Rapid agricultural disaster assessment routine (RADAR)
Environment and natural resources series, no. 12
This publication introduces the Rapid Agricultural Disaster Assessment Routine (RADAR), a rapid disaster impact assessment tool for agriculture. The overall objective of RADAR is to provide a practical decision-support model for rapidly and accurately assessing the georeferenced area distribution of short- and long-term damage on agricultural systems due to natural disaster. Successful implementation of RADAR could improve disaster preparedness, facilitate timely relief operations and integrate risk and hazard awareness into longer-term agricultural development planning.
FAO believes that implementation of RADAR will help to understand more rapidly and accurately how specific geographic areas will be experiencing short- and long-term damage, due to natural disaster. RADAR is one example of the type of technical assistance necessary to improve preparedness and early warning systems to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations. We sincerely hope that RADAR will help improve the efficiency and timeliness of relief operations and reduce human suffering caused by natural disasters.
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