Through its disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) seeks to protect livelihoods from shocks, to make food production systems more resilient and more capable of absorbing the impact of, and recovering from, disruptive events. The FAO Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security Framework Programme (DRR for FNS) serves to support and provide strategic direction, to FAO member countries and partners, for the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security programmes. The goal is to enhance the resilience of livelihoods against threats and emergencies to ensure the FNS of vulnerable farmers, fishers, herders, foresters and other at risk groups
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April 2013
108 p, ill
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Development/ Humanitarian; inclusive disaster response; Programme/ Project; programmes and projects; Health; social determinants of health; Politics government and economics; government and politics; Disability and social diversity; vulnerable groups; Information & knowledge; knowledge development; Livelihoods; career development; good practices; Disability and community; capacity building
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