Self Help Africa - Country Projects 2020

PROJECTS

2020

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CONTENTS

04. Ethiopia

26. Uganda

06. Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)

32. Local Seed Business Outscaling

06. Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs)

33. Climate Change: Striking a Balance – Developing a Green Economy around Lake Bunyonyi

07. MORE:DAIRY - Dairy for Development

34. MORE: Markets - Sustainable Livelihoods and Inclusive Markets for Refugees

08. MORE: MAIZE - Feed the Future - Maize Value Chain Development 09. Climate Change: Capacity Building of Farmer Training Centre 10. Climate Change: Strengthening & Scaling-up of rehabilitation of degraded lands and enhancement of livelihoods in Lake Ziway catchment 11. MF: Graduation Unleashing the productive capacity of poor people through Graduation Approach in Ethiopia of rehabilitation of degraded lands and enhancement of livelihoods in Lake Ziway catchment

34. Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience of smallholder farmers 35. Climate Change: Teso Youth and Women’s Livelihoods Programme 35. MORE: Honey Market-Oriented Rural Enterprise for Honey in Uganda 36. S EED: Market-driven scaling up and adoption of potato in Africa through a technology package combining market-driven, climate resilient, novel potato varieties with a seed system innovation

12. Eritrea

32. West Africa

14. Improved CSO capacity to support Community Sustainable Seed Systems and Improve Food Security in Eritrea (CSSS) 15. Improved CSO capacity to support Community Sustainable Seed Systems and Improve Food Security

40. Improved Governance and Access to Water and Sanitation, Togo

in Eritrea (CSSS)

40. Women and Youth’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship 41. Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship in Cashew Value Chain 41. Sustainable intensification of food production through

14. Kenya 18. MORE: Agri-Fi Kenya Challenge Fund 20. Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO) 21 Keringet Community Empowerment Project 22. Climate Smart Research and Innovation for Livestock Development in Kenya with a focus on Dairying 19. Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO)

20. Malawi 26. Better Extension Training Transforming Economic Return (BETTER)

Cover, left to right: Ethel Khundi (Malawi) Tirngo Girma (Ethiopia) Mary Ndlovu (Zambia) Florence Nyambura (Kenya) Zenebech Girma (Ethiopia) Rose Mutai (Kenya)

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resilient farming systems in West & North Africa

36. Zambia 44. Climate Change: Protecting and Restoring the Environment and Supporting the Emergence of a Resilient and Vibrant Economy in Kafue - PRESERVE Kafue 44. SEED: Community-based Seed Enterprises and Participatory Crop Improvement 45. Nutrition Sensitive Agri-Food Value Chains 46. Economic, Nutrition and Technical support for increased Economic Returns and PRofit In SustainablE agribusiness in Zambia: ENTERPRISE Zambia.

47. South Appeal for Humanitarian Aid

27. Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm

47. Project-Friendly Metrics and Technologies for Better Results in Nutrition-Sensitive Projects

28. Strengthening Teenagers’ Onwards Nutrition and Growth (STRONG)

41. Sustaining Enterprise Growth in Financial Association Project (SEGiFA)

29. Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi

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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)

Donor

Irish Aid

Total Budget

€806,695

Time Frame

2015 2019

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2020

Alemnesh Tereda, 28, and Marsenesh Lenina, 29, Injaffo Multi barley Coop, Gumer

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Irish League of Credit international Development Foundation

€420,000

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Jersey Overseas Aid Commission

€503,963

2020 2022

2018 2021

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caling up agricultural production, improving nutrition

Last year, the organisation was involved in implementing

security, developing new enterprise and market

close to a dozen development projects, all of which

opportunities for farmers, strengthening community-

are being undertaken in collaboration with local and/or

based seed production and building climate resilience, are

international partners.

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all key areas of Self Help Africa’s work in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

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MF: Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs)

MORE: MAIZE Feed the Future - Maize Value Chain Development

USAID Fintrac

€251,964

Climate Change: Capacity Building of Farmer Training Centre

Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA)

€264,862

Climate Change: Strengthening & Scaling up of rehabilitation of degraded lands and enhancement of livelihoods in Lake Ziway catchment

IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative

€340,065

MF: Graduation Unleashing the Productive Capacity of Poor People through Graduation Approach in Ethiopia

Irish Aid

€285,000

2018 2021

2019 2020

2019 2020

2019 2021

Implementing Partner

Programme Area

SOS Sahel, Farm Africa, Vita

SNNP region

Zonal Departments of Finance & Economic Cooperation and Departments of Cooperative Promotion

N/Shewa Zone of Amhara, N/Shewa Zone of Oromia and Guraghe Zone of SNNP regional states

Nesri Terign, Nano, Mendida, and Adere, Gordoma milk producers cooperative

Abichu Gna’a woreda, Oromia Region

Bako Bore Farmers’ Cooperative Union Ambo Farmers’ Cooperative Union

Ambo Zuria, Bako Tibe and Toke Kutaye Woredas, West Shewa zone of Oromia

Local Government

Oromia, Tigray, Amhara, and SNNP Regions

Ethiopia programmes

Programme

Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha -Jido Kombolcha District, Central Rift Valley, Lake Ziway catchment, Worja Woshgula Kebele and vicinity

Asagirt Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Amhara

Zulta Sifir, 35, Zemzem Medi, 24, Tenaye Moshe, 38

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climate-smart agriculture

Objective: To build the resilience and improve the food and nutrition security of 15,500 target households.

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thiopia is predicted to be one of the countries

Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs)

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Objective: To contribute to the development of a sustainable rural finance system and increase financial inclusion of smallholder farmers.

holding an account with a financial institution

under five are stunted. Despite being the biggest milk-

on infant and young child feeding practices. To promote the

producing region in Ethiopia, average yields in Oromia

nutritional benefits of milk and a diverse diet, 50 care group

remains far below potential. Insufficient inputs, use of poor

TadesseinLema Burqaaincluding RuSACCO, leaders are being trained the pictured basics outside of nutrition

animal feeding and husbandry practices, and poor access

the importance of dietary diversity, the consumption of

to markets are hampering the potential of the dairy value

dairy products for nutritional benefits, with a specific focus

chain. Addressing these challenges will revitalise the dairy

on infant and young child feeding practices. Practical

sector’s potential to improve the livelihoods of smallholder

demonstrations are also being delivered to train participants

communities in the area.

on cooking of local foods using different local recipes.

The MORE:DAIRY - Dairy for Development programme

Revitalising the dairy sector in Ethiopia has the potential

focuses on boosting rural livelihoods and nutrition by

to have a significant impact on both the income, food and

enhancing production techniques, strengthening value

nutrition security of smallholder communities.

The objective of this Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) project

financial sector is dominated by commercial banking, and

is to build the resilience and improve the food and nutrition

the coverage of these financial services is still extremely

security of 15,500 target households through the adoption

limited and concentrated in urban areas. Most rural and

of climate-smart agriculture practices.

remote areas of the country remain excluded or unbanked.

consecutive years of extreme drought, leading to

thiopia has one of the lowest levels of financial

and just 14% able to access credit. This is because the

Savings and Credit Cooperatives have better outreach A collaboration with SOS Sahel, Farm Africa and VITA, this

in rural parts of the country than commercial banks, with

CSA project started in June 2015. The project builds the

greater potential to serve the low-income and active poor

resilience of individuals, households and communities to

unbanked sections of the population.

climate extremes by: improving and diversifying livelihoods; developing community-based management systems of

For over a decade, Self Help Africa has supported

resources such as water, farmlands, communal land and

a network of Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives

forests; and embedding location-specific climate change

(RuSACCOs) to provide financial services to over 53,000

adaptation and mitigation into its development initiative.

people in Ethiopia. This has helped RuSACCOs members to develop on and off-farm enterprise, thereby increasing

The project also focuses on strengthening market access

income and food security for poor rural households.

and building the institutional capacity of community-

Building on the success of the first three phases of the

based organisations and business development service

RuSACCOs programme, in January 2020 SHA launched

providers. The aim is to effectively engage resource-poor

MF: Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives

farmers in the production of high-value crops and small

(RuSACCOs); a project which expanded its existing work

livestock, and also in the uptake of new production and

with four RuSACCO Unions and 370 RuSACCOs found in

processing technologies.

the 13 Woredas of the three target project Zones: North Showa-Amhara, North Showa-Oromia and Guraghe.

