Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu with devastating force on 13 March 2015. The Category 5 storm brought 250 km/hour winds, heavy rains and flooding that displaced thousands of people, flattened homes, destroyed critical infrastructure and caused extensive damage to agriculture. Initial assessments conducted across all six provinces showed that the cyclone’s damage to agriculture had been severe, extending to all aspects from cash crops to subsistence level farming. As part of the disaster response, FAO consulted with the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC) to identify households in need of urgent assistance and targeted them as priorities for seed distribution. FAO and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) then launched the ‘Emergency Support to Re-establish Food Security in Communities by Tropical Cyclone Pam Project’ to help families become food self-sufficient once again.