Isbn: 9789390199921 - Disaster Risk Reduction at Farm Level: Multiple Benefits, No Regrets (4 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. This book assesses and identifies solutions with special relevance for smallholder farmers: DRR good practices that work at farm-level and which, with small investments, can have significant positive impact on the resilience of their livelihoods. It evaluates the cost-effectiveness and socio-ecological suitability of different specific DRR interventions, with the intention of providing decision-makers and farmers both with reliable assessments that can guide their decisions around DRR investment. For smallholder farmers and development actors alike, the study findings can help prioritize options among a multitude of available DRR interventions, taking into account local contexts and specific needs. For policy‑makers, this study is particularly valuable, as it offers cost benefit figures for individual good practices as well as for combined interventions that are based on actually-observed impacts. The report also estimates the costs and benefits of upscaling selected good practices, thus providing insights to decision-makers on the relevance of establishing enabling conditions for replication beyond study sites.…