15,500 households

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

inclusion in the world, with only 22% of adults

widespread food insecurity in many parts of the country.

years. Since 2016, Ethiopia has experienced three

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most affected by climate change in the coming

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n the Oromia region of south-western Ethiopia, 75%

The project also aims to improve nutrition at the household

of the population live in poverty. Chronic and acute

and community level. 600 producers are being trained in

malnutrition are highly prevalent and 38.4% of children

milk utilisation and basic nutrition education, with a focus

Lume, Oromia, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia programmes

Ethiopia programmes

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chains and improving the genetics of dairy cows. The project is designed to build the skills and knowledge of farmers and local government on commercial dairy

Number of HouseHolds: 600

production, improve the genetics of local dairy herds, and facilitate access to market for dairy products.

In order to improve the productivity of dairy cows, 600 producers are being trained on improved breeding management practices, as well as herd health management.

The government’s district nursery is also being supported to produce improved fodder to increase access for producers.

The government’s Artificial Insemination (AI) service is being strengthened through the training of AI technicians and the

The project’s overall objective of promoting higher levels

provision of equipment. 600 producers can now access AI

of increasing financial inclusion through sustainable,

to improve the genetics of their heard.

community-owned financial institutions will be achieved through: enhanced governance and management capacity

The organisational and operational capacity of three dairy

of RuSACCOs and unions; growth in membership of

cooperatives is being increased through the provision

RuSACCOs and introduction of new products and services;

of equipment and training in milk hygiene testing and

and dissemination of lessons, approaches and good

processing, facilitation of links with local processors

practices.

and buyers and training in marketing, business plan

SHA has conducted tailored organisational capacity assessments and developed capacity-building plans for each of the unions. Training has been delivered on business planning, savings mobilisation, bookkeeping, leadership and

development, financial management and cooperative management. Value chain actors are also receiving gender training to address the barriers that women face in participating in the value chain.

management. Each union is also receiving ongoing mentoring support from a project officer with expertise in micro-finance.

Number of Households: 93,968 beneficiaries (50% Women) 06

Current membership plus average 10% growth per year projected.

Samuel Gizaw, Oromia Region, Abichu District, Mandida Village

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Climate Change: Capacity Building of Farmer Training Centre

Objective: To enhance the transfer, adoption and dissemination of Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) technology and practices to target farming communities.

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thiopia’s agricultural extension system is heavily

The Climate Change: Capacity Building of Farmer Training

dependent on Farmer Training Centres (FTCs)

Centre project is aimed at building the capacity of DAs and

and trained Development Agents (DAs) to provide

FTCs to enable them to disseminate information and training

extension support to farmers.

on improving soil fertility, one of the major constraints to agricultural productivity.

Despite the huge responsibility, their level of functionality varies greatly and most of the 12,500 FTCs that have

The project will also train Lead Farmers, further enhancing

been established over the last decade are not capable

the support available to smallholders by developing a

of providing the expected services to farmers at their full

community-based extension system that complements the

potential.

activities of DAs and FTCs.

Number of HouseHolds: 968 direct, 6,600 indirect

Asada Niguse (15, F), Meseret (11, F), Tomas (7, M), Tsion (4, F), Kebele in Butajra

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Ethiopia programmes

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MORE: MAIZE - Feed the Future - Maize Value Chain Development

Objective: To enable smallholder farmers to become better integrated into the maize value chain.

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Self Help Africa is working with Bore Bako and

These activities will help smallholders to increase the

Ambo Farmers’ Cooperative Unions (FCU) and their

volume, quality, and thereby value of maize aggregated

member cooperatives to enable smallholder farmers

and sold. They will also enhance smallholders’ capacity

to become better integrated into the maize value chain in

to engage in profitable maize marketing, and will build

Ambo Zuria, Bako Tibe and Toke Kutaye districts of the

the governance, business and leadership capacity of the

Oromia region.

unions and member cooperatives/farmers, helping to establish their position within the target communities as

Building on its Smallholder Support Scheme project

centres for aggregation, marketing and other services.

(2015-2018), the purpose of the Feed the Future project is to increase maize marketing and dietary diversity among members of the two unions and their member cooperatives.

Number of HouseHolds: 13,000

This will be achieved through training on post-harvest management practices, establishing a contract-based forward marketing system between farmers, targeted primary cooperatives and respective FCUs, training on marketing, facilitating business coaching for primary cooperatives, providing technical support on the set-up and management of revolving funds for threshers and the establishment of commercial threshing services, organising business to business meetings among maize value chain actors, providing business management and cooperative leadership training for the targeted FCUs and respective cooperative members, and creating linkages with local financial institutions.

Abede Gebre (45) and Tsedu Behutiyo (35), Ambelta Kebele

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Objective: To contribute to sustained food and nutrition security for chronically and transitory food insecure (vulnerable) rural households in rural Ethiopia

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ver the past two decades, Ethiopia has made

levels, supporting close to 8 million chronically food insecure

significant progress in reducing poverty, with the

people in designated PSNP woredas. The process of

headcount poverty rate declined from 46% in 1996

reducing vulnerability so that people can move off the PSNP

to 24% in 2016. Nonetheless poverty is still a challenge in

programme provision into more productive and resilient

Ethiopia has over 22 million people living below the national

livelihoods is popularly termed ‘graduation’. In other words,

poverty line. When poor people encounter shocks and

once the PSNP beneficiaries gain sufficient assets, they are

stress, they suffer from the direct effect of poverty and

expected to graduate from the programme.

hunger making them less productive and less able to earn a living. They are also forced to employ negative coping

The goal of this three-year project is to graduate 300

strategies such as reducing food consumption, selling

chronically food insecure households from the Productive

productive assets, and removing children from school.

Safety Net Program (PSNP) food support in Asagirt woreda

Ethiopia programmes

Ethiopia programmes

MF: Graduation Unleashing the productive capacity of poor people through Graduation Approach in Ethiopia of rehabilitation of degraded lands and enhancement of livelihoods in Lake Ziway catchment

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and strengthen their resilience to cope with income and

Hajat Ahmed, 47, Nuredin Shati, 65, with their children, Tehula Kebele

The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has been implementing a

food related shocks by building on these five core elements:

social protection program, called the Productive Safety Net

consumption support, savings, asset transfer, technical

Programme (PSNP) since 2005.

skills training, and regular life skills coaching.

The PSNP is a large-scale social protection intervention aimed at improving food security and stabilising asset

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Climate Change: Strengthening & Scaling-up of rehabilitation of degraded lands and enhancement of livelihoods in Lake Ziway catchment

Number of Households: 600 and 150,000 ha degraded land rehabilitated

Objective: The goal of the project is to contribute to livelihood improvement and the establishment of financially viable governance structures for sustainable land & water management in the Ziway-Shala Basin.

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he Lake Ziway catchment is located in the Central

This project aims to rehabilitate highly degraded areas

Rift Valley which is one of the most environmentally

into productive units of land, creating alternative livelihood

vulnerable areas of Ethiopia. The lake itself has

for the local communities and relieving pressure on land

been degraded as a result of both natural processes

and water resources. The project also aims to build good

and human activities over the past three decades. As a

relations among companies, communities, government

result of increased land degradation over time, agricultural

and Civil Society Organisations operating in this critical

productivity has decreased and worsened food insecurity

landscapes. The outputs of the project include 150,000

and poverty for the people living around that area. The Lake

ha of degraded land rehabilitated, 600 households with

Ziway catchment is also very vulnerable to climate change

diversified livelihood options and income sources, improved

and frequent drought as they encompass areas of dry land

capacity of communities and Local Government to manage

zone. If current trends continue, there is a threat that Lake

natural resources and Improved smallholder access to

Ziway will dry up completely.

services.

Number of Households: 600 and 150,000 ha degraded land rehabilitated Tekleye Gebre, Asnakech Alemu,Dagne, Meseret, Sosina, Million, Tihtina, Oromia Region, Abichu District, Gabisaa village

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2020

Farmer, Eritrea

eritrea

Donor

Total Budget

Time Frame

Implementing Partner

Programme Area

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Improved CSO capacity to support Community Sustainable Seed Systems and Improve Food Security in Eritrea (CSSS)

European Commission

501,213

2019 ­ 2023

Vita (lead partner)

Debub, Maekel and Anseba Zobas (regions), Eritrea

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Climate Smart Agriculture Research and Innovation Support for Dairy Value Chains (DeSIRA)

European Commission

â‚Ź4,248,057

2020

Teagasc (lead partner) and Vita, UCD, UCC, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)

Debub, Maekel and Anseba Zobas (regions), Eritrea

2024

eritrea programmes

eritrea

Khadija Kuroi, Machanga, Kenya.

