#disaster risk reduction and management

[crop-insurance]

Understanding the importance of crop Insurance | Kshema General Insurance

Farming in India is not just an occupation; it is a way of life for millions of small and marginal farmers. However, the unpredictable nature of agriculture—driven by erratic weather and market fluctuations — makes it one of the riskiest livelihoods. For a small farmer, a single failed crop can lead to catastrophic financial consequences, trapping them in a cycle of debt and poverty. 

This is where crop insurance becomes a game-changer. Despite its affordability, many farmers fail to understand the importance of crop insurance.

Why Farmers Avoid Crop Insurance 

Despite its numerous benefits, many farmers in India fail to understand the Importance of Crop Insurance and remain uninsured. The reasons include: 

Lack of Awareness: Many farmers are unaware of crop insurance schemes or how they work. 

Perceived Cost: Farmers assume that the insurance premiums are expensive, without realising how affordable they can be. 

Complex Processes: Farmers often feel intimidated by the documentation and procedures involved in insurance enrollment. 

These misconceptions prevent farmers from taking advantage of a safety net that can save them from financial ruin. 

Kshema Sukriti Crop Insurance: Affordable Protection 

At Kshema General Insurance, we understand the importance of crop insurance and the challenges faced by small and marginal farmers. Our Sukriti Crop Insurance policy is specifically designed to offer comprehensive protection at an affordable cost. 

Key Features of Kshema Sukriti: 

Affordable Premium: Starting at just Rs 499, it is one of the most affordable crop insurance options available to the farmers in more than 20 states and union territories in India.  

Wide Coverage: Mitigates loss of crops due to natural disasters and animal attacks (elephants, wild boars, monkeys, and rabbits).  

Easy Enrollment: Hassle-free, mobile app-based processes to make crop insurance accessible to all farmers.   

Timely Compensation: Quick claim settlements to help farmers recover and restart their operations.  

Customisation: Choice of 2 perils among a list of 8 predefined perils so that the farmers pay for only what they perceive as a danger to their crops.  

By enrolling in Kshema Sukriti, farmers can avoid the crippling financial burden of crop failures and secure their livelihoods. 

Read More: https://kshema.co/understanding-the-importance-of-crop-insurance/

[sonalikrishnan]

Crop Insurance in India | Kshema General Insurance

Crop insurance plays a critical role in protecting India’s small and marginal farmers, who face severe risks due to unpredictable weather, pests, and market fluctuations. By offering financial stability, crop insurance provides a safety net that empowers farmers to recover and continue their work.

At Kshema General Insurance, we understand the critical role that small and marginal farmers play in India's agricultural sector. Our crop insurance solutions are specifically designed to address the unique challenges these farmers face, providing them with the financial protection they need to secure their livelihoods.

Our Key Offerings Include:

Comprehensive and customizable coverage against losses caused by eight different perils.

Protection for damage inflicted by wild animals such as elephants, wild boars, monkeys, and rabbits.

A user-friendly Kshema app that simplifies the enrollment and claims process, ensuring seamless access for farmers.

Read More: https://kshema.co/why-crop-insurance-in-india-is-essential/

[disasterriskreductionday]

Why disaster risk reduction must be integrated in the DNA of all climate and development plans and strategies?

Disasters can set back years of development efforts in a single day. That’s why disaster risk reduction must be integrated in the DNA of all climate and development plans and strategies . #ZeroClimateDisasters https://ow.ly/z5UI50Uvc1E

[carlocarrasco]

Las Piñas City Mayor expresses thanks to local rescuers and volunteers who worked during Typhoon Kristine

Recently in the City of Las Piñas, Mayor Imelda Aguilar expressed her thanks to the local rescuers and volunteers who took part in helping almost five hundred families whose lives were severely disrupted by Typhoon Kristine, according to a Manila Bulletin news report. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt of the news report of the Manila Bulletin. Some parts in boldface… Las…

[westvalleyfaultph]

The Big One: Why the Philippines Must Urgently Prepare for a Massive Earthquake

Scan the QR code to get this blog on the go. Filipino communities are being urged to intensify preparations for a potentially catastrophic earthquake, often referred to as “The Big One,” which experts warn could strike anytime. As disaster readiness leaders emphasized at the recent Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR), the potential impacts of this quake could…

[jcmarchi]

Challenge: Sourcing and Enabling Traditional Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches for Rural Afghanistan and Somalia - Technology Org

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Challenge: Sourcing and Enabling Traditional Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches for Rural Afghanistan and Somalia - Technology Org

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Seeker for this Wazoku Crowd Challenge, is launching an exploratory research project into integrating indigenous/traditional and modern approaches to disaster risk reduction – particularly those relevant to the environmental contexts in fragile conflict-affected states, with this Challenge’s context being Afghanistan and Somalia. 

