Disaster Preparedness and Building Livelihood Resilience

Sea level rise has led to coastal erosion reducing the island of Mousuni while population increases. Salinity due to brackish water floods makes impossible cultivation for two years, and the use of high yielding paddy varieties. Community development capacity and re-introduction of traditional but salt tolerant paddy varieties and resistant fish and prawn species reached disaster preparedness, increases the resilience of the community, and secures livelihood.