STAFF REPORT ISB: Small farmers, agricultural wageworkers and tenants in rural and agri-based communities are prone to disasters and rapid climate change impacts. These farmers, as a result of disturbed rain patterns are in dire need of measures to rebuild and create resilience to respond the climate change phenomenon.
The observations were shared at a roundtable on Private sector resilience and launching of Resilience Scoping Study organized by Oxfam-Novib Pakistan in collaboration with Indus Consortium.
The study findings emphasised the lack of awareness of the impacts of change on their business disaster and climate.
Speakers pointed out the need for strategic partnership between disadvantaged communities and companies for resilient supply chain for private sector entrepreneurs.
They said that the private sector of the country could play a vital role in not only helping the communities in building resilience but can also create a win-win situation through establishing a reliable and sustainable value chain, especially with regard to various crops.
The multi stakeholders forum comprising media, academia, research institutions, civil society organisations, private sector and government agreed on the need to engage private sector in the resilience advantaged at the bottom of the pyramid, particularly women.
“Pakistans status as an agro-based economy makes it extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and Pakistan is at the risk of national disasters of which cyclones, flooding, landslides, earthquake and droughts are the major phenomenon,” said Sabina, a speaker.