Examples of Anticipatory Actions
Anticipatory actions in agriculture vary greatly depending on the type of anticipated hazard and the context. This job aid provides you with some examples of anticipatory actions that can be implemented to mitigate the effects of drought and flood and cyclone, plus a few examples of cross-cutting actions that can be applied to different hazards.
Audience
The job aid is targeted at professionals working on humanitarian assistance and disaster risk management, including practitioners involved in anticipatory action programming.
You will learn about
- Anticipatory actions to mitigate the effects of drought on crops
- Anticipatory actions to mitigate the effects of flood and cyclones on crops
- Cross-cutting and Cash-based Anticipatory Actions
Course structure
The job aid provides anticipatory actions that can be implemented to mitigate the effects of drought and flood and cyclone, plus a few examples of cross-cutting actions that can be applied to different hazards. Each group of anticipatory actions is further divided into the main agricultural sectors that can be affected by those hazards: livestock, crops, fisheries and aquaculture.
System requirements
The online version of this course runs on the latest versions of the major browsers, such as Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox.
The downloadable version only runs on Windows PC's and no additional software is needed.