The NAP-Ag webinar on The Role of Climate Information Services in Adaptation Planning for Agriculture provided insights into the role of Climate Information Services (CIS) in planning for adaptation in agricultural sectors.

1. Integration of indicators on
agriculture-related damage and losses
due to the impacts of disasters and
climatic events into the DesInventar
database
Presented by -
Rajesh Sharma
Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub, Thailand
Webinar on CIS and NAP
17 August 2017

2. Presentation Outline
 What is disaster loss and damage database
 Current status of disaster loss and damage
database in Uganda
 Integration of agriculture related indicators
in loss and damage database in Uganda
 Next steps

3. What is disaster loss and damage database?
 Data about occurrences and impacts of all
types of disasters (small, medium, large) is
systematically collected
 Data is captured over a period of time and
lower level administrative unit
 It stores, compiles data and allows retrieval of
data and information for visual presentation of
data in a variety of ways (charts, graphs, maps)
 Entire data and information is shared with all
stakeholders in real time
 Analysis of data is undertaken over a period of
time and space to understand patterns and
trends of risks

4. Types of data captured by the databases
 Data captured at high resolution – sub-district level
 Information about occurrences and impacts are
captured over a long period of time (20-30 years)
 Direct impacts of an event
 Event details (date, location, intensity)
 Population affected – gender disaggr. (death, injured, affected, …)
 Damages and losses to sectors (agricultrure, education, health, etc.)
 Analysis undertaken at provincial, district and
sub-district levels to derive emerging trends and
patterns of events and impacts to feed into national
and sub-national planning

5. UNDP’s work on
disaster loss and
damage databases
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6. Disaster databases in Asia and Africa
- In Asia, UNDP started supporting pilot
implementation in 2002 in Odisha
(India)
-Asia - Engaged in 15 countries
-Africa – Sudan and Uganda

7. Current status of disaster loss and damage
database in Uganda
 In 2011, an online generic database
established and populated with data cards
(2,915 as of Jul 2017)
 The database was established under
NECOC/ OPM and periodically the database
was updated with new records
 The database is not configured to the
context of Uganda
 None of the data was used for supporting
any planning and decision-making in the
country
 No capacity development for collection,
archival and analysis of loss & damage data

8. Integration of Agriculture
related indicators in the
database
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9. Indicators for agriculture sectors
 Crops
 Livestock
 Agriculture-Infrastructure

10. Indicators for agriculture sectors (2)
 Crops - Maize, Cassava, Banana, Rice,
Sorghum, Groundnuts, Cotton, Tea, Coffee,
Sugarcane
 Livestock - cattle (indigenous), cattle
(exotic/ cross), goat (indigenous), goat
(exotic/ cross), Poultry, Sheep, Pigs
 Agriculture-Infrastructure – agri-wells, bore
wells, fish ponds, apiaries, water tanks,
granaries, warehouses, market structures

11. Next steps
 Finalize indicators for the agricultural sector
 Establish and institutionalize national disaster
loss and damage database at NECOC/ OPM
 Configure and customize the database to the
country context
 Collect historical data and enter in the
database
 Undertake analysis and share with key
stakeholders (MAAIF, NECOC, and others)

12. Questions/ Comments?
Rajesh Sharma
(rajesh.sharma@undp.org)
Twitter @hsejar2010