Disaster risk reduction (DRR), or how people systematically prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters, is an important part of sustainable development. In fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS), additional factors increase community vulnerability to climate or weather disasters such as flooding, erratic rainfall, extreme heatwaves, and drought. This means people in Afghanistan and Somalia’s rural region’s lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems are at greater risk and developmental gains are lost through negative coping strategies.

In this Challenge, the IRC is asking for details around existing, effective, and transferable pieces of indigenous or traditional approaches for DRR, or the technological solutions and approaches that could be used to preserve, promote, and enable them.

This is a Prize Challenge which requires a written proposal to be submitted and the total guaranteed award pool will be paid, with awards to at least one submitted solution. By submitting a proposal, the Solver grants the International Rescue Committee a right to use any information included in their proposal.

Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (US Eastern Time) on April 8th, 2024.

Source: Wazoku

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[nepalenergyforum]

Nepal's Hydropower Faces Major Setback After Floods Expose Lack of Disaster Planning

Experts suggest building structures that are resilient to natural disasters and climate change  KATHMANDU, Jan 27: On June 14, 2023, the employees working in the under-construction Super Hewakhola hydropower project at Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha, went to sleep after having dinner. The heavy flood in Hewakhola at around 9:30 PM not only washed away 18 workers along with their tents built on the river…

[pixroottechnologies]

Transforming Disaster Risk Reduction Management: Harnessing Drones for Effective Crisis Response

In an era marked by growing vulnerabilities to natural and man-made disasters, the need for robust disaster risk reduction management has never been more urgent. As organizations and governments grapple with evolving challenges, technology emerges as a potent ally. At PixRoot Technologies, we are at the forefront of this revolution, providing comprehensive drone services that redefine disaster management and risk reduction strategies.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazilian Federal Government Cuts Disaster Budget Amid Climate Crisis

2025 budget allocates $246 million to "risk and disaster management," $33 million less than in 2024; Congress also reduced funding

After a year marked by a climate tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul, record-breaking wildfires in the Pantanal, and historic drought in the Amazon, the federal government has decided to reduce the budget for managing and mitigating environmental disasters.

The funds set aside for the risk and disaster management program in 2025 total R$1.7 billion ($246 million), down from R$1.9 billion in 2024.

This reduction comes in the same year Brazil will host the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference — COP30, scheduled for November in Belém. The government chose to cut R$200 million ($33 million) from this critical area.

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[solarpunkbusiness]

Nature-based solutions, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore nature and modify ecosystems, which will benefit both people and the environment. NbS target major challenges like climate change, disaster risk reduction, food and water security, biodiversity loss, human health and other factors that are critical to sustainable development

[tunedtostatic]

This is another pandemic post and this one I am tagging and asking for reblogs, to try to find two specific things, so I will adapt an old trend from the website formerly known as Twitter and add a piece of REBLOG BAIT at the end of it.

With the live show approaching in two weeks, I wish there was a compilation of travel safety and risk reduction resources for people going to the show, since up-to-date versions of those things are not easy to find because public health authorities' response to the pandemic has, as I think we all know by now, been a trashfire.

As anyone who has worked on a group project ever in their life can attest, even a one-page info sheet (much less my moonshot version which is a spreadsheet with pages for travel and masking in cosplay and so forth) has far more moving parts than anticipated. (Who's proofreading? Who's writing a "not affiliated with critrole the company" disclaimer that is legal and ethical? If there's only one person with the background for a given technical piece of it then who's checking their work?)

I think that since it is a Safety Thing, it would be better not to create a sheet than to do it badly. But the Critical Role fandom is hugelarge, and I think if enough people reblog this it might find enough engineers, writers, immunocompromised people who have had to learn everything about how respirators work, scicomm people, parents of high-risk kids, philosophy guys, bioethics wonks, &c with 1-3 hours free this week.

Because the fandom IS so immense and the pandemic is surging again, I think it's likely someone somewhere is already doing something like this! I was really hoping someone would, but if so, I haven't found it yet. I don't want to reduplicate efforts, so the other reason I'm asking for reblogs is in the hope that if I can't find it, it will find this.

