THE RESILIENT LIVELIHOOD ACTION TO COVID-19 (RLAC-19)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
With funding from IFAD, SADAR implemented an 18-month long Resilient Livelihood Action to COVID-19 (RLAC-19) project in Somalia in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Federal Government of Somalia for the period October 2020 to June 2022
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The project’s goal was to reduce small-scale producers’ vulnerability and enhance resilience to Covid-19 shocks of their livelihoods in the target areas. The project targeted a total of (4200 HH) of agro-pastoral communities in Puntland State (Qardho, Northern Galkacyo and Iskushuban Districts) and Galmudug State (Southern Galkacyo, Adado District and Hobyo Districts). The beneficiaries in the 6 target districts were all agropastoral except in Hobyo district which is predominantly a fishing community.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
The project consisted of three components.
Component 1: Support to Agricultural Production.
Component 2: Support to the Functionality of Food Supply Chains and Post-Harvest Losses Reduction.
Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring &Evaluation and Knowledge Management
The project reached a total of 4319 HHs which included 2391 HHs in Galmudug State and 1928 HHs in Puntland state. In all the project target areas 12250 MIH, 12000 farm inputs were distributed along with 7,657 livestock and 1750 livestock feeds. In Hobyo districts the beneficiaries received 80 Cooler boxes, 200 fishing ropes and 200 fishing nets
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS TRAINING
Working with the respective technical staff from the ministries, the project team rolled out Customized Content for (3) day training sessions with all the 2112 beneficiary households on the following four subjects: (1) Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), (2) Animal Husbandry Skills, (3) Pest and Disease Control and (4) Business Skills and Bookkeeping. Staff trained beneficiary groups on Post-harvest loss for horticulture and grain in Puntland (Qardho, Iskushuban, North Galkacyo) and Galmudug (Hobyo, Adaado and South Galkacyo) States of Somalia. The training was attended by 120 participants drawn from agropastoral farmer associations in Puntland and Galmudug (47 females and 73 males) farmers from 8 farmer associations in the target area. The Participants from Hobyo who were fishermen and had received post- harvest loss training focused on fishing activities.
OUTCOMES:
The project achieved its objectives by maintaining and improving agricultural productive capacity of small-scale producers in the targeted areas through the availability of inputs, enabling a safe and sustainable food systems and market linkages supported through continued and improved supply chains and market access.
The total project target number of beneficiary household (HH) were 4200 HH. With the Minimum Integrated Packages per HH and in-depth community and government consultations, the project directly reached 4319 households making the total for both the original and additional beneficiaries 120% more than the original project target beneficiary households.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
With funding from IFAD, SADAR implemented an 18-month long Resilient Livelihood Action to COVID-19 (RLAC-19) project in Somalia in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Federal Government of Somalia for the period October 2020 to June 2022
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The project’s goal was to reduce small-scale producers’ vulnerability and enhance resilience to Covid-19 shocks of their livelihoods in the target areas. The project targeted a total of (4200 HH) of agro-pastoral communities in Puntland State (Qardho, Northern Galkacyo and Iskushuban Districts) and Galmudug State (Southern Galkacyo, Adado District and Hobyo Districts). The beneficiaries in the 6 target districts were all agropastoral except in Hobyo district which is predominantly a fishing community.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
The project consisted of three components.
Component 1: Support to Agricultural Production.
Component 2: Support to the Functionality of Food Supply Chains and Post-Harvest Losses Reduction.
Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring &Evaluation and Knowledge Management
The project reached a total of 4319 HHs which included 2391 HHs in Galmudug State and 1928 HHs in Puntland state. In all the project target areas 12250 MIH, 12000 farm inputs were distributed along with 7,657 livestock and 1750 livestock feeds. In Hobyo districts the beneficiaries received 80 Cooler boxes, 200 fishing ropes and 200 fishing nets
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS TRAINING
Working with the respective technical staff from the ministries, the project team rolled out Customized Content for (3) day training sessions with all the 2112 beneficiary households on the following four subjects: (1) Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), (2) Animal Husbandry Skills, (3) Pest and Disease Control and (4) Business Skills and Bookkeeping. Staff trained beneficiary groups on Post-harvest loss for horticulture and grain in Puntland (Qardho, Iskushuban, North Galkacyo) and Galmudug (Hobyo, Adaado and South Galkacyo) States of Somalia. The training was attended by 120 participants drawn from agropastoral farmer associations in Puntland and Galmudug (47 females and 73 males) farmers from 8 farmer associations in the target area. The Participants from Hobyo who were fishermen and had received post- harvest loss training focused on fishing activities.
OUTCOMES:
The project achieved its objectives by maintaining and improving agricultural productive capacity of small-scale producers in the targeted areas through the availability of inputs, enabling a safe and sustainable food systems and market linkages supported through continued and improved supply chains and market access.
The total project target number of beneficiary household (HH) were 4200 HH. With the Minimum Integrated Packages per HH and in-depth community and government consultations, the project directly reached 4319 households making the total for both the original and additional beneficiaries 120% more than the original project target beneficiary households.