http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-events/infosystem/en/ Expert consultation: Establishing an information system on damage and losses from disasters in crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry.

1. National Disaster Loss Databases
(using DesInventar methodology)
9-10 June, Rome, Italy
Julio Serje – Sylvain Ponserre

2. The framework applies to the risk of small-scale
and large-scale, frequent and infrequent,
sudden and slow-onset disasters, caused by natural
or man-made hazards as well as related
environmental, technological and biological hazards
and risks. [Sendai Framework Para15]
For a period of 15 years
Sendai Framework
2015-2030

3. 24(a) To promote the collection, analysis, management and use of
relevant data and practical information and ensure its dissemination,
taking into account the needs of different categories of users, as appropriate;
Priority 1: Understanding disaster Risk
Sendai Framework
2015-2030
24(d) To systematically evaluate, record, share and publicly account
for disaster losses and understand the economic, social, health,
education, environmental and cultural heritage impacts,

4. Global Assessment Report
on Disaster Risk Reduction
A growing number of national disaster loss
databases are providing access to detailed losses
that was previously not possible.
Direct economic losses would be around 60%
higher than those internationally reported

5. Global Assessment Report
on Disaster Risk Reduction
A large amount of damage occurs in small
disaster events - constantly eroding essential
development assets.
The G∀R15 dataset only uses records of disaster of
geological or weather related origin from 65
datasets covering 82 countries and 3 states .
One of the highlights of G∀R 2015 analysis is the
economic valuation of direct damage

6. Global Assessment Report
on Disaster Risk Reduction
1970-2013
328,000 records
221 million ha of crops damaged
32 million lost cattle
377billion US$ of estimated economic losses
92 billion US$ of estimated economic losses
only for agriculture sector (crops – livestock)
24% of estimated losses are assigned
to agriculture sector (crops – livestock)

7. Global Assessment Report
on Disaster Risk Reduction
Based on 78 medium and large scale disasters

8. A tool for collecting disaster loss data.
Currently, 16 quantitative, 12 qualitative common indicators plus unlimited
custom indicators (soon aligned with the OIEWG recommendations)
Wide coverage of disasters regardless of scales. (no thresholds)
Disaggregation of data to subnational units (county/municipality)
Collected and validated locally within the country.
DesInventar
Tool and methodology

9. DesInventar
Tool and methodology

10. Detailed disaster loss data for more than 90countries are available
Developed by UNISDR, La Red and supported by UNDP, DesInventar is a free
and open source tool that helps to analyze the disaster trends and their
impacts in a systematic manner.
But more importantly, DesInventar proposes a methodology that allows to
develop analysis in a comparative way between the countries that have joined
the initiative.
DesInventar
Tool and methodology

11. DesInventar
Natural hazards – Severe impact on agriculture
Niger
Mali
Senegal
Togo

12. Niger Mali
DesInventar
Natural hazards – Severe impact on agriculture
*Ravagers and locust pilgrims etc

13. DesInventar
Economic valuation
Loss on crops = number of hectares affected (C2a)
* Aoha
* 0.25 (damage ratio)
Aoha = ∑ (Areai * Yieldi * Pricei / Total Area)

14. Aoha = (2,596,619,819/ 10,936,810)
∑
xx =
DesInventar
Economic valuation Areai YieldiPriceix x
Total Area
xx =
xx =
US$

15. DesInventar
Economic valuation
Loss on crops = 2,633,783 (C2a)
* 237.4
* 0.25 (damage ratio)
Loss on crops = 156 million US$
The yearly average of loss on crops, is around 4.1 million US$
(taking in account only years with damages reported).

16. DesInventar
Challenges and Recommendations
Collect good quality data, ideally disaggregated, on physical damage per hazardous
event.
Additional efforts to capture the number of hectares affected per type of crop for each
hazardous event will be beneficial. Same for the type of livestock.
Do not Forget, than Impact of small scale disasters on agriculture and food security
is extremely relevant.
Collect and record indicators of physical damage, possibility to improve methodologies
that can be applied in the future.
Turn over of people trained

17. DesInventar
Challenges and Recommendations
Convene experts to make this disaster loss tracking system adapted to the agricultural
sector.
Use an UNIQUE tool for the UN system, that can serve multiple purpose (SGD –
UNFCCC – FAO – OCHA – UNDP etc.) -
Develop API “data exchange” with multiple platforms.
https://data.humdata.org/https://www.desinventar.net

18. Thank you
What is not measured is invisible
What is invisible is lost
What is lost, cannot be acted on!