Agri bodies, UNDP pushing warning system to stave off farm losses from natural disasters

Concerns in the agricultural sector over the high probability of heavy financial losses resulting from natural disasters have witnessed an initiative that will allow for farming communities to mitigate the effectiveness of those eventualities.

Community-based Early Warning Systems are being infused into farming communities through the collaborative efforts of the Government of Guyana, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).

The formalization of the plan for the introduction of the early warning system was subjected to