
the process of developing the ADRMOPs. Using these tools we will characterize the current state of
disaster risk management in the agricultural sector of Punjab and Sindh, identify the key issues that hinder
the implementation of DRM policies, and generate a discussion on the ways forward for affective provincial-
level DRM. The institution analysis will also how various department well prepared to address pre, during
and after disaster in terms of prevention, mitigation and adaptation in supporting the venerable groups.
Further to assess provincial government mainstreaming our proposed ADRMOPs into departmental
mandates and tasks.
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Q1.4) Is climate change adversely affecting agriculture (crops, livestock and infrastructure)? What are main
parameters affected by climate change?
Q1.5) Is climate change affecting crops health? Provide status of rise/decline in terms of diseases and
insects.
Q1.6) Is the available surface and groundwater sufficient for the current agriculture demands?