Analyzing the consequences and impact of a disaster on a number of sectors in order to identify recovery needs and create an extensive, multisectoral recovery strategy is known as a post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA). In addition to macroeconomic, human, and social development, finance, and several cross-cutting themes (government, environment, disaster risk reduction, gender, employment, and livelihood) that are addressed across all sectors, the PDNA process focuses on three
main sectors: social, productive, and infrastructure (of which irrigation is a sub-sector).
 

Infrastructure for irrigation supports the sustainability of the agriculture sector (productive), the environment sector, and the social sector while also enhancing the irrigation sector. To avoid double counting and to guarantee that the data gathered at the sector level enhances the irrigation sector’s priority needs and is well-integrated into the PDNA process’s results, it is crucial to note that from the outset of the irrigation sector’s PDNA, it will be necessary to hold consultations with assessment teams
from other sectors, such as agriculture and social livelihoods.