WFP policy on disaster risk reduction and management: building food security and resilience

This policy orients WFP in its activities to reduce disaster risk and build resilience through an approach that is consistent with WFP’s mandate, mission and comparative advantages and with the Hyogo Framework for Action. WFP’s disaster risk reduction policy focuses on building the resilience and capacity of the most vulnerable people, communities and countries, by working to ensure food security while reducing disaster risk and protecting and enhancing lives and livelihoods. This document also mentions the links between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, as well as gender and disaster risk reduction.