Agricultural policies and risk management strategies.what solution for guarantee food security

Natural disasters and climate shocks are major factor driving emergency levels of food insecurity. Studies on risks have underlined that poor household are less able to satisfy their basic needs when faced with unexpected shocks. Despite the importance of food security especially in developing countries where large share of population relies on agriculture for their livelihood, the scientific community has not completely considered the role of the resilience capacity in order to curbing the negative impact of natural disasters. This paper contributes to understanding the validity of build a resilient food system to withstand shocks and stresses at different temporal and spatial level. In relation to that it has been necessary to highlight the agricultural concerns of natural disasters and risk management, and to introduce them to the factors determining the needs of build resilience. On these bases the methodology employs content analysis of selected scientific literature and reports of International Organizations in order to bring out the key issues for the adoption of resilience in the frame of strategies for guarantee food security. The results have shown that resilience could be the key, but it is required a holistic approach by reorganizing adapting and evolving into new configuration the adopted plans and policies.