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Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in the Agriculture Sector and for Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) in Latin America and the Caribbean

Main Results of sessions and presentations

Main conclusions: participation of the agricultural sector in the V Regional Platform of DRR in Montreal

Presentations (only available in Spanish)

Side event: Progress in the development of the Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in the Agriculture Sector and Food and Nutrition Security

Insurance schemes for small holder producers, Mexico: Víctor Celaya del Toro, National Director of Climate Change, Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.

Strengthening small holder producer's resilience to hydrometeorological phenomena resulting from climate change, Costa Rica: Fernando Vargas Pérez, National Director of Agricultural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

Strategies from the agriculture sector in response to Ecuador's earthquake of April 16, 2016, Ecuador: Carlos Noboa Gordon, General Coordinator of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries

The agricultural sector is particularly affected by disasters. FAO estimates that twenty-two percent of all damages inflicted by medium and high-intensity natural hazards in developing countries are registered within the agricultural sector. In the case of drought, the sector accounts for 80% of global damage and losses. This situation is particularly critical in LAC where the sector gathers about one third of the active population, accounts for 23% of exports and is one of the leading suppliers of food worldwide.

Before this situation, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) with the technical advice of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), has started the process of development of a Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in the Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Aquiculture and Fishery Sectors and Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

With the participation of high-level authorities from the agriculture sector and from other DRM-related sectors, the main objective of this event will be to present as well as to generate support and participation within the Regional Strategy for DRM in the Agriculture Sector and for Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean.

7 March 2017, 17h00-18h00, Room 710 B

Time

Issue

Participants

17h00-17h05

Opening remarks

  • Gerson Martínez, Minister of Public Works, El Salvador, and Representative of CELAC’s Pro Temporary Presidency

17h10-17h20

Presentation of the process underway and of the Regional Strategy for DRM in the Agriculture Sector and for Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Camilo Navarro, National Director of Agricultural insurance schemes and of Comprehensive Risk Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Chile

17h20-17h45

Ministerial dialogue surrounding the opportunities presented by this instrument for the sustainable development of the agriculture sector

  • Hugo Rossi, Deputy Secretary of Policy Coordination, Ministry of Agroindustry, Argentina

  • Ricardo Toro, Director of the National Emergency Office, Chile

  • Samuel Zambrano Cañizales, Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Affairs, Colombia

  • Arnoux Séverin, Vice-Minister and General Director, Viceministro Director General del Ministerio de Agricultura, Recursos Naturales y Desarrollo Rural de Haiti;

  • Donovan Stanberry, Vice-Minister and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica

  • Guillermo González, Minister and Director of the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Response, Nicaragua

  • Juan Carlos Baruja, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Paraguay

17h45-18h00

Interactive space for questions and answers open to the public

All participants in this event

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