Livelihood security for smallholder farmers

Participants in the project are expected to adapt to and be prepared for the annually recurring and increasingly severe droughts through:

• Learning new farming methods
• Using drought-resistant seeds
• Training in livestock and poultry farming
• Improved crop storage, preparation and shelf-life extension
• Construction of rainwater catchment basins for irrigation of fields
• Promotion of alternative income strategies (small businesses, goat rearing, beekeeping) and of women's savings groups

Approximately 14,000 people in the Mirab Abaya region benefit from the measures.