Objective: Improved food security, nutrition, and livelihoods of over 54,000 smallholder farmers vulnerable to climate-related shocks in Ethiopia by 2024.

Funded by the World Food Programme, the proposed activities will be delivered in line with the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative results framework, with the overall goal of contributing to improved food security, nutrition and livelihoods of smallholder farmers vulnerable to climate-related shocks by 2024.

The programme activities will focus on four components, focused around risk:

• Risk Reduction: Improved natural resource management and disaster risk reduction through asset rehabilitation and creation.
• Risk Transfer: Assist farmers in coping with, and recovering more quickly from, extreme climate events.
• Risk Retention: Strengthen financial literacy, savings capacity of food insecure households.
• Prudent Risk Taking: Enhanced access for smallholder famers to to microloans, credit and technical assistance to diversify and increase their incomes.

This will include:

• Access to index insurance products, loans and fuel-efficient stoves,
• Rehabilitation/creation of natural and physical community assets,
• Establishment of committees for community maintenance of natural/physical assets,
• Use of improved agricultural techniques to better face climate shocks,
• Organisation of Village Economy and Savings Associations,
• Market linkages.

Beneficiaries: 54,000 Households

Objective: The overall objective of the project is to contribute to better livelihoods and sustained food security and nutrition of vulnerable smallholder farmers through more sustainable, inclusive, equitable and resilient food systems in Asagirt and Kindo Koysha in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia’s food system is under great pressure both from non-climate stressors (e.g., population growth) and climate change. This project is designed to transform the current food systems into systems that promote increased production of diversified and nutritious food, that generate sustainable income and employment opportunities, while maintaining and regenerating the natural environment.

Smallholder farmers in these woredas will be able to develop nutrient rich agricultural commodities, boosting production of major food crops and fruits, generate income and improve the natural environment (soil and degraded land) through adoption of a variety of CSA practices which will ultimately contribute for building a resilient food system that is inclusive and regenerative which will be achieved through promoting sustainable diversified food production and supply of nutrient dense foods and income, income generating opportunities, and strengthening of stakeholder collaboration and enabling environment while conserving the natural resource base and improve soil fertility. The project also works towards promoting viable income generating and selfemployment enterprises for the youth through building entrepreneurship skills, creating access to finance and improving market access.

15,000 direct beneficiaries

Objective: Increased food security and disposable income of smallholder households from dairy production in Ethiopia.

Dairy is one of the most promising farm enterprises for development, generating regular income for the farm households and providing a highly nutritious food, particularly for infants and lactating mothers thus reducing the problem of malnutrition among rural households.This project aimed to increase dairy productivity through adoption of climate-smart practices, breed improvement, availability of timely extension services, and promotion of livestock businesses into smallholder dairy farmers farming activities in two districts in Ethiopia.

The project will enable 2,000 dairy farm households in Abichu Gna’a and Siya Debrena Wayu districts to increase their income from dairy and to improve the nutritional status of 12,000 people through increased awareness on nutritious consumption of milk products.

2,000 direct beneficiaries (50% women)