The present paper was prepared by FAO to contribute to the objectives of the Global
Assessment Report 2015 (GAR15), namely to determine to what degree the Hyogo Framework
for Action (HFA) has been fit for purpose, and to identify improvements both in the content and
the indicators of the successor framework to the HFA (HFA2) that will be adopted in 2015. In
particular, the paper focuses on reviewing the progress achieved against HFA Priority for Action
(PA) 1, and specifically the progress in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) within the
agriculture sector. The review focuses on the following core indicators of the HFA: