Increasing the resilience of family farmers to threats and crises

Family farmers are often the worst affected when a disaster or a crisis strike

potentially putting their food and nutrition security at risk

Natural disasters can destroy lives and wipe out years of development in a matter of hours or even seconds

Family farms around the world are increasingly exposed to natural hazards

drought, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, disease epidemics

Family farms around the world are increasingly exposed to human-induced crises and protracted crises

socio-economic shocks, conflicts, complex and prolonged emergencies

FAO is working towards increasing the resilience of people and their livelihoods to natural hazards, man-made disasters and protracted crises that impact agriculture, nutrition, food security and food safety

Resilience is the ability of people, communities or systems that are confronted by disasters or crises to withstand damage and to recover and adapt quickly

FAO works to develop the capacities of families, communities and institutions to protect people and their livelihoods

Through measures to› avoid (prevention)› limit (mitigation and preparedness)› respond and adapt tothe adverse effects of hazards

FAO builds the resilience of family farmers in West Bank and Gaza Strip

by providing animal feed

and water tanks to keep their

animals alive

FAO builds the resilience of family farmers in the Central African Republic

by providing credit to women’s

groups involved in vegetable

production

FAO builds the resilience of coconut farmers affected by Haiyan in the Philippines

by diversifying their livelihoods with the provision of vegetable seeds, farm tools, post-harvest

equipment and livestock

FAO enhances the resilience of family farmers in Zimbabwe

by promoting conservation agriculture which significantly reduces land degradation and

sustains food intensification