The Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management(DRM) in the Agriculture1 Sector and Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)was developed under the leadership of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC),which identified the need for a common tool to foster the collaboration and coordination among its member states with regards to DRM and Climate Change Adaptation(CCA) in the agriculture sector.2. Moreover, the Strategy seeks to contribute to the CELAC Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025 (FNS-CELAC Plan) which considers in its fourth pillar the stable production and timely attention to disasters of socio-natural origin that may affect the availability of food; and to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction2015-2030.