CURRENT SITUATIONAND OUTLOOK

FOR AGRICULTURAL RISKMANAGEMENT

IN THE CARIBBEAN

Dr. VINCENT LITTLECOORDINATOR, IICA CARIBEAN REGIONAL

AGENDA

CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION

BACKGROUND

CURRENT SITUATION

• INTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

• TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

OUTLOOK

BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND

NATURAL AND MAN-MADE NATURAL AND MAN-MADE SOURCES OF RISKSOURCES OF RISK

REGION AMONG THE TOP 10 REGION AMONG THE TOP 10 IN DISASTER PRONENESS IN DISASTER PRONENESS INDEXINDEX

FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS of DISASTERS ARE COSTS of DISASTERS ARE HIGH AND ARE EXPECTED TO HIGH AND ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASEINCREASE

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) AND LOW LYING COASTAL (SIDS) AND LOW LYING COASTAL STATES (LLCS)STATES (LLCS)

MORE THAN 68% OF LOSSES ARE TO MORE THAN 68% OF LOSSES ARE TO THE SOCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE SECTORTHE SOCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE SECTOR

60% OF THE POPULATION RESIDES IN 60% OF THE POPULATION RESIDES IN THE COASTAL ZOTHE COASTAL ZONENE

70% OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 70% OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES TAKES PLACE WITHIN 2 MILES OF THE TAKES PLACE WITHIN 2 MILES OF THE COASTLINECOASTLINE

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGION:REGION:

ESTIMATES OF IMPACT OF DISASTER EVENTS ON GDP

YEAR PLACE DISASTER IMPACT

1988 JAMAICA GILBERT 65% OF GDP

1989 5 COUNTRIES HUGO US $412 MILLION

1999 DOMINICA LENNY 53% OF GDP

2004 HAITI AND DR FLOODING 270 DEATHS

2004 GRENADA IVAN US $ 895 MILLION

2004 JAMAICA IVAN US $ 592 MILLION

2005 GUYANA FLOODING 60% OF GDP

DAMAGE DONE TO AGRICULTURAL SECTORIN SOME COUNTRIES BY SELECTED DISASTERS

COUNTRYCOUNTRY DISASTER ESTIMATED VALUE

DOMINICA LUIS AND MARILYN (1995)

US $12 million

GRENADA IVAN (2004) US $36.6 million

GUYANA FLOODS (2005)FLOODS (2006)

US $54.5 millionUS $22.5 million

JAMAICA GILBERT (1988) JA $1.66 billion

ST. KITTS/ NEVIS

LUIS (1995)DEAN (2007)

US $15 millionUS $10 million

ST. LUCIA DEAN (2007) US $16.9 million

MAJOR HURRICANES IN THE CARIBBEAN BY DECADE, 1970-2008

CATEGORY OF HURRICANE

1970- 79 1980-99 1990-99 2000-08

CATEGORY 3 9 7 11 10CATEGORY 4 3 7 12 12CATEGORY 5 3 3 2 7

TOTAL 15 17 25 29

ECONOMIC COSTS TO SECTOR ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE:

INCREASED CAPITAL ACCUMULATION IN THE SECTORSTRENGTHENED INTER-SECTORAL

LINKAGESINCREASED PERSISTENT POVERTYCONTINUED DEMOGRAPHIC

GROWTH AND SHIFTS INCREASED PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS

RISK, HAZARDS AND VULNERABILITY

R - f (H, V).

R - RISK

H - HAZARD

V - VULNERABILITY

CURRENT SITUATION

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

TECHNICAL ACTIONS

INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDINGBUILDINGENHANCE THE CULTURE FOR ARM ENHANCE THE CULTURE FOR ARM

AT REGIONAL, NATIONAL , AND AT REGIONAL, NATIONAL , AND COMMUNITY LEVELCOMMUNITY LEVEL

DEVELOP THE INFORMATION DEVELOP THE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE

ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF CHIEF ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF CHIEF AGRICULTURAL RISK OFFICER AGRICULTURAL RISK OFFICER

DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING MATERIALSTRAINING MATERIALS

