- Title
- Climate risk management for Agriculture in Nepal
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- Abstract
- "Nepal is a land-locked low income country with a population of 26.6 million people and per capita income of USD 742. The economic structure of the country continues to be dominated by the primary sector with agriculture and-agro processing sectors contributing 40 percent of the GDP. Similarly, about 75 percent of the population remain dependent on the agricultural sector for livelihood and sustenance, with a per capita income of USD 140.
Climate risks brought about by weather events as late onset of rains, long dry spells during the monsoon season, early withdrawal of monsoon, heavy rainfall episodes in October, de cient winter (November-March) rainfall, cold waves in December-January and hailstorms and thunderstorms during March-May affect agriculture operations. Except in 2003 and 2007, the years from 2001 to 2010 saw crop production being a ected signi cantly with losses ranging between 5 and 35 percent. A total of 14.3 million people were a ected – 12 million (83 percent) by droughts, 2 million (14 percent) by foods, and 0.3 million (3 percent) by landslides.
One of the key recommendations that came out of this report is the use of weather and climate information to assess and manage the risks, and reduce impacts. Analysis shows a conservative estimate of the value of weather information to be around US$ 50 million per annum in the context of Nepal. Agriculture production could increase if climate risks are managed effectively using currently available climate risk management tools and practices such as integrating 5-10 days forecast information in agricultural operations. This means that there is a huge opportunity to minimize climate risks, and/or maximize potential bene ts. While there is currently no policy and/or institutional mechanism that enables the integration of CRM in agriculture, increased awareness of climatic risks and impacts has led to initial processes of designing an information system to manage risks in the sector. Based on this foundation, a program may be designed to promote CRM policy, establish institutional arrangements, and build capacity of all key stakeholder institutions at national, district and local levels."
- Publication Date
- July 1, 2013, 5 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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Nepal
- 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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