FAO Regional Office for Africa

Zimbabwe Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP): Climate Smart Agriculture for Improved Productivity, Nutrition and Income Security for Smallholder Farmers in Food and Nutrition Insecure Districts

Zimbabwe Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP): Climate Smart Agriculture for Improved Productivity, Nutrition and Income Security for Smallholder Farmers in Food and Nutrition Insecure Districts

 

Starting date:  13 December 2013     

Ending date:     31 December 2020

Project Objective:

The Livelihoods and Food Security Programme, (LFSP) contributes to several strategic objectives of FAO, but mainly contributes toward achievement of agricultural productivity, fisheries and forestry with economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Country: Zimbabwe

Donor: United Kingdom

Strategic priority area:

Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable

Total Budget: 67 758 238 Dollars

Sustainable Agriculture for Economic Resiliency (SAFER) Project in South Sudan

Sustainable Agriculture for Economic Resiliency (SAFER) Project in South Sudan

 

Starting date:    6 August 2017  

Ending date:      3 August 2020

Project Objective:

The overall goal of the proposed project is to improve the resilience of households, communities and agriculture systems in stressed and crisis level of food insecure regions of South Sudan. The specific outcome of the project is to increase household food and nutrition security and income through increasing production and diversification of livelihoods in a manner, which contributes to sustainability and fosters peaceful co-existence.

Country: The Republic South Sudan

Donor: United States of America

Strategic priority area:

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Total Budget: 37 807  562 Dollars

Technical assistance to the expansion phase of Nigeria’s national programme for food security

Technical assistance to the expansion phase of Nigeria’s national programme for food security

 

Starting date:    1 June 2007        

Ending date:      31 December 2020

Project objective:

To improve national and household food security and contribute to rural poverty reduction.

Country: Nigeria

Donor: Nigeria

Strategic priority area:

Contribute to the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

Total Budget: 19 640 250 Dollars

Sawlog Production Grant Scheme

Sawlog Production Grant Scheme

 

Starting date:    24 December 2019          

Ending date:      23 July 2020

Project objective:

Increasing sustainable supply of high quality saw logs (timber and poles) produced by the private sector, and expand processing and utilization in Uganda

Country: Uganda

Donor: European Union

Strategic priority area:

Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable

Total Budget: 16 931 217 Dollars

Restoring and promoting sustainable agriculture based livelihoods for food security, employment and nutrition improvement in Borno State

Restoring and promoting sustainable agriculture based livelihoods for food security, employment and nutrition improvement in Borno State

 

Starting date:    1 February 2018               

Ending date:      31 January 2021

Project objective

To improve food security, nutrition and resilience of conflict-affected populations of Borno State

Country: Nigeria

Donor: European Union

Strategic priority area:

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Total Budget: 13 867 621 Dollars

Soutien à la RDC - Système National de Surveillance des Forêts (CAFI)

Soutien à la RDC - Système National de Surveillance des Forêts (CAFI)

 

Starting date:    1 January 2017  

Ending date:      31 December 2020

Project objective:

To provide the Democratic Republic of Congo with a National Forest Monitoring System (SNSF) capable of meeting the requirements of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNCAC)

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Donor: UNDP Administered Donor Joint Trust Fund

Strategic priority area:

Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable

Total Budget: 10 000  003 Dollars

Support to agricultural value chains and livelihood recovery and diversification for resilience in North and South Kivu

Support to agricultural value chains and livelihood recovery and diversification for resilience in North and South Kivu

 

Starting date:    15 December 2017          

Ending date:      14 December 2020

Project objective

To strengthen food security and smallholder farmers' livelihoods to support peace and stabilization in the targeted area.