Programme

PROJECT KEY

Seed Enterprises for Equitable Distribution Climate Smart Agricultural Research and Innovation Support for Dairy Value Chains

E R I T R E A Asmara

Extensive Agriculture and Savanna Forest, Rainforest, Swamp Barren Desert

Beatrice Abukayot at her farm in Teso South, Busia, Kenya, 2018.

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Smallholder farmers, Eritrea.

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Climate Smart Agriculture Research and Innovation Support for Dairy Value Chains (DeSIRA)

Objective: Contribute to enhanced income and gender equitable livelihoods for smallholder dairy producers and other dairy value-chain actors through increased and sustained production and sale of high-value dairy products.

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his project has been designed based on the need

In Eritrea, the dairy sector is seriously constrained by

to bring about an inclusive, sustainable and climate-

fodder and water shortages leading to a low-quality

relevant transformation of the Eritrean dairy value

national herd which is unable to contribute the income and

chain to enhance food and nutrition security, reduce

nutritional benefits normally associated with livestock

poverty, and create job opportunities for young people by

farming.

improving access of the rural poor to innovation and new technologies and by strengthening the capacity of national

This project aims to improve the productivity and profitability

innovation support services.

of the diary sector, develop dairy value chains in each of the three host Zobas: Debub, Anseba, and Mackel. In

Eritrea programmes

Eritrea programmes

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doing so, the project aims to increase dairy consumption for its nutritional benefits.

800 producer households (approximately 4,000 people) and an estimated 50 academic/scientific staff at research and educational institutes, some 1500 DAs and 320 SMSs, of which 20% will be women,

Smallholder farmer, Eritrea.

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Improved CSO capacity to support Community Sustainable Seed Systems and Improve Food Security in Eritrea (CSSS)

THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS:

Objective: To improve access to good quality seed in the Debub, Maekel and Anseba Regions

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his project aims to contribute to a future in

This four-year seed enterprise project led by Vita is seeking

which smallholder farmers are empowered and

to improve access to good quality seed for potatoes and

capacitated to successfully use crop diversity

cereals for 10,000 rural farming families in the Debub,

to ensure their food security and that of their

• 5,600 net equivalent jobs created • 20,000 cassava farmers linked to market opportunities • 65 aggregation centres supported

Maekel and Anseba regions of Eritrea.

• Building capacity of 14 micro, small and medium enterprises and cooperatives

communities, to thrive in challenging conditions and to make their farms resilient.

The purpose is to strengthen the informal seed sector, empower farmers, and develop viable seed businesses

The existing seed systems in Eritrea are largely informal and

in the region. This will enable communities to adapt to

the quality of the seeds is poor. The yields from cereal and

changing climate by promoting better natural resource

potato are very low, despite huge potential, and this poses a

management and soil fertility management.

major challenge to food and income security of the farmers and the wider community.

500 local seed growers (400 cereal and 100 potato growers) and 10,000 subsistence farmers (8,000 cereals, 2,000 potato in Debub, Maekel and Anseba regions.

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Cattle Farmer, Eritrea

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Total Budget

Time Frame

Implementing Partner

Programme Area

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MORE: Agri-Fi Kenya Challenge Fund

European Commission

€ 24,434,796

2018 ­ 2022

Imani development Ltd. (IDL)

Nationwide with a focus on arid and semi-arid lands

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Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO)

European Commission

€ 5,500,000

2019

Farming Systems Kenya

Tiaty, baringo north and Mogotio subcounties in baringo county

MORE: Cassava - Cassava Aggregation - Supporting Smallholder Agriculture and Value Addition (CASSAVA)

European Commission

UCRC (Ugunja Community Resource Centre), Ustadi Foundation, RhEAL Solutions, Rafiki Micro-finance Bank, and Trutrade

Coastal and Western Regions

2024

Josphine Nyakio Kariuki, Kiambu County.

She sells her milk to Ndumberi Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society (Funded by AgriFI).

Agnes Amelia Awoch, Lele village, West Kisumu, Countu Kisumu

elf Help Africa in Kenya works with smallholder

SHA works with smallholder farmers, farmer groups and

farmers to move them from subsistence to

associations across the country, including in the arid and

commercialisation through a range of projects - from

semi-arid areas to address food security and nutrition

malawi

supporting those in extreme poverty, to assisting enterprise zambia

Donor

development and business partnerships.

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challenges, and link farmers to markets through a farming as a business approach.

€ 7,517,496

2016 2022

kenya programmes

2020

Khadija Kuroi, Machanga, Kenya.

Programme

burkinafaso

ghana

KENYA kenya

togo

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Climate Smart Research and Innovation for Livestock Development in Kenya with a focus on Dairying

€472 ,922

2019 2022

Teagasc, Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), Greenfield International(GI)

Naivasha, Kenya

Workers at RealIPM in Thika.

AgriFI has given RealIPM funds to manufacture biofertilizer for smallholder farmers.

Beatrice Abukayot at her farm in Teso South, Busia, Kenya, 2018.

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Jescah Imukulon Anyiko, Kenya

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MORE: Agri-Fi Kenya Challenge Fund

MORE: Agri-Fi Kenya Challenge Fund (continued)

Objective: To improve integration of smallholder farmers/pastoralists in climate-smart value chains.

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ORE: Agri-FI Kenya Challenge Fund is a €24 million five-year agri-business support programme that is part of the European Union’s

Agriculture Financing Initiative programme. It supports productive, adapted and market-integrated smallholder

There will be a focus on: •

practices; •

Participation of groups that are often excluded, including women and rural youth. They will have

agriculture, including a contribution to the Africa

opportunities to participate, and profit from doing

Investment Facility.

business across the value chain through input supply, production, processing, aggregation, marketing and

It supports productive, adapted and market-integrated

retail.

smallholder agriculture, including a contribution to the Africa Investment Facility.

Promoting environmentally sustainable farming

At the heart of AgriFI is an €18 million Challenge Fund which will be invested in supporting enterprise

100,000 smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practice

development projects.The Fund awards grants that need to

environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture

be matched by the applicants, to support agri-businesses,

as a business in inclusive value chains.

NGOs and other entities to use market-based approaches to tackle particular development challenges.

households to move from subsistence farming to a more business-oriented approach.

AgriFI is backed by contributions from international, public,

a private economic development consultancy, focusing

private and civil society interests. The Challenge Fund

on three specific thematic areas:

is financed by the European Commission (90%), and by

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Climate-smart agricultural inputs

•

Agri-processing and aggregation

•

Nutrition

SlovakAid and Self Help Africa (10%).

As part of a blended financing model, the programme supports Challenge Fund applicants to leverage investment

The funded projects are required to support businesses in a wide

from European Investment Bank (EIB) partner institutions.

variety of undertakings, including farmer training on climate adaptation, capacity development of cooperatives, equipment investments, improving quality standards, participatory research and marketing and branding investments,

The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of

Over five years (2018-2022), AgriFI will assist smallholder

Self Help Africa is collaborating with Imani Development,

among others.

The AgriFI project seeks to explore and address some of the barriers to women’s participation, together with the question of access and control of resources. It provides training both to farmers’ organisations and to community-based organisations.

• 100,000 total direct beneficiaries

kenya programmes

kenya programmes

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• 10,000 net equivalent jobs created • 50 agri-businesses supported (to increase turnover by at least 25%) • 15 trade associations supported

The primary challenge is to increase the integration of small-scale farmers and semi-nomadic pastoralists, who are frequently excluded from agri-value chains. Business models have smallholders as suppliers of agri-products or customers requiring inputs, finance and equipment.

Real IPM Factory Worker

THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS:

• 70% increase in smallholder/ • 100,000 smallholders/ pastoralist production pastoralists integrated in various agricultural value chains • At least 20,000 hectares under climate-smart land management • Turnover increase of at least practices 25% for at least 50 agrienterprises • 15 trade associations Simon Unditi, farmer using Real IPM products

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• 10,000 jobs created

strengthened • 600,000 livelihoods transformed

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kenya programmes

kenya programmes

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Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater Opportunity (BARINGO)

Objective: To improve access to food, nutrition and income security in northern Kenya.

