Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Azerbaijan

• Author(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
• Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
• Pages: 75
• ISBN_10: 9251357137
  ISBN_13: 9789251357132
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / Rural , Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy , Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief , Business & Economics / Economic History , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture ,

Description:... This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Azerbaijan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector. It is followed by an analysis of the existing legal, policy and institutional structure and discusses various components of the system, including e.g. the functioning of early warning systems, assessments of disaster risks, post-disaster needs assessments, including damages and losses assessments and the availability of agricultural insurance for farmers. It concludes by providing recommendations for capacity building interventions to strengthen the current system to reduce the adverse impacts of natural hazards, in particular, floods, landslides and droughts, and climate change on agriculture in Azerbaijan.