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DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AT FARM LEVEL: MULTIPLE BENEFITS, NO REGRETS

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This book assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for

smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and

which, with small investments, can have significant positive impact on

the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and

socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with

the intention of providing decision-makers and farmers both with reliable

assessments that can guide their decisions around DRR investment. For

smallholder farmers and development actors alike, the study findings can

help prioritize options among a multitude of available DRR interventions,

taking into account local contexts and specific needs. For policy‑makers,

this study is particularly valuable, as it offers cost–benefit figures for

individual good practices as well as for combined interventions that are

based on actually-observed impacts. The report also estimates the costs

and benefits of upscaling selected good practices, thus providing insights

to decision-makers on the relevance of establishing enabling conditions

for replication beyond study sites.

 

Introduction 1

Study rationale and innovation .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .2

This study in the context of the international development agenda . . 3

Structure of the study .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .4

Cost–benefit analyses of DRR interventions:

Insights from the literature 5

Cost–benefit methods used to assess DRR interventions .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 6

Common trends and lessons learned .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .7

Conclusions from the literature review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

How this study breaks new ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Methodology and approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Targeted data gaps .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 13

Research design .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 15

Data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Data analysis .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 21

Benefits of DRR good practices at farm level:

Evidence from developing countries .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  26

Overview of analysed practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Hazard contexts .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 31

Quantifying the benefits of DRR good practices –

a spectrum of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

▷ CASE STUDY 1.

Use of improved maize varieties in Uganda .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 33

▷ CASE STUDY 2.

Goat raising in controlled areas and with vaccination in

the Lao People’s Democratic Republic .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 39

DRR good practice performance in different hazard contexts . . . . . 40

DRR good practice performance by similar types of practices . . . . . 42

▷ CASE STUDY 3.

Cattle raising in silvopastoral systems in the Plurinational

State of Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

CASE STUDY 4.

Tomato and sweet pepper cultivation with rooftop rainwater

harvesting and gravity drip irrigation in Jamaica .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 47

▷ CASE STUDY 5.

Pea cultivation with live barriers, conservation agriculture

and agroforestry in Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Socio-economic and environmental co-benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Challenges and opportunities for upscaling

DRR good practices .  61

Upscaling simulation methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Simulation: Potential benefits of upscaling multi-stress tolerant

Green Super Rice varieties in Bicol Region, the Philippines .  .  . 70

Simulation: Potential benefits of upscaling camelid shelters

and veterinary pharmacies to cope with extreme weather

and climate events in the Oruro Department of Bolivia

(Plurinational State of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Simulation: Potential benefits of upscaling good practices for

banana cultivation against dry spell/drought in the

Central Region of Uganda .  .  .  .  .  .  . 76

Opportunities for upscaling good practices .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 79

Challenges and potential barriers to upscaling and uptake .  .  .  .  .  .  . 80

Conclusion:

Implications of this study for policy and practice .  .  .  .  .  .  .  83

The way forward .  87

Zero Hunger depends on resilient agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Annexes 91

Annex I: Literature review .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 92

Annex II: Cost benefit analysis indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Annex III: Hazard context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Annex IV: Glossary .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 134

Bibliography .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 136

 

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