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Full title of the project:

Emergency support to smallholder farmers affected by El Niño in Southern Africa

Target areas:

Southern Africa – Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar

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Contribution:

USD 5 839 416

01/10/2016-30/09/2017

Project code:

OSRO/SFS/603/UK

Objective:

To improve the food and nutrition security of vulnerable households, while protecting and restoring agriculture-based livelihood opportunities.

Key partners:

Government ministries, NGOs

Beneficiaries reached:

181 292 households (906 460 people) – about 55% were headed by women.

Activities implemented:

Provided 84 762 households with the means to produce crops and vegetables, through direct distribution or seed fairs, depending on the context.
Organized training for over 36 000 lead farmers, farmers, extension workers, school teachers and other stakeholders on good practices for crop, vegetable and livestock production.
Protected and improved livestock production activities among 96 530 families through animal vaccinations, provision of supplementary feed and water troughs, and restocking.
Conducted regional training on the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards.
Provided continued support to coordination of El Niño response interventions at subregional and country level.
Commissioned a review of existing agriculture, food and nutrition security information systems in the subregion and, based on this, organized a learning visit to Zambia.
Contributed to the development of the Southern African Development Community’s Regional Vulnerable Assessment Committee 2017 programme of work.
Supported the roll out of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in the subregion.

Impact:

Contributed to increased food availability and strengthened the livelihood asset base of targeted vulnerable households.
In Lesotho, beneficiaries’ attained maize yields of 1.4 tonnes per ha and in Malawi around 1 tonne per ha. In Madagascar, maize and sorghum yields were 0.70 tonnes per ha and 0.38 tonnes per ha, respectively.
91 percent of the households in target areas were found to be food secure as defined by the food consumption score
Strengthened regional and national capacity to effectively respond to livestock-based needs in crises.