Emergency response to improve sanitation

The two districts of Mayfaah and Rudoom were among the worst affected in terms of food insecurity. The target area was isolated and characterised by the poverty of its population and its dependence on agriculture, livestock and fishing. The particularly difficult geographical, climatic and environmental constraints were compounded by inadequate government intervention in health and education, as well as the area’s poor economic development.

The aim of this programme was to help increase food production by building or rehabilitating flood protection structures and spreading irrigation.

Rehabilitation of canals

• Conducting a baseline survey on the current strategies of production and land use;
• Rehabilitation of damaged canals and of water points in some villