1 Pathways of disaster impacts in agriculture
2 Summary of impacts of agromet advisory services
1 Number of countries reporting under Sendai Framework indicator C2
2 Agricultural losses declared under Sendai Framework indicator C2
3 Share of impact by hazard type declared under Sendai Framework indicator C2, 2015–2023
5 Economic loss in agriculture and non-agricultural sectors by hazard type (value)
6 Economic loss in agriculture and non-agricultural sectors by hazard type (share)
7 Total estimated agricultural production losses
8 Estimated losses in main product groups
9 Distribution of estimated losses by region
10 Losses as a share of agricultural gross domestic product, 1991–2023
12 Estimated agricultural losses by country category, 1991–2023
13 Economic losses by hazard type, 1991–2023
14 Total estimated daily losses of energy and nutrients per person per day, 1991–2023
15 Total estimated daily losses of energy and nutrients per person per day by food group, 1991–2023
16 Estimated daily losses of energy and nutrients as a share of human requirements, 1991–2023
20 Upper panel: Average MHWs incidence per EZZ/MFA. Lower panel: Impacts on fisheries per MFA
21 El Niño Risk Index, Zimbabwe
22 SoilFER Geospatial Platform
23 SoilFER app for crop suitability – soil type selection
24 SoilFER App for crop suitability – results and report
25 Information flows from the fields to farmer smartphones
26 The FAMEWS working concept/data flow mechanism
27 Overview of the agricultural monitoring dashboard and FAO project coverage
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