Managing Risk Through Economic Development (M-RED)

Managing Risk through Economic Development (M-RED) program aim to develop
and implement a sustainable model of integrated disaster risk reduction (DRR) and
economic development activities, building sustained and market-driven approaches
to DRR that increase resiliency to multiple disasters. The program targets
vulnerable communities in Kanchanpur, Activities initiated at the community and
household levels will be those that both mitigate disaster risks and increase income
levels. Communities will increase their DRR knowledge and capacity. While at the
same time, increasing their economic opportunities by engaging in the production,
value addition, and sale of crops utilized for disaster mitigation with the dual
purpose of increasing household incomes. The program will reinforce new or
improved economic opportunities by enabling communities and households to
access markets for inputs and sales of high-demand/ high-value commodities.