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he Baringo Resilience Initiative: Nurturing Greater

The goal is to ensure that targeted households have

Opportunity (BARINGO) project is seeking to

improved access to extension services and diversified

contribute to food, nutrition and income security for

farming systems. At least 40,000 hectares of land will be

60,000 beneficiaries in northern Kenya.

under improved land management or fodder production.

The BARINGO project, which started in 2019, aims to

Due to the Desert Locust plague in East Africa, an

promote secure and sustainable livelihoods amongst

additional $40,000 was donated to respond to the crisis

individual households that are prone to drought in Baringo

in Baringo. The response includes training of farmers

County, enabling them to spread their risk and prevent

in pest management and identification, and assisting

production asset loss.

the government in its surveillance of affected areas and

Edna Ngeno, potato farmer, Keringet, Nakuru County

recovery.

Mitigating the effects of climate change and building community resilience, the project is seeking to increase the food, nutrition and income security of smallholder agro-

60,000 households

pastoralist and pastoralist households in Baringo County.

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KERINGET COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROJECT

Objective: MORE: To increase food and nutrition security, employment and income among 28,000 farming households.

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10,000 households will be supported to adopt productive, climate-resilient and nutrition-sensitive agriculture and livestock production activities.

assava is increasingly promoted by the government

The project is also addressing capacity gaps among

of Kenya due to its multiple uses as flour, starch,

cassava farmers, around knowledge of best-practice

and livestock feed, and its ability to provide food

cassava production. Self Help Africa and the Ministry of

throughout the year. However, the cassava sector remains

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, using the lead farmer

largely underdeveloped, and significant support is required

and Farmer Field School approaches, are training lead

to enable smallholder farmers to increase their incomes by

farmers to disseminate trainings to 28,000 smallholders

capitalising upon growing demand.

(at least 60% women), organised into business groups.

Farmers are being trained on good agricultural practices

To this end, Self Help Africa is leading a five-year programme,

and climate-smart agriculture and farming as a business -

funded primarily by the European Union, to strengthen the

including farm and market planning, enterprise profitability,

competitiveness of the cassava value chain in Kenya. Building

quality standards, aggregation, post-harvest management

on previous work funded by the Walmart Foundation and Irish

and value addition.

Aid, which reached 12,000 households, the current project scales this to 28,000 farmers (including 60% women) in the

In line with the programme’s value chain approach, Self

Western, Nyanza, Eastern and Coastal regions of Kenya. The

Help Africa is investing in the development of cooperatives,

programme is being implemented with local NGOs Ugunja

which enable farmers to bulk their produce, reduce input

Community Resource Centre (UCRC), RhEAL Solutions and

costs and provide marketing and market linkages. The

USTADI, TruTrade, and Rafiki Microfinance Bank.

cooperatives are also linked to financial institutions, in particular Rafiki Microfinance Bank, who provide working

THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS: • 5,600 net equivalent jobs created • 20,000 cassava farmers linked to market opportunities • 65 aggregation centres supported

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• Building capacity of 14 micro, small and medium enterprises and cooperatives Ruth Mutua, Marisi border Ngomeni & Kyuso ward, Kitui County, Kenya

This project – MORE: Cassava - Cassava Aggregation:

capital and support further expansion. The programme has

Supporting Smallholder Agriculture and Value Addition -

also supported Rafiki Microfinance Bank to develop suitable

is facilitating the availability of quality-declared cassava

loan products for the different actors along the cassava

planting material, working with the Kenya Agriculture and

value chain.

Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) to promote farmer production of quality cassava stems.

SHA is training seed producers on stem production,

28,000 households (16,800 women, 11,200 men)

soil fertility, field management, pest and disease control, harvesting and post-harvest handling, processing and storage

Richard Ngerich (son), in Kyogong , Bomet County, Kenya.

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kenya programmes

Richard Ngetich (37), Njerian village, bomet County

Climate Smart Research and Innovation for Livestock Development in Kenya with a focus on Dairying

04

Objective: The goal of this project is to develop a new cattle breeding programme and the creation and implementation of innovative climate smart systems that increase productivity and reduce greenhouse gases..

C

urrently in Kenya, the dairy sector depends on the

Lastly, through the development of an Innovation Hub in

importation of cattle for breeding which are bred

support of the dairy value chain, we aim to build capacity

for high milk yields based on the feeding of high-

in forage-based production technology through existing

quality concentrates. Given the quality of the feed resource

extension networks with a specific focus on inclusion of

in the Kenyan system, these imported animals perform

women and young farmers.

poorly in terms of milk productivity; produce high levels of enteric methane production (due to a large number of low

The improved dairy farm systems will lead to better

productivity animals); and provide low profitability.

farm-level profitability, giving farmers at all stages of development an economic incentive to adopt and

This project will develop a new cattle breeding programme

continue to use more economically and environmentally

with a focus on farm profitability through use of improved

efficient farming practices. Improved income on dairy farms

forages, which can mitigate emissions and improve

greatly helps the local rural economy (important for villages

resilience. We also aim to develop and demonstrate new

and small towns) as farms tend to spend their income

improved systems of production which can meet most of

locally.

the animal’s dietary requirement with forage, which is more reliant than traditional feed.

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Nancy Wanjiku (38) YMCA Centre Bondeni, Kenya

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2020

S

The overall programme goal, to support smallholder

Time Frame

Implementing Partner

Programme Area

01

Climate Change: Better Extension Training Transforming Economic Return (BETTER)

European Commission

€ 14,697,478

2018 ­ 2022

ActionAid, ADRA, Plan International, and Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)

02

Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm

World Bank, The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)

€ 127,000

2018 2020

Malawi Ministry of Balaka Dsitrict Agriculture, Orbas Consulting, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering

Strengthening Teenagers’ Onwards Nutrition and Growth (STRONG)

USAID

$50,000

2020

Save the Children

Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi

The McKnight Foundation

Stella Malaitha, Kuma village, Malawi,

elf Help Africa directly implements projects in Malawi.

Total Budget

03

farming communities to achieve sustainable livelihoods,

Chitipa, Karonga, Mzimba, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Kasungu, Salima, Mulanje, Chiradzulu and Thyolo Districts.

Chitipa District

malawi programmes

Donor

Programme

2021

is in line with the Malawi government’s current Growth and Development Strategy II.

MALAWI

malawi

zambia

burkinafaso

04

€20,000

2020 2022

LUANAR, Gene Bank, Mzimba, Kasungu, Michigan State Ntcheu and University Chiradzulu Districts

ghana

kenya

togo

24

Nellie Mhango, Mabalani Village, GVH: Mwamtawali

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BETTER EXTENSION TRAINING TRANSFORMING ECONOMIC RETURN (BETTER)

Malawi programmes

malawi programmes

01

Objective: To increase resilience, food, nutrition, and income security of 402,000 smallholder farmers through sustainable agricultural growth in Malawi.

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mallholders produce approximately 80% of Malawi’s

These include: supporting Farmer Field school groups

food, and most of the population of rural Malawi are

to promote sustainable agricultural practices, including

dependent on rain-fed agriculture.

conservation agriculture and soil and water conservation; promoting the adoption of legume and small-scale

The food situation in Malawi has been worsened by El Niño,

vegetable production including backyard gardening,

which heavily affected the 2015-16 agricultural season.

integrating nutrition training and appropriate small-scale

Maize is the most significant crop for food security, but

irrigation technologies; and training of smallholder farmers

recent outputs have been well below the amount required

on diversification of crops, including early maturing varieties,

to meet national needs, underlining the need for crop

drought and flood tolerant crops.

diversification.

A key constraint for many farmers is access to information Up to 40% of the popultion of Malawi live with the threat

to guide their production decisions. Improved agricultural

of food-insecurity, with estimates in 2017 suggesting that

extension services provide farmers with the information

6.7 million people would not be able to meet their food

that they need to address their challenges and to exploit

requirements that year.

opportunities. They are important to enable Malawi’s

Female smallholders are especially vulnerable to food

farmers to significantly raise their productivity levels through

insecurity due to their unequal access to land and credit

sustainable agricultural practices.

and their disproportionate burden of labour.

Self Help Africa is also adopting new technologies to make The European Union-funded Better Extension Training

farming more efficient. To achieve this, farmers are being

Transforming Economic Return (BETTER) project is a

organised into Farmer Field School groups. These groups

collaboration between Self Help Africa, ActionAid Malawi,

involve farmer-led research to document and share best

Adventist Development and Relief Agency, Plan International

practices, training farmers in data collection and record

UK and the Evangelical Association of Malawi.

management, linking farmer groups to mobile phone-

Maize being infected by Fall Armyworm, Malawi.

