FAO worries about impact of disasters on food security
The Organisation said globally, from 2003 to 2013, 1.9 billion people in the developing regions were affected by natural hazards and disasters, causing an estimated half a trillion US dollars in damage.
It is estimated that, approximately 22 per cent of the total economic impact of these disasters is absorbed by the agriculture sector.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Ms Beth Crawford, Regional Initiative Programmes Coordinator, FAO said to minimise the impact of these natural disasters there was the need to increase resilience of vulnerable livelihoods to disasters and crises.
“We need to combine social protection measures with agricultural productivity enabling the poorest to be part of the market system to attain agricultural growth and comprehensive food and nutrition security in Africa,” she added.
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