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Good practices for hazard risk management in agriculture: summary report Haiti

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters

Assistance to improve local agricultural emergency preparedness in Caribbean countries highly prone to hurricane related disasters

The document addresses the problems faced by Haiti, a country with an agro-based economy whose general livelihood systems have been seriously affected by recurrent onslaught of weather-related disasters. It discuss the FAO's projects in the region to support food security of small farmers operating in the most hazard prone areas by improving institutional frameworks and technical options for hurricane-related disaster preparedness, emergency response and post-emergency agricultural assistance

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Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon

Themes Disaster risk management Recovery Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Social impacts and social resilience

Country and region Haiti

Number of pages

77 p.

Publication year

2007

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