Maize infected by Fall Armyworm, Malawi.

based information services on sustainable agricultural Crop diversification and improved adoption of alternative

methodologies, and developing community Early Warning

crops has been one of the government of Malawi’s key

Systems (EWS) in flood and drought-prone areas.

02

Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm

strategies to achieving food and income security. Malawi depends mainly on maize and tobacco for food and

These actions have been designed to contribute to

income security.

improving agricultural productivity in the targeted 10 KULIMA districts by improving capacity of smallholder

SHA are undertaking a number of activities to build

farmers to farm in a more effective manner, thus reducing

capacity among smallholder farmers to increase

their vulnerability to shocks.

production and efficiency.

402,000 smallholder farmers (including 241,201 women)

Objective: To contribute to the solution of the Fall Armyworm (FAW) problem by developing a tool for the detection of its hotspots.

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ood security in Malawi has been worsened by

This model will then be developed into a software tool to

the increasing prevalence of pests and diseases,

help public institutions, NGOs and commercial farmers to

including the emergence of the FAW affecting over

maximise the benefits of insecticide, manage yield losses,

600,000 smallholder farmers.

and adapt to climate change challenges.

The emergence of the FAW across Malawi and sub-

In the initial stages of this project, data will be collected at

Saharan Africa poses a critical continuous and recurrent

both satellite and field levels, this data will then be processed

threat to smallholder farmers across the continent.

and cleaned, and the model will then be built and optimised based on the baseline data to monitor any changes.

The Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm is being delivered by an innovative collaboration between: Self Help Africa, University College Dublin, and Orbas with the support of the relevant local government district authorities in Balaka district in Malawi.

The aim of the project is to create a model to detect and

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monitor Fall Armyworm outbreaks and severity.

Minus Nierenda, Zinganjara village, Malawi.

3,500 households in Balaka district (21,000 people) 50% women 27

Strengthening Teenagers’ Onwards Nutrition and Growth (STRONG)

malawi programmes

malawi programmes

03

Objective: The project’s objective is to generate evidence based information on improved adolescent nutrition integration approaches.

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TRONG is research project which aims to ascertain

The project will be delivered in Malawi where 35.3% of

the impact of school-based interventions versus

adolescents aged 15-19 years are anaemic, 15.6 %

community-based interventions on improving

adolescent girls are underweight and 7.1% are overweight.

adolescent nutrition knowledge and practices.

Despite poor nutrition of this age group, nutrition initiatives in Malawi have almost exclusively focused on children

The project responds to a gap SHA has identified in

under five and their caregivers.

knowledge on improving adolescent nutrition in low and middle income countries. This project will contribute to

The project’s goal is to strengthen nutrition intervention

knowledge on the most effective delivery platforms (school/

approaches at the household/community level, to better

peer to peer in Farmer Field Schools/a combination

inform activities to address nutrition in adolescents.

of both) that can augment the coverage of adolescent nutrition interventions in low income countries in order to better utilise limited resources in this area..

550 Households The project will be delivered in Chitipa District, Malawi and will be delivered through 5 primary schools and 10 Farmer Field Schools (FFS) which are community level structures.

Yohane Mboma- Karonga district, Malawi

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Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi

Objective: : To build capacity of smallholder farmers to produce and distribute quality seeds of selected food crop varieties (including maize, finger millet, common bean and chickpea) with preferred traits in their farming communities.

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his is a research project which aims to evaluate farmers’ preferences in their selections of seed, genotype seed varieties and assess farmer-managed

seed system.

Through this research SHA hopes to acquire a better understanding and awareness of farmer preferred crop varieties while increasing knowledge and skills for identification of preferred crop varieties by the farming communities.

The project also aims to improve the quality of farmer managed seed and enhance their availability and distribution within the local farming communities.

Queen Masukwa and her brother Edward, Zinganjara village.

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Patricia Twibe and daughter Sofiat Adam pictured in Mabanda village, Malawi

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01

2020

02

Donor

Total Budget

€110,406

Time Frame

SEED: Local Seed Business OutScaling

Wageningen, Irish Aid

2017

Climate Change Striking a Balance: Developing a Green Economy around Lake Bunyonyi Basin

The Haramead Trust, €619,092 The European Commission

2017

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Irish Aid and Harvest +

2018

Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience of Smallholder Farmers

Irish Aid

Climate Change: Teso Youth and Women’s Livelihoods Programme

UK Aid Match

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Danida Market Development

2020

Implementing Partner

Programme Area

Integrated Seed Sector Development Uganda

Eastern and Soutwestern Uganda

Kabale and Rubanda, Southwestern Uganda

2020

Maimuna Atim, Orungu District, Uganda.

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elf Help Africa works with and through local

We aim to be a catalyst, developing collaborative

community-based organisations, government

approaches to meet specific local needs through effective,

agencies, international NGOs, private sector

integrated and sustainable solutions.

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$555,967

Harvest +

Adjumani District, Uganda

2020

Kabale and Rubanda local governments, African International Christian Ministry (AICM)

Ngora, Amuria, Katakwi and Kaberamaido, NorthEastern region

2019

Voluntary Action for Development (VAD)

Kapelebyong sub-county, Amuria district of Teso subregion in North East Uganda

Golden Bees Limited, Swienty

East Acholi and Northern Karamoja sub regions in Northern Uganda– Kitghum, Lamwo and Moroto

2021

uganda programmes

Programme

partners and emerging social enterprises in Uganda.

In this way initiatives can continue without our support and These diverse partners all have huge potential in addressing

have the potential to grow. Our programmes clearly link

the country’s hunger and poverty. Self Help Africa believes

with the national agricultural strategies produced under

that the most effective role that we can play is in facilitating

the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries

partnerships that will bring partners together to serve the

(MAAIF) Development Strategy and Investment Plan.

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€207,200

2018

needs of underdeveloped rural communities.

malawi

UGANDA

05

£262,006

2021

zambia

burkinafaso

ghana

06

kenya

€1,072,345

2019 2021

togo

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Norah Alupo (30) and her son Ongaria Emmanuel, Kapelebyong, Teso, Uganda

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LOCAL SEED BUSINESS OUTSCALING

Objective: To increase food, nutrition and income security in smallholder households.

T

he uptake and utilisation of quality seed by

The project is building the capacity of local service providers

smallholder farmers in Uganda is still very low, with

to support the development of the groups. A capacity

over 85% depending on seed saved from previous

assessment of each group is conducted and action plans

Angela Atim, Kapelebyong, Teso, Uganda.

seasons. However, each time farmers save and plant

are developed to address the skills and knowledge gaps

seed from a previous season it loses vigour, resulting in

through continuous coaching on key aspects of technical

lower yields.

seed production and marketing.

The Local Seed Business Outscaling project aims to

LSBs are linked to other strategic partners such as research

increase quality seed uptake by establishing local seed

organisations for access to foundation seed, markets, credit

businesses that empower farmers to produce and market

and extension.

quality seed within their local communities.

Working in partnership with the Integrated Seed Sector Development Programme of Wageningen University, the project targets farmer groups that are entrepreneurial, and have experience in growing the crops for which they want to produce seed in 30 Local Seed Businesses (LSBs).

900 members of 30 Local Seed Businesses

On the road to Fulumina Busihgye’s, Uganda.

02

Climate Change: Striking a Balance – Developing a Green Economy around Lake Bunyonyi

Objective: To improve the institutional framework for sustainable environmental and economic management of Lake Bunyonyi through capacity building of local authorities.

L

ake Bunyonyi is a high-value natural resource for

Training will cover production of various crops suitable for

the predominantly rural populations of Kabale

cultivation in seasonal wetlands and surrounding farmland,

and Rubanda districts. The lake is also an area of

incorporating soil and water conservation practices such as

outstanding natural beauty and biodiversity, with significant

construction and reinforcement of terraces and drains, contour

potential to generate tourism revenue for the communities

ploughing, agro-forestry and cover cropping to help bring

living around it. Poverty and mounting population pressures

about sustained improvements in water infiltration, soil quality

have caused significant degradation of natural resources in

and fertility within the catchment, as well as reduce the risk

the lake basin, resulting in declining water availability, loss of

and potential impact of natural disasters such as mudslides.

uganda programmes

uganda programmes

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wildlife habitats and soil fertility, and posing a long-term threat to the income and food security of poor rural households.