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Donor: Germany

Strategic priority area:

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Total Budget: 12 477 485 Dollars

Réponse d`urgence et d`appui à des populations vulnérables dans les zones à risque du Burkina Faso

Réponse d`urgence et d`appui à des populations vulnérables dans les zones à risque du Burkina Faso

 

Starting date:    1 June 2018        

Ending date:      31 May 2020

Project objective

Reduce food insecurity and strengthen the resilience of households most affected by the 2017-2018 drought

Country: Burkina Faso

Donor: Sweden

Strategic priority area

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Total Budget: 9 500 000 Dollars

Renforcement de la Productivité des Productions Végétales et Animales á Djibouti (Re.Pro.VA)

Renforcement de la Productivité des Productions Végétales et Animales á Djibouti (Re.Pro.VA)

 

Starting date:    2 January 2018  

Ending date:      31 January 2022

Project objective:

The project aims to increase the capacity of agro-pastoralists through a deconcentrated technical assistance network developed from the central level, through the sub-directorates, then with the involvement of cooperatives and other organizations present in rural areas.

This network will provide better access to inputs and production services adapted to the needs, better control of irrigation water, and better capacity for processing products and their marketing.

Country: Djibouti

Donor: European Union

Strategic priority area:

Reduce rural poverty

Total Budget: 7 453 409 Dollars

Regional pests and pesticides management and capacity building of the Comité Permanent Inter-etats de la Lutte contre la Secheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) Member States (FSP)

Regional pests and pesticides management and capacity building of the Comité Permanent Inter-etats de la Lutte contre la Secheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) Member States (FSP)

 

Starting date:    1 April 2015        

Ending date:      30 June 2020

Project objective:

The project objective is to eliminate the existing obsolete pesticides, including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and associated wastes, remediate contaminated sites and strengthen the capacity for sound pesticides management at regional and national levels in order to prevent future accumulation.

Country: Inter Regional

Donor: European Union

Strategic priority area:

Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable

Total Budget: 7 450 000 Dollars

Aide et production alimentaire et amélioration de la résilience des ménages déplacés/retournés, familles d’enfants malnutris et familles hôtes victimes des conflits armés et intercommunautaires du Grand Kasaï

Aide et production alimentaire et amélioration de la résilience des ménages déplacés/retournés, familles d’enfants malnutris et familles hôtes victimes des conflits armés et intercommunautaires du Grand Kasaï

 

Starting date:    15 December 2017          

Ending date:      31 January 2019

Project objective:

The populations most affected by the crisis and displacement have means to improve their living conditions and their food and nutritional security

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

Donor: Belgium

Strategic priority area:

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Total Budget: 4 711 200 Dollars

Assistance d’urgence au renforcement des moyens d’existence et de la sécuritaire alimentaire et nutritionnelle

Assistance d’urgence au renforcement des moyens d’existence et de la sécuritaire alimentaire et nutritionnelle

 

Starting date:    15 March 2018  

Ending date:      14 March 2020

Project objective:

Provide emergency assistance to strengthen the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of returnee displaced and relocated internally displaced persons in the Central African Republic.

Country: Central African Republic

Donor: European Union

Strategic priority area:

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Total Budget: 4 045 171 Dollars

Promoting Decent Rural Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Agribusiness

Promoting Decent Rural Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Agribusiness

 

Starting date:    1 April 2018        

Ending date:      31 October 2020

Project objective:

Rural young women and men in Benin, Cameroon, Malawi and Niger have greater opportunities for entrepreneurship and enterprise development opportunities and access to decent farm and non-farm employment'

Country: Regional Africa

Donor: African Solidarity Trust Fund-Multilateral

Strategic priority area:

·         Contribute to the eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition

·         Enable more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems

·         Reduce rural poverty

·         Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable

Total Budget: 4 000 000 Dollars

Support Towards the Operationalization of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP)

Support Towards the Operationalization of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP)

 

Starting date:  30 November 2018

Ending date:    31 August 2021

Project Objective:

The overall objective of this action is to accelerate progress towards implementation of SADC regional integration, which focuses on: i. enhancing information on agricultural production, sustainability and competitiveness for evidence-based decision-making; and, ii. improving access to markets through implementation of plant and animal pest and disease control strategies at the regional level

Countries: Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), namely:  Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Donor: European Union

Strategic priority areas: 

Make agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable

Enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems

Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises

Technical quality, statistics and cross-cutting themes

Total Budget: 6.2 million Euro