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Emergency support to smallholder farmers affected by El Niño in Southern Africa
Tags: LESOTHO, MALAWI, MADAGASCAR, SOUTHERN AFRICA, EL NIÑO-LA NIÑA, CROP PRODUCTION, VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, SEED FAIR, TRAINING, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY, RESOURCE PARTNERS, UNITED KINGDOM,
Full title of the project:
Emergency support to smallholder farmers affected by El Niño in Southern Africa
Target areas:
Southern Africa – Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar
Recipient:
Donor:
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.
OSRO/SFS/603/UK