• DEVELOP ARM TOOLKITS DEVELOP ARM TOOLKITS • DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT

COMMUNICATION/ PUBLIC COMMUNICATION/ PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMMES AWARENESS PROGRAMMES

PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND MITIGATION CAPACITY MITIGATION CAPACITY ENHANCEDENHANCED

1.1.DESIGN AND IMLEMENTATION OF RISK DESIGN AND IMLEMENTATION OF RISK TRANSFER MEASURESTRANSFER MEASURES

2.2.INCORPERATE HAZARD INFORMATION AND INCORPERATE HAZARD INFORMATION AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN THE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT MEASURES IN THE PLANNING PROCESSPLANNING PROCESS

3.3.DEVELOP PROTOCOLS AND ESTABLISH DEVELOP PROTOCOLS AND ESTABLISH RESOURCE FACILITYRESOURCE FACILITY

4.4.IMPROVE NATIONAL AND LOCAL CAPACITYIMPROVE NATIONAL AND LOCAL CAPACITY

5.5.DEVELOP CAPACITY FOR DAMAGE AND LOSS DEVELOP CAPACITY FOR DAMAGE AND LOSS ASSESSMENTSASSESSMENTS

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT RISK DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT RISK TRANSFER MECHANISMSTRANSFER MECHANISMS

1.1.HOST REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON STRATEGY AND HOST REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON STRATEGY AND MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE INSURANCE MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE INSURANCE

2.2.CONDUCT NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CONDUCT NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE

3.3.ENGAGE CCRIF IN DISCUSSIONSENGAGE CCRIF IN DISCUSSIONS

4.4.INTRODUCE AGRICULTURAL RISK FINANCING INTRODUCE AGRICULTURAL RISK FINANCING MECHANISMS MECHANISMS

INCORPERATION OF HAZARDS INFORMATION IN THE PLANNING PROCESS

INCOLLABORATION WITH CIMH, CONDUCT THE

FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES; DROUGHT AND FLOOD ANALYSIS AND

MONITORING

SEASONAL PRECIPITATION FORECASTS

AGROCLIMATIC STUDIES

FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING

DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS

DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS AND RESOURCE FACILITY

DEVELOP AND UTILIZE PROTOCOLS OF BROAD PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS.

ESTABLISH AN AGRICULTURAL NATURAL DISASTER RESOURCE FACILITY CONSISTING OF TECHNICAL RESOURCES.

DEVELOP STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY FOR DAMAGE AND LOSS ASSSESMENTS AND RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION.

STRENGTHENING OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER MITIGATION

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

IMPROVE THE RESILIENCE OF THE SECTOR TO DISASTERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ATTAINMENT OF FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY (BELIZE, GRENADA AND ST. LUCIA)

IMPROVE RISK MANAGEMENT AND LAND DEGRADATION ASSESSMENTS (DOMINICA)

DEVELOP SEEDS/SEEDLINGS BANK FOR CRITICAL CROPS.

CONDUCT RESEARCH ON CROP SEQUENCING.

STRENGTHENING OF CAPACITY TO CONDUCT DAMAGE AND LOSS

ASSESSMENTS

CONDUCT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TRAINING EVENTS IN DALA METHODOLOGY

SUPPORT DAMAGE AND LOSS ASSESSMENT ASIGNMENT

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROVIDED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE

SPECIES

GENERATE INFORMATION ON THE DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, AND EVOLUTION OF THE H1N1 VIRUS

STRENGTHEN FIELD SURVEILLANCE AND LABORATORY SYSTEMS TO ENSURE DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS

REDUCTION OF PRAEDIAL LARCENY

REVIEW THE STATE OF PRAEDIAL LARCENY IN THE REGION

PROMOTE OF PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAMME

INSTITUTIONALIZE FARM RECORD KEEPING

REDUCTION OF PRAEDIAL LARCENY CONT’D

PROMOTE FARMER REGISTRATION SYSTEMS

HOST REGIONAL FORUM TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES

OUTLOOK FOR ARM IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION

ELEMENTS OF GOOD DISASTER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

RISK IDENTIFICATION, MONITORING, EARLY WARNING AND PUBLIC AWARENESS

TECHNICAL AND PHYSICAL RISK MITIGATION BUILDING RESILIENCE, PROMOTION OF

INNOVATIVE, KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS RISK SHARING AND RISK TRANSFER PREPAREDNESS, EFFECTIVE RESPONSE AND

SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY

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