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to be done together with private insurance companies to translate it into practice. .
See the recommendations regarding disaster and agricultural insurance in the ....
DRM chapter of this paper for a framework for assessing feasibility.
Strategy for Long-term Recovery and Reconstruction
Agriculture is very much dependent on water management. Proper water management
would therefore be a key to better preparedness and risk reduction against
flood disasters in agriculture sector. The long-term strategy would therefore be as
follows:
A.) Water Management
• Water management for agriculture must adopt a holistic approach that takes into
account water management issues related to floods and drought. The Flood,
Irrigation and Drainage chapter of this paper provides recommendations with
regard to the overall Integrated Water Resources Management that would
facilitate this holistic approach.
Table 11 presents a summary of needs for implementing short-, medium-, and longterm
recommendations in the agriculture sector.
Type of Activity < 6 months 6 - 24 months 2-5 years
Repair irrigation system and drainage system 283 0 0
Repair agricultural machinery and equipment 4,252 0 0
Repair destruction of storage and other buildings 491 491 0
Provide agriculture inputs and other support 3,168 1,009 0
(Transferred in kind or cash/voucher for input,
repair of machinery, etc)
Provide livestock inputs and other support 174 67 0
Provide fisheries inputs and other support 53 27 0
(provide restocking of fingerlings or cash for inputs,
fishing gears, machinery, etc)
Cross-Cutting programs 15 11 10
Cash for work 11
All Crops/livestock/fishery Insurance Program 0 4 10
Monitoring and Research Study Works related to 4 7 0
study of limiting crop intensity, DRR/DRM
Total 8,451 1,616 20
Table 11: Activities and costs
for short-, medium- and longterm
recovery and reconstruction
needs in Thai baht,
millions
Disaster Resilience in the Agriculture Sector
Policy Recommendations
Farmers are integral to feeding a population of 65 million in Thailand as well as
export rice to a significant percentage of the world’s population. Meeting this demand
whilst being challenged with natural disasters and climate change has put enormous
pressure on the agriculture sector to provide food, income, employment and ecological
services. To address the impact of disaster and climate change in the agriculture
sector, concerned line ministries have put a number of policies and plans into action.
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