CHAPTER 9

Disaster Risk Management in the Agricultural Sector in South Asia: Lessons Learned and Policy Implications

R. Lalitha S. Fernando

Department of Public Administration, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Huong Ha

School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India

Introduction

This book consists of nine chapters including the introduction and the conclusion, focusing mainly on disasters and its impacts on agriculture and how countries can become sustainable in terms of agriculture despite disasters. Excluding the introduction and concluding chapters, all other chapters are mainly based on case studies. A recap of the chapters is presented here. ...

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