- Title
- Climate risk management in Indonesia
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- Abstract
- "Indonesia is an archipelagic country comprising of over 17,000 islands of which 6,000 are inhabited spread across a vast geographical area from 7oN and 11oS and 94oE and 141oW. It is a lower middle income country with a per capita income of US $2,500. Indonesia has been growing at an average of 6 per cent, with the industrial and services sector as drivers of its growth.
The contribution of agriculture sector to total GDP is less than 15 percent. However, 40 percent of livelihoods are dependent on agriculture. 70 percent of farm households are marginalised and average land holding is 0.7 ha. In underdeveloped regions such as NTT, proportion of rural households dependent on agriculture is more than 80 per cent and food security related concerns such as malnutrition is very high in these poor regions. Government of Indonesia prioritised agriculture sector and reducing regional imbalances as one of its major development goals in the recent years, considering that agricultural growth is the key to reducing poverty and ensuring food security.
The development goals of Government of Indonesia are disrupted due to periodic climate shocks that impacts agriculture sector and thus aggravating food security and poverty situations. On an annual basis, 300,000 ha of crop lands are rendered unproductive due to de cient years even in so-called ‘normal years’. Periodic El Niño could amplify the area to 1 million ha translating to 5 million tonnes of food grains. Indonesia’s food security situation is delicately balanced with a demand and supply gap of 1.5 to 2 million tonnes, however the climate related shocks such as El Nino could further widen the food de cit thus forcing the Government of Indonesia to import several million tonnes of food grains.
Appreciating that the high predictability of El Niño has enormous potential for reducing climate risks in Indonesia, the MOE through CRM TASP started evolving an action plan with the participation of all stakeholders to adopt CRM approach to address constraints identi ed in realising the CRM options both in NTT and the national level starting with food security sector. The key climate risk management strategies recommended include (i) delineation of risk zones for food production by using climate risk assessment results (ii) application of seasonal forecasts to enhance food production (iii) integration of CRM decision-support tools for food logistics management and (iv) reforming the Climate Field School (CFS) program."
- Publication Date
- Jan. 1, 2013, 6 p.m.
- Category
- Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
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processes and phenomena of the atmosphere. Examples: cloud cover, weather, climate, atmospheric conditions, climate change, precipitation
- Regions
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Indonesia
- Responsible
- andy
- More info
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- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
- coastal_flood, strong_wind, drought, urban_flood, extreme_heat, wildfire, landslide
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