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Zimbabwe : Agriculture Sector Disaster Risk Assessment.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank Group.
- Series:
- Other Agricultural Study.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Other Agricultural Study
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Climate Change and Agriculture.
- Climate Change Impacts.
- Conflict and Development.
- Disaster Management.
- Environment.
- Natural Disasters.
- Local Subjects:
- Agriculture.
- Climate Change and Agriculture.
- Climate Change Impacts.
- Conflict and Development.
- Disaster Management.
- Environment.
- Natural Disasters.
- Other Title:
- Zimbabwe
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This report presents an assessment of Zimbabwe's agriculture sector disaster risk and management capacity. The findings indicate that Zimbabwe is highly exposed to agricultural risks and has limited capacity to manage risk at various levels. The report shows that disaster-related shocks along Zimbabwe's agricultural supply chains directly translate to volatility in agricultural GDP. Such shocks have a substantial impact on economic growth, food security, and fiscal balance. When catastrophic disasters occur, the economy absorbs the shocks, without benefiting from any instruments that transfer the risk to markets and coping ability. The increasing prevalence of 'shock recovery-shock' cycles impairs Zimbabwe's ability to plan and pursue a sustainable development path. The findings presented here confirm that it is highly pertinent for Zimbabwe to strengthen the capacity to manage risk at various levels, from the smallholder farmer, to other participants along the supply chain, to consumers (who require a reliable, safe food supply), and ultimately to the government to manage natural disasters. The assessment provides the following evidence on sources of risks and plausible risk management solutions. It is our hope that the report contributes to action by the Government of Zimbabwe to adopt a proactive and integrated risk management strategy appropriate to the current structure of the agricultural sector.
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