Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean Countries Highly Prone to Hydro- meteorological Disasters - Jamaica
| dc.coverage | Jamaica | |
| dc.creator | Climate, Energy and Tenure Division | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:52:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:52:05Z | |
| dc.date | 2007 | |
| dc.date | 2019-05-30T16:57:25.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T23:33:14Z | |
| dc.description | The vulnerability of the Caribbean region to hydro- meteorological hazards such as hurricanes, floods, drought, high magnitude rainfall and related hazards such landslides is underscored. The recurrent impacts of these events have wreaked havoc on environment, economy and society throughout the region. Although the contribution of agriculture to Caribbean regional GDP has steadily declined over the last two decades, this sector has remained a major employer of labour and as such a main player in the livelihood profile of the region. The extreme vulnerability of the agricultural sector to a variety of hazards/disaster has been a perpetual focus of hazard/disaster management and interventions in the Caribbean. Over the past decade, FAO has regular responded to the relief/rehabilitation/reconstruction needs of the sector in the aftermath of hurricane-related disasters. While such response and rehabilitation interventions are important, the extent of devastation caused to the agricultural sector by the 2004-2005 hurricane season stresses the need to move from a reactive to a proactive mode in order to facilitate more long term and sustainable benefits form interventions. | |
| dc.format | 63 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AI147E | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-ai147e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/284747 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean Countries Highly Prone to Hydro- meteorological Disasters - Jamaica | |
| dc.title | Assistance to Improve Local Agricultural Emergency Preparedness in Caribbean Countries Highly Prone to Hydro- meteorological Disasters - Jamaica | |
| dc.title | Project: Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries highly prone to hydro-meteorological hazards/disasters. | |
| dc.type | Project |