Greater Mekong Subregion Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Project

A thorough needs assessment is necessary to align the livelihood restoration training programs to the needs of severely affected households (SAHs) and so increase their uptake of the programs. Only a few SAHs attended the livelihood restoration programs designed to support them. The opportunity cost in terms of farmers’ time was high either because the SAHs were involved in more rewarding economic activities, or the trainings did not respond to their needs. A thorough needs assessments should have been undertaken to increase SAHs’ interest and uptake of the trainings and enable them to benefit more from said trainings.