1 Hazard types addressed in this report
2 Pinewood nematode disease in China
3 Dimensions of disaster impacts in forestry
5 Overview of attribution results
6 Benefit–cost ratios for FAO’s anticipatory action interventions
7 Summary of actions and outcomes for the 2020–2021 desert locust emergency
10 Costs and benefits per household
1 Number of disasters by EM-DAT hazard grouping and total economic losses (1971–2022)
2 Conceptual framework for the report
3 Status of employment in agriculture for men and women in Pakistan
5 Share of (percentage) loss in agriculture by hazard type
6 Breakdown of losses in agriculture by subsectors (2007-2022)
7 Agricultural losses declared under Sendai Framework indicator C2 (2015–2021)
8 Share of impact by hazard type declared under Sendai Framework indicator C2 (2015-2022)
9 Total estimated agricultural production losses
10 Estimated losses in main product groups (1991–2021)
11 Distribution of total estimated losses of USD 3.8 trillion by region (1991–2021)
12 Losses as share of agricultural gross domestic product (1991-2021)
17 Production loss per event by hazard type in crops and livestock (1991-2021)
18 Drought impact on livestock keepers
19 Relative difference in livestock population compared to pre-drought year
20 Relative difference in livestock offtake compared to pre-drought year
21 Relative difference in milk offtake compared to pre-drought year
25 Line of best fit when total yield loss (proportion) is regressed on plant damage rating
28 Estimated daily losses of energy and nutrients as a share of human requirements (1991-2021)
31 Historical data of burnt area, number of fires and CO2 emissions from wildfires (2000–2021)
32 Damage and loss in fisheries and aquaculture caused by Typhoon Rai
33 Climate impacts on agrifood systems and relevant attribution concepts
34 Estimated influence of climate change on crop yields to date: four case studies
35 Percentage of farmers reporting difficulties transporting products and accessing inputs
36 Damage and loss in crops and livestock subsectors in Ukraine (USD million and percentage)
42 Difference in returns from rice production, GSR scaling up versus previous practice scenario
43 Key characteristics of anticipatory action
44 Outcome of intervention per hectare treated
1 Recent events affecting agriculture
2 Disaster displacement and its effects on agriculture and food security
4 Methodology for estimating disaster-induced crop and livestock losses at the global scale
5 Animal health: impact of the 2016–2017 drought on Somali livestock keepers
6 Crop losses on the ground: the case of the fall armyworm infestation
7 Estimating nutrient availability reductions caused by disasters
9 Bark beetle damage in Honduras
10 Methodology to attribute yield change to climate change
12 Methodology for cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of farm-level DRR good practices
13 Methodology to estimate avoided losses from risk-informed desert locust intervention
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THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS. An average of 12 000 hectares of crops like cotton, corn and walnut were affected by rain and river overflows.