Methodology

The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023 has been prepared by the Statistics Division (ESS) and the Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) of FAO.

Technical inputs were provided by the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI), the Forestry Division (NFO), the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA), and the Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) of the Natural Resources and Sustainable Production stream.

A coordination team consisting of the management of the collaborating divisions and offices of FAO guided the production of the report. This team decided on the outline of the report and defined its thematic focus. Further, it oversaw the technical writing team composed of experts from the collaborating divisions who contributed to the analysis and technical content of the report.

Background technical papers were prepared to support the research and data analysis undertaken for individual sections of the report. The writing team produced several interim outputs, including an annotated outline, first draft and final draft of the report.

These drafts were reviewed and validated by external experts in two workshops held during the preparation process. The final report underwent a rigorous technical review by senior management, technical experts from various divisions and offices of FAO, as well as independent external reviewers. Finally, the report underwent a process of executive clearance at FAO by the heads of the co-publishing divisions, the Chief Economist, the Deputy Director-General in charge of Emergencies and Resilience, and the office of the Director-General.

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