Zimbabwe : Agriculture Sector Disaster Risk Assessment
This report presents an assessment of Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector disaster risk and management capacity. The findings indicate that Zimbabwe is highly exposed to agricultural risks and has limited capacity to manage risk at various levels. The re...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/667021584421611242/Zimbabwe-Agriculture-Sector-Disaster-Risk-Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33471 |
| Summary: | This report presents an assessment of
Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector disaster risk and management
capacity. The findings indicate that Zimbabwe is highly
exposed to agricultural risks and has limited capacity to
manage risk at various levels. The report shows that
disaster-related shocks along Zimbabwe’s agricultural supply
chains directly translate to volatility in agricultural GDP.
Such shocks have a substantial impact on economic growth,
food security, and fiscal balance. When catastrophic
disasters occur, the economy absorbs the shocks, without
benefiting from any instruments that transfer the risk to
markets and coping ability. The increasing prevalence of
‘shock recovery-shock’ cycles impairs Zimbabwe’s ability to
plan and pursue a sustainable development path. The findings
presented here confirm that it is highly pertinent for
Zimbabwe to strengthen the capacity to manage risk at
various levels, from the smallholder farmer, to other
participants along the supply chain, to consumers (who
require a reliable, safe food supply), and ultimately to the
government to manage natural disasters. The assessment
provides the following evidence on sources of risks and
plausible risk management solutions. It is our hope that the
report contributes to action by the Government of Zimbabwe
to adopt a proactive and integrated risk management strategy
appropriate to the current structure of the agricultural sector. |
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