A photo of the conference held on March 15 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of theUnited Nations is cooperating with its member states in the Asia-Pacific regionas well as relevant social organisations to improve the agriculture sector’sadaptation to climate change and reduce its reception of impacts of the weatherphenomenon.
The move is part of the activities to carry out the Sendai Framework forDisaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework), heard a regional conferenceheld in Hanoi on March 15.
The framework outlines four priorities for actions to be taken to prevent newand reduce existing disaster risks, including understanding disaster risks,strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risks, investing indisaster reduction for resilience and enhancing disaster preparedness foreffective response.
The management of disaster risks should be included in all development sectorsas it is crucial to reduce losses caused by natural disasters, respond toclimate change and realise the Sustainable Development Goals.
Kundhavi Kadiresan, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representativefor Asia and the Pacific, said that 2.5 billion people in the world are livingon agriculture development and agricultural losses will threaten global effortsin alleviating poverty.
FAO is joining hands with the governments to enhance capacity of accessing weatherforecast information as well as warn small-scale farming households so that thefarmers can adjust their agricultural activities ahead of the naturalcalamities, she noted.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh highlightedthat agricultural development, especially the production of grains, has helpedVietnam stand firm in the face of regional and global economic recession, thustechnical measures are necessary to protect the agriculture from climate change.
Other participants at the event shared experience in reducing risks andimproving capacity to response to climate change. Also, they identifiedpriorities to implement the Sendai Framework.
Results of the conference will be reported to the 34th FAO RegionalConference for Asia and the Pacific in Fiji in April and the conference on theimplementation of Sendai Framework to be held in Mongolia in July.
According to FAO 2017 report on the impacts of disasters on agriculture andfood security, natural disasters caused economic damage worth 96 billion USD incultivation and animal breeding in developing countries.-VNA
The move is part of the activities to carry out the Sendai Framework forDisaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework), heard a regional conferenceheld in Hanoi on March 15.
The framework outlines four priorities for actions to be taken to prevent newand reduce existing disaster risks, including understanding disaster risks,strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risks, investing indisaster reduction for resilience and enhancing disaster preparedness foreffective response.
The management of disaster risks should be included in all development sectorsas it is crucial to reduce losses caused by natural disasters, respond toclimate change and realise the Sustainable Development Goals.
Kundhavi Kadiresan, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representativefor Asia and the Pacific, said that 2.5 billion people in the world are livingon agriculture development and agricultural losses will threaten global effortsin alleviating poverty.
FAO is joining hands with the governments to enhance capacity of accessing weatherforecast information as well as warn small-scale farming households so that thefarmers can adjust their agricultural activities ahead of the naturalcalamities, she noted.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh highlightedthat agricultural development, especially the production of grains, has helpedVietnam stand firm in the face of regional and global economic recession, thustechnical measures are necessary to protect the agriculture from climate change.
Other participants at the event shared experience in reducing risks andimproving capacity to response to climate change. Also, they identifiedpriorities to implement the Sendai Framework.
Results of the conference will be reported to the 34th FAO RegionalConference for Asia and the Pacific in Fiji in April and the conference on theimplementation of Sendai Framework to be held in Mongolia in July.
According to FAO 2017 report on the impacts of disasters on agriculture andfood security, natural disasters caused economic damage worth 96 billion USD incultivation and animal breeding in developing countries.-VNA
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