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'Around 80 percent of small and marginal farmers who contribute about 50 percent of the total crop production will be the most affected by the changing climate,' warns an ActionAid study...
'Risk assessment and then disaster preparedness are more important than disaster response,' said professor M.I. Bhat. 'We must start retrofitting in existing structures and ensure strict compliance and enforcement of proper building codes'...
'Children should be active participants in DRR effort. At home or at school they should know how to protect themselves during natural calamities like earthquakes, floods and cyclone,' said Margarita Tileva, chief, emergency solution UNICEF...
Prone to cyclones as well as storm induced flooding and surges, almost 10,000 people lost their lives in a devastating super-cyclone that hit state's coastal districts in October 1999.
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