To provide an alternative to livelihood activities that have a negative impact on the environment, 500 new jobs will be

Striking a Balance: Developing a Green Economy around

created in sustainable livelihood sectors including horticulture,

Lake Bunyonyi Basin will aim to improve the institutional

tree nurseries, beekeeping, mushroom production, small

framework for sustainable management of the Lake Bunyonyi

livestock and sustainable energy and tourism.

basin, through capacity building of local authorities. It will contribute to the inclusive and low-carbon economic

Businesses will benefit from opportunities for knowledge-

transformation of communities in the Lake Bunyonyi

sharing, and influencing the development of policies and

basin, generating sustainable economic growth, increased

bylaws governing the use of lake resources through the

employment, reduced poverty, improved nutrition, and

establishment of a ‘green business forum’. The action will

sustainable management of the environment.

promote branding and marketing of Lake Bunyonyi as an eco-tourism destination and will allow small traders and agri-

Self Help Africa will establish 12 Village Natural Resource

enterprises to gain business skills and improved access to

Management Committees in the most degraded areas

financial services and markets for their products.

around the lake. Their role will be to transfer knowledge on the sustainable use of natural resources to members of their wider communities. Members are drawn from a range of social groups, ensuring that the voices of those who depend on natural resources – including traditionally marginalised groups such as women, youth, persons with disabilities, and Batwa communities – are heard in the process of developing an integrated management plan for the lake.

The project will set up 20 Farmer Field Schools to provide ongoing training to 500 smallholder farmers on soil and water

1,000 individual members of rural communities 60% from marginalised groups including women, youth and Batwa communities

conservation practices.

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Angella Atim, Kapelebyong, Teso, Uganda.

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03

Objective: To improve food, nutrition and income security for 1,000 refugees and host communities in Adjumani District, northern Uganda

04

Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience of smallholder farmers

Objective: To create resilient, selfsustaining farming communities where poverty and hunger are reduced.

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through strengthening the livelihoods, nutrition and climate

Republic of the Congo (DRC). In response, the Government of

North Eastern Uganda.

s of January 2018, Uganda has become host to more than 1.4 million refugees (86% of whom are women and children). Over 600,000 of these arrived in 2017 alone as

a result of ongoing conflict in South Sudan and the Democratic Uganda has implemented an integrated settlements approach

he overall objective of this project is to create resilient, self-sustaining farming communities where poverty and hunger are reduced. This is being achieved

resilience of smallholder farmers in four districts of Teso,

through which refugees and host communities coexist and

Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience

share common services, along with a progressive Self-Reliance

of Smallholder Farmers promotes an integrated risk

Strategy that entitles refugees to a small plot of land on which

management approach to strengthening resilience and

to cultivate their own food as well as a starter kit to build a small

to sustainably increasing agricultural production and

house.

productivity. This will involve promoting the use of drought and pest-tolerant seeds, early maturing seed, livestock, and

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agro-forestry, as well as off-farm practices, including the

Markets for Refugees project aims to improve the food,

establishment of saving and loans groups, community early

nutrition and income security of refugees and host communities

warning system, and advocacy engagement.

in Adjumani, creating a pathway to self-sufficiency through the development of resilient livelihoods.

The project will organise 1,000 project participants into 40 farmers’ groups, including 15% youth, 60% women and 5% people with disabilities. Groups will receive training on Good

As a result of these interventions, it is expected that beneficiaries will achieve year-round food security, including being able to eat at least twice a day during the hunger season, with increased household income, strong adaptability to shocks, and improved nutrition.

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Climate Change: Teso Youth and Women’s Livelihoods Programme

Objective: This project aims to increase food, nutrition and income security for 1,000 farming households in Kapelebyong district, Northern Uganda.

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rom 2003-2008 Lord’s Resistance Army insurgencies and armed cattle rustling in Teso, Northern Uganda, resulted in a breakdown of infrastructure, loss of

services, livelihoods and skills, with 80,000 people moving

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Objective: The project aims to increase income security for 2,000 smallholders in Northern Uganda through the honey value chain.

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his project will develop an equitable honey value chain in one of the poorest regions of Uganda.

Years of civil unrest have meant the destruction of,

and lack of investment in, basic infrastructure and high

to Internally Displaced Persons camps, and many remaining

numbers of refugees. Developing economic activities in this

there for over a decade. The communities in this area

vulnerable region, in particular by supporting conflict-affected

remain very poor and vulnerable to shocks, so this project

producers to upgrade their farms, upscale their activities and

aims to provide training in relevant agricultural practices

link to urban, regional or international markets, will create

to enable these communities to increase their production,

employment for young people, returnees and refugees and

diversify their diets, and raise their income levels.

significantly improve rural livelihoods.

SHE will deliver training to farmers organised into 19 youth

In Uganda, approximately 1.5 million households derive

groups, 19 women’s groups and 2 groups of people living

income from beekeeping, harvesting various products

with disabilities (with crossover between groups). Secondary

including honey, propolis and beeswax. This project aims

beneficiaries will be a further 5,000 people of all ages in

to transform the lives and increase incomes for 2,000

targeted households. By the end of the two year project it

smallholder farmers who will benefit from improved skills

is expected that annual disposable household income for

and access to reliable markets offering competitive prices

these households will increase from the current deficit of

for their produce.

UGX -40,000 to UGX 101,000 shillings; 850 households to have increased production of crops (cassava, groundnuts, hibiscus/spices) and livestock (sheep and poultry); improved dietary diversity among 750 households; and increased

Agricultural Practices (GAP) for the production of bio-fortified

Communities will also be empowered to advocate on issues

foods, and on post-harvest value addition, nutrition awareness

affecting their right to food and to engage with local government

and food preparation.

extension services and para-vets to maximise sustainability.

1,000 households

This project is being implemented through two community-

expects the benefits to be sustained and grow substantially

based organisations and three local NGOs, in order to

in subsequent years.

decision-making power of women and young people.

By establishing farmer groups and Village, Savings and

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uganda programmes

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The project will support GBL and Swienty Commodities’ commercial objectives of increasing the quantity, quality and traceability of honey and wax sourced from Uganda.

2,000 households

Loan Associations and training farmers in advocacy, SHA

increase engagement and ownership of the project, as well as building capacity at the local level.

1,000 households

1,554 beneficiaries • 9,324 indirect beneficiaries • 61% female beneficiaries

Raina Anyango, Kiryandongo District, Uganda.

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Mary Asele, Kapelebyong in Teso, Uganda.

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SEED: Market-driven scaling up and adoption of potato in Africa through a technology package combining market-driven, climate resilient, novel potato varieties with a seed system innovation

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Objective: The overall objective of the project is to accelerate access to quality seed of robust, market-oriented potato varieties by farmers in Kenya and Uganda

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s part of the wider programme across two countries,

Identifying varieties suitable for African conditions has been

SHA will be working with potato farmers in South-

supported by the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable

West Uganda to accelerate the large-scale access to

Agriculture (SFSA) and USAID, with an explicit focus on climate

and adoption of climate-smart and market-demanded novel

resilience and disease resistance.

varieties of potato.

These varieties carry more robust, market-demanded traits This will be achieved through awareness creation,

than those currently grown, striking a balance in addressing

promotion of a seed multiplication system to make quality

farmers’ limited ability to purchase inputs and meeting diverse

seed available in a timely manner and at affordable prices,

market demands. Overall, this innovation will accelerate the

supporting public and private business arrangements and

delivery of newer potato genetics to farmers, and therefore

effective implementation of easily accessible information

would increase the actual adoption of novel varieties among

and feedback systems.

smallholders producing potatoes for income generation and food security.

The total number of beneficiaries for the programme in Kenya and Uganda is 50,000 potato farmers (50% women) and 30 private seed businesses (SHA will only be working with specific beneficiaries in Uganda)

Gladys Otiru, West Nile, Uganda.

