ACTIVITIES for achieving output ۱

Title

Description

۱.۱ Assessment of existing soil and water management and disaster risk management strategies

Review of the existing plans, institutional mechanisms and practices for soil, water management and flood and drought risk reduction and recovery efforts within the flood affected agricultural community. Assess how the practices in the affected areas vary by severity of climatic events. Identify gaps and improvements for enhanced disaster resilient soil and water management capacity. A comprehensive report will provide direction for capacity strengthening in the sector and this project.

۱.۲ Formulation of a strategy for the rehabilitation of the water and soil resources in the targeted provinces

Draft a strategy for the rehabilitation of water and soil resources in Lorestan, Khouzestan and Golestan provinces in accordance with the results of required examinations and studies on flood-brought sediments.

۱.۳ Institutional capacity enhancement for disaster and climate resilient soil and water management

Enhance capacity of local institutions to adequately manage soil and water resources as part of disaster risk management and recovery process. Capacity strengthening on climate-resilient irrigation design, flood risk management systems and approaches, and climate resilient soil protection and management.

۱.۴  Provision of hands-on training to the local communities on the new technologies contributing to disaster and climate resilient water and soil management

Implement disaster and climate -resilient activities to demonstrate and train farmers on selected methods and technologies such as soil salinity management, integrated watershed management and conservation agriculture.

OUTPUT ۲

National disaster risk management systems and mechanisms strengthened in the agriculture sector 

Indicator

Baseline

Target

Means of Verification

Assumptions

Participatory technical reviews of the existing disaster risk management system in the agriculture sector and recommendations for future improvements.

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۲ reports

 Final reports of the project

All necessary data and information from relevant institutions are available

ACTIVITIES for achieving output ۲

Title

Description

۲.۱ Asses current disaster risk management system in the agriculture sector and identify areas for improvements and capacity gaps

Review the existing governmental disaster risk management system in the agriculture sector, including early warning, forecasting and modelling systems, disaster declaration protocols, disaster response protocols, vulnerability risk analysis, early warning early action, disaster damage and loos systems, etc. and then suggest improvements in the existing system to make the agriculture sector more disaster resilient.

۲.۲ Identify new evolving hazards and risks for the agriculture sector and suggest disaster risk reduction and mitigation measures

Review the international and regional climate change scenarios to identify evolving hazard and risk patterns. Consider the relativity of a new “Normal” of extreme events such as floods and droughts affecting the risk portfolio for farmers and the agriculture system. Suggest disaster mitigation and adaptation measures for the agriculture sector and integrate recommendations in trainings in Output ۱, and recommendations in Output ۲.۱.