Agriculture pays the highest price to disasters, according to a new FAO report

O3/19/2015. In 2010, 800,000 hectares of standing crops were swept away by floods in Sindh (Pakistan).

The Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction resulted in an international strategy oriented toward prevention and better resilience to natural disasters.

According to the Global Assessment Report of the International Strategy UN Disaster Reduction for 2015, average annual disaster losses are estimated at about 314 billion dollars. The Conference was also marked by a message of considerable importance on the part of FAO. Nearly a quarter of the damage caused by natural disasters in the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector according to preliminary results of a new FAO study.

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