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Agnes Katushabe, Uganda

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West Africa

2020

T

Donor

Total Budget

01

Improved Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation Services

EU and other trusts and funds

02

Women and Expertise France Youth’s Agricultural Entrepeneurship in the North Region of Burkina Faso

€ 221,009

03

Women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship in cashew value chain

Austrian Development Agency

€940,000

04

Sustainable intensification of food production through resilient farming systems in West & North Africa

European Union H2020

€484,000

€

Time Frame

2016 2019

2018

Implementing Partner

Association d’ Appui aux Activités de Santé Communautaire

Programme Area

67 villages in the Cantons of Naki Est and Ogaro, Savannah Region, Togo

2020

Africare, Fédération National des Groupements Naam (FNGN), Union des Baore Tradition d’Épargne et de Crédit (UBTEC)

Yatenga Provinces, Communities of Thiou, Koumbri, Barga and Tanghai

2019

UNPA

Comoé, Houet and Kénédougou

LUKE

Multinational, for SHA: Burkina Faso

Binta Kanazoe Liouligou Village, Yargo, Kourittenga, Centre-East, Burkina Faso.

malawi

he West Africa programme operates in Burkina Faso and

The focus of the West Africa programme is increasingly

Togo, with the regional office based in Ouagadougou in

on value addition and creating linkages with private sector

Burkina Faso and a country office in Dapaong, Togo.

opportunities for agricultural producers.

zambia

2022

burkinafaso

ghana malawi

kenya

zambia

West Africa

burkinafaso

togo

2019

west africa programmes

Regional pROFILE

Programme

2024

ghana

kenya

togo

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Sana Guira Zoenabo pictured with her children, Ouedraogo Aboubacar, Ouedraogo Yidiane, Ouedraogo Aboul Rasmane and Ouedraogo Oumarou, Poedogo 1 Village, Loumbila, Oubritenga, Plateau Central, Burkina Faso.

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IMPROVED GOVERNANCE and ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION, TOGO

Objective: To contribute to the improvement of the quality of life for rural populations through ensuring equitable and adequate access to water, sanitation and health.

women and youth’s agricultural entrepreneurship

02

Objective: To contribute to the socioeconomic stability of the Northern region of Burkina Faso through the creation of economic opportunities for 240 women and young people.

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26% and 52% respectively. These levels are not sufficient to

2016 and the local population is mostly comprised of women

sustain local populations.

and young people (24% of the population is between 15 and 24

he Improved Governance and Access to Water and Sanitation project is being implemented in the NakiEst and Ogaro communities of northern Togo, which

have recorded very low levels of access to drinking water –

urkina Faso is a landlocked sub-Saharan country with high levels of poverty and limited natural resources.

45% of the population is living in extreme poverty. In

the Northern region, the poverty rate was estimated at 70% in

years of age).

This project is being implemented in order to improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practices, and local

In response to increasing poverty rates, unemployed youth are

governance of water resources.

forced to migrate on a seasonal basis to Mali, Ivory Coast or inner Burkina Faso in search of employment opportunities on

The project both drills new, and rehabilitates existing

arable land and pastures, or on gold panning sites where they

boreholes in the region, in order to provide access to safe

are exposed to fatal accidents, banditry or other demeaning jobs

drinking water to 5,750 people. 1,908 latrines, of which 150

in order to secure an income.

are Ecological Sanitation, will be built over the three-year

In the communes of Thiou and Koumbri in Yatenga province,

project, providing sanitation facilities to 19,080 people.

which share a border with Mali, the situation is similar to that of the northern region, with a large population of young people

In order for Self Help Africa’s intervention to be sustainable,

who find themselves without employment.

artisans will be trained in latrine and borehole maintenance.

This is compounded by the deteriorating security situation in

Water point management structures will also be set up to

the region, mainly due to the proximity to the Malian border as

collect fees from users in order to fund any repairs needed.

well as other cross-border and terrorist activities.

SHA is helping to build ownership and responsibility within the communities by forming development committees and WASH

And yet, in the northern region, economic potential still exists

associations, as well as forming a local project management

in spite of the difficult climate but this remains underexploited.

team in order to assure the sustainability of the action.

Agriculture and livestock account for more than 80% of the economic activities of the northern region’s population which is

32,569 households

also ranked as the first potato-producing region in the country.

• 54% women

opportunities remain limited to sewing, soap, pottery and

• 67 villages in the Savanna region of Togo

more relevant areas of economic activity are rare.

Despite the local agricultural potential, vocational training hairdressing; and formal programmes providing training in

Women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship in cashew value chain

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Objective: To strengthen the economic capacity of women farmers in the cashew nut sector, while supporting the creation of enterprises around complementary income-generating activities (beekeeping, by-products processing, market gardening) through established in areas of high cashew production.

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HA has been working in the cashew value chain since 2012 and has an excellent reputation in this sector in West Africa. This new project will

contribute to improving the living conditions of women

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Sustainable intensification of food production through resilient farming systems in West & North Africa

Objective: To empower West and North African smallholder farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and national associations and influencing governments and inter-governmental organisations to successfully intensify food production in a self-sufficient, sustainable and resilient manner.

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his research project will apply multi- and transdisciplinary, participatory, and multi-actor approaches in order to ensure maximum applicability

in the cashew production areas in the Cascades and

and replicability of the project beyond its duration. SHA

Hauts Bassins regions, by strengthening the economic

and its consortium participants will also cluster with various

empowerment of 2,790 households active in the cashew

relevant ongoing projects, sharing knowledge, expertise,

sector.

approaches, methodologies, and results in a bidirectional

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manner, both contributing to and receiving from SHA and the National Union of Cashew Producers, the

collaborators working on related challenges. Considering

implementing partner, are targeting 2,790 women, in

interactions between ecosystems, agronomic practices,

particular cashew producers and processors from Comoé,

societal drivers and the welfare of smallholder farmers and

Houet and Kénédougou provinces, who are organised

communities is a crucial aspect of this project.

into 5 cooperatives of cashew producers. The project will also target formal and informal groups of artisanal

A multi-actor approach is therefore central to the successful

processors, as well as women who do not own orchards

planning, design, development and implementation of new

but are working alongside their husbands in the targeted

approaches and technologies. This participatory approach

communities. The economic capacities of the women

will ensure inclusiveness, which will help to empower

targeted by the project will be strengthened through

particularly smallholder farmers, especially women and

theoretical and practical trainings on entrepreneurship,

youths, as well as SMEs. It will also help to link smallholders

on the cooperative management of processing units, the

to SMEs and establish networks with other relevant actors

development of business plans and on investment and

(e.g. soil associations, farmers’ unions) and strengthen the

funding scoping.

preparation of policy recommendations for informing

2790 households

policymakers on best practices

To address this gap, SHA’s intervention offers economic opportunities to young people and women, with a focus on reducing gender inequality and the effects of climate change.

This project will contribute to the socio-economic stability of the Northern region of Burkina Faso by creating economic opportunities for 240 women and young people. The project will support the young people and women in the region in the development of small businesses in the agricultural and livestock sectors.

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Amidou Yameogo, Randaogo Village, Yargo, Kourittenga,

(120 young people aged 16-33, 50% male, 50% female and 120 women aged 34+)

Yongre Fati, Randaogo Village, Yargo, Kourittenga, Burkina Faso.

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2020

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Climate Change: PRESERVE Kafue

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Community-Based Seed Enterprises and Participatory Crop Improvement

Jerseys Overseas for Aid

Total Budget

€756,927.24

Time Frame

2019 2022

Irish Aid, Electric Aid

€ 420,000

2015 2021

Foster Simeo, Malela village, Zambia

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elf Help Africa’s programme focus in Zambia is on

The country programme works primarily through commodity

two key areas: rural enterprise development and

producer groups, seed producer groups, research stations,

sustainable agricultural and rural livelihoods.

local NGOs, civil society organisations and local government

Implementing Partner

Programme Area

University of Worcester, Local government

Kafue Basin

Mthilakubili Sustainable Agriculture Project SGA in Chipata and Lundazi, Shangila SGA in Mpika, Chipapa SGA in Kafua, Siavonga SGA in Siavonga and Namalundu SGA in Chinkakata. Also Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) and Seed Control and Certification

Lusaka, Southern, Muchinga, Central, Northern and Eastern Provinces

zambia programmes

Donor

Programme

Institute (SCCI)

to reach smallholder farmers.

Projects address a selection of integrated issues: sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition security, research

Self Help Africa also provides support and capacity building

into and production of improved varieties of seed, rural

to local government departments in planning, monitoring,

enterprise development and income generation, and

evaluation and training.

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MF: Sustaining Enterprise Growth in Financial Associations Project

Irish Aid

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Economic, Nutrition and Technical support for increased Economic Returns and PRofit In SustainablE agribusiness in Zambia: ENTERPRISE Zambia.

European Union

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South Appeal for Humanitarian Aid

Jersey Overseas Aid Commission

environmental rehabilitation.