Q: You have clearly thought through everything that could go wrong with this, so why do it?

A: I think if enough people can work on an info sheet to make a safe and informative one, and a few hundred people see that info sheet, then a few dozen people will end up with resources to protect themselves and their loved ones, and I think that matters.

I think watching the live show approach has been an isolating time for people in the fandom who are medically vulnerable and whose lives have been touched by pandemic death, and I think it would do a lot of us good to be able to talk about it and try to do something to help reduce the rate of illness. While helping with physical safety generally > helping with social and psychological safety, to anyone whose first retort is "is this about emooootions," yes lmao it is absolutely is.

Q: From a bioethics standpoint, doesn't creating a resource to help people manage their individual risk (and that to their immediate social circle) do damage in and of itself by affirming the idea that a public health disaster can be solved on an individual level?

A: Hypothetical question asker, it's like I literally wrote your question myself! Anyway idk the answer to this but I think talking about whether to do something to help is a step up from not talking about it at all.

REBLOG BAIT:

[sixwingedknight]

listen i'm not going to vape indoors unless i get express permission and all that but the idea that it's confirmed to cause cancer is misleading info based on disposables and shit and a slightly elevated cancer risk from the use of nicotine (it itself is not a complete carcinogen) it's a harm reduction practice, it's not meant to be perfect, but the idea that it's Killing You:tm: is... situational, at best. like... certain flavorings are cancerous, yes, and disposables are a very unregulated market, but the idea that vaping is The Hell is really fucking weird considering how the alternative for a LOT of people is tobacco. i use nicotine to help manage my psychosis because i know for a fact typical and atypical antipsychotics make me suicidal. nicotine is not a disaster for you, the issue is that cigarettes are fucking evil and have a ton of chemicals inside them that *greatly enhance* nicotine's addictiveness. iunno. shit doesn't kill you. just don't be a dick. also cite your fucking sources when you talk about shit medical shit

[sonalikrishnan]

Why Crop Insurance is Essential for Small and Marginal Farmers in India

Agriculture is India’s major economic activity with approximately 55 percent of its workforce engaged in agriculture or allied activities while small and marginal farmers constitute over 85% of this population. These farmers, owning less than 5 acres of land, play a vital role in ensuring the nation’s food security. However, they are also most vulnerable to risks, including unpredictable weather and fluctuating market prices. For such small farmers, protection is crucial because even a single crop failure can lead to devastating financial losses.

In this context, crop insurance in India is a lifeline, providing small farmers with the necessary protection and financial stability. This blog delves into why crop insurance is essential for small and marginal farmers, its benefits, and its transformative role for rural India.

The Challenges Faced by Small and Marginal Farmers

Small and marginal farmers in India face a range of challenges that threaten their livelihoods:

Unpredictable Weather: With climate change, events such as cyclones, floods, hailstorms, unseasonal rainfall etc. have become more frequent and severe.

Pests and Diseases: Crops are susceptible to pest infestations and diseases, which can destroy entire crops.

Rising Input Costs: Seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides have become costlier, increasing production expenses for farmers.

Read More at main blog: https://kshema.co/why-crop-insurance-in-india-is-essential/

[disasterriskreductionday]

"Successsful disaster risk reduction must engage the people themselves, and ensure that the stategies agrred up reamian their own."

"Over time the imposition of outside development has adversely affected the environment of Indigenous Peoples, restricting traditional risk reduction practices and, at times, making Indigenous knowledge irrelevant," - John C. Scott, CPSC

[carlocarrasco]

Sharp donates equipment to Las Piñas City Government

Recently in the City of Las Piñas, , Sharp Philippines Corporation met with Mayor Imelda Aguilar and formally donated several pieces of laundry equipment to the City Government at City Hall, according to the official announcement via social media. The equipment will be deployed in various evacuation centers across the city. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the City…

[westvalleyfaultph]

"Handa Pilipinas: Showcasing Local Innovations in Disaster Preparedness"

Scan the QR code to get this post on the go. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to host an exposition titled “Handa Pilipinas” in Laoag City from July 3-5. This event aims to highlight locally-developed technologies designed to enhance disaster preparedness, particularly in the Ilocos Region. Dr. Teresita A. Tabaoag, DOST 1 Regional Director, emphasized the urgency of this…