Mitigating the impacts of the 2021 drought on the agricultural livelihoods of smallholder farmers in southern Angola
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Countries | Angola |
Start date | 01/09/2021 |
Status | Ongoing |
Recipient / Target Areas | Angola |
Budget | 425 000 USD |
Project Code | OSRO/ANG/100/CHA |
Objective / Goal | To mitigate the 2021 drought's impact on agriculture livelihoods from small farmers in three provinces, namely Cunene, Huila and Huambo, by ensuring climate smart agriculture-related inputs, technologies and knowledge. |
Beneficiaries | 18 350 |
Activities |
FAO's objective is to mitigate the 2021 drought's impact on the agricultural livelihoods of small farmers in Cunene, Huila, and Huambo by ensuring climate-smart agriculture-related inputs, technologies, and knowledge. The latter will directly contribute to food security since it will mitigate harvest losses by facilitating access to basic ad-hoc irrigation technologies. It will also trigger production and productivity by securing adequate and diverse seeds, tools, and plows for animal traction. And finally, it will protect the household's assets, namely animals, which are at risk due to transhumance movements. The concrete activities are organized around three outputs and refer to:
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