€ 240,000

2019

N/A

Luwingu and Mbala districts

Imani Enterprise Ltd.

Zambia

N/A

Kafue Basin

McGill University

Zambia: Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western, Central Luapula, cop-per belt regions

2020

malawi

Zambia zambia

burkinafaso

ghana

kenya

togo

€25,6M

2020 2025

€154,150

2019 2020

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Project-Friendly Metrics and Technologies for Better Results in Nutrition-Sensitive Projects

IFAD

€60,539.33

2019 2023

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Objective: To improve the resilience, food, income and nutrition security of 3,000 households in the Monze, Namwala and Mazabuka districts of Zambia

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rotecting and Restoring the Environment and

SEED: Community-based Seed Enterprises and Participatory Crop Improvement

02

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zambia programmes

Climate Change: Protecting and Restoring the Environment and Supporting the Emergence of a Resilient and Vibrant Economy in Kafue - PRESERVE Kafue

Objective: To improve the food, nutrition and income security of smallholder households in Kafue district.

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roductivity in Zambia is held back by a lack of access to quality seed, transport and other infrastructure. Because of this, farmers often

struggle to feed their families throughout the year.

Supporting the Emergence of a Resilient and Vibrant Economy in Kafue (PRESERVE) is a three-

As part of our response to this, Self Help Africa, in

year project (March 2019- February 2022) to improve the

collaboration with the Zambia Agriculture Research

resilience, food, income and nutrition security of 3,000

Institute, the Seed Certification and Control Institute, and

households in the Monze, Namwala and Mazabuka districts

the University of Zambia, is working with Seed Grower

of Zambia.

Associations (SGA) and their smallholder farmer members Felister Namfukwe, Nsangu village, Zambia

to increase production of early generation indigenous The project will use the Functional Landscape Approach

legume seed and to develop a better understanding of how

(FLA) to promote the sustainable use of natural resources

the different varieties perform under conservation agriculture

for diversified livelihoods and increased incomes, whilst

practices in the different geographical regions of Zambia.

protecting and restoring essential eco-systems within the Kafue Sub-Basin.

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NUTRITION SENSITIVE AGRI-FOOD VALUE CHAINS

The Community-Based Seed Enterprises project is also building the capacity of the SGAs themselves, providing

Objective: To improve the nutritional status of members of farming households.

The project builds on Self Help Africa Zambia’s previous

technical assistance on business planning, financial

experience implementing Strengthening Climate Resilience

management and governance. Seed production provides

in the Kafue Sub-Basin (SCRiKA) in the targeted districts

a profitable business opportunity for farmers with the

from 2016 to 2018. Funded by the Government of Zambia

entrepreneurial drive and capacity to produce at consistent

through the African Development Bank (AFDB), SCRiKA

quality and SGAs provide essential collective purchasing,

the Northern Province of Zambia in Luwingu and Mbala

assisted community groups in 11 districts of Zambia to

aggregation and marketing services to their members.

districts. Enterprise development was seen as a key

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he Irish Aid Local Development Programme (IALDP)

These services will include financial services (loans, Business

came to an end in February 2019. This programme

Development Services and product financing) as well as

had been implemented since October 2013 in

market services (which include bulking, value addition and facilitating market linkages).

design and implement projects that would enable them to

component to ensure sustainability after the end of the

Most of the Accumulated Savings and Credit Associations

adapt to the long-term consequences of climate change.

project and within this component, access to finance and

(ASCAs) members are part of the Enterprise Groups therefore

financial inclusion stood out as the most cardinal.

these services are, by association, meant for the ASCAs as

SHA has used learning from SCRiKA and feedback from project beneficiaries to inform the design of PRESERVE

400 farmers (50% women)

well.

Kafue. Where possible, the project will utilise structures

This prompted the establishment of six Financial

already established by SCRiKA, such as re-orientating

Associations (FAs), three in each district, (Mukulu,

Product development for the FAs will be key as they will be

Project Committees into Village Natural Resource

Mamfumba and Bwacha in Luwingu and Intulo, Omba and

able to tailor products to meet the different requirements of

Management Committees. The targeted beneficiaries

Ubunonshi in Mbala) which would serve as village banks to

their clientele.

are smallholders and other vulnerable groups that are

offer financial services to the communities.

The project, in addition to providing financial services, also

disproportionately affected by climate related shocks.

To avoid negating the work that went into establishing

aims to promote and develop grain marketing/trading by the

these entities, it is therefore necessary that Self Help Africa

FAs, who will absorb the grain grown by smallholder farmers

continue, to some extent, to facilitate in the mentoring,

within their catchment areas, benefitting from quality seed

coaching, and market linkage activities that should see the

provided by the Seed Grower Associations.

FAs culminating into self-reliant autonomous institutions.

The Enterprise Groups should benefit from the products The Sustaining Enterprise Growth in Financial Associations

provided by the FAs, which could range from traditional loans

(SEGiFA) project aims to enhance the capacity of financial

to equipment lease or hire.

associations to provide improved services to the Enterprise Groups to enable them to operate sustainably through improved production and market linkages.

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Micheline, Meheba, Zambia.

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South Appeal for Humanitarian Aid

Objective: To Provide immediate lifesaving and life-sustaining assistance to the population affected by severe food insecurity

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n response to a severe drought in the Kafue Basin, SHA delivered a two-pronged emergency response comprising of mealie meal distribution and social cash

transfers to 3,000 food insecure individuals.

The intervention was implemented in the Mazabuka, Monze and Namwala districts (from December 2019 to February 2020).

A total of 3,000 direct beneficiaries received a bag of 25kg of mealie per month as well as a regular social cash transfer (SCT) transfer value of K100 per household per month. The project targeted 18,000 individuals (estimating

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Project-Friendly Metrics and Technologies for Better Results in Nutrition-Sensitive Projects

Objective: To enhance evidence-based management decision making on Nutrition Sensitive programming through the development and implementation of project friendly metrics and technologies evidencebased management decisions on Nutrition Sensitive programming.

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his project will directly target smallholder farmers especially women as they are at the nexus of agriculture, nutrition, and health by virtue of being;

small-scale farmers themselves, caretakers of children and, decision-makers with reference to household daily

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food production and consumption.

61,000 households

an average of six people per household).The intervention provided assistance to our beneficiaries from the PRESERVE KAFUE project who were heavily impacted by the severe drought of late 2019.

3,000 beneficiaries (same as PRESERVE Kafue project)

Everest, Burundi Zambia

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Economic, Nutrition and Technical support for increased Economic Returns and PRofit In SustainablE agribusiness in Zambia: ENTERPRISE Zambia.

Objective: To increase the income of 649,850 smallholder farmers and improve their resilience, food and nutrition security.

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unded by the European Commission and the

It will tackle a critical challenge facing Zambian

Government of Zambia, starting in March 2020, SHA

agribusinesses: lack of access to finance and financial

will manage a â‚Ź20.8m grant fund to provide financial

services, while making the agricultural sector work better for

support to agribusiness operating in any value chain in Zambia

all, particularly smallholder farmers. It will incentivize greater

(except for tobacco and maize). The project seeks to create

inclusivity in value chains and provide agri-enterprises

a step-change in the Zambian agricultural sector: creating an

with targeted technical support and advice to ensure that

environment which supports the growth of SMEs while also

their business can impact positively on the resilience,

supporting livelihood improvement for individual smallholder

sustainability, profitability of smallholder farmers and deliver

farmers.

employment and economic opportunities.

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dublin

ethiopia

Kingsbridge House, 17-22 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, Co. Dublin Tel. +353 (0)1 6778880

PO Box 1204 Addis Ababa Tel. +251 116 620 659

belfast

kenya

41 University Street Belfast, NI, BT7 1FY Tel: +44 (0)28 90232064

PO Box 25503-00100 Nairobi Tel. +254 703 946477

shrewsbury

malawi

Westgate House, Dickens Court Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QU Tel. +44 (0) 174 327 7170

PO Box B-495 Lilongwe, Tel. +265 175 0568

London

uganda

14 Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8PD Tel. +44 (0) 20 7251 6466

P.O. Box 34429, Plot 44 Ministers’ Village, Ntinda, Kampala Tel: +256 414 286 305

USA

west africa

41 Union Square West, Suite 1027 New York, NY 10003, USA Tel. +1 212 206 0847

12 PO Box 418, Ougadougou 12, Burkina Faso Tel. +226 503 68960

zambia 87 Provident Street, Fairview, Lusaka tel +260 211 236 595

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