New, open-source tool to support resilience-building

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The Index for Risk Management (InfoRM) sheds new light on what drives crises — and what communities need in order to face them

27 November 2014, Rome – Each year millions of people dependant on agriculture, forestry and fisheries are confronted by droughts, floods, plant pests or animal diseases, and conflict.

FAO has recently teamed up with a coalition of 15 partner agencies to develop a new tool to help national governments and development and humanitarian organizations in their efforts to prevent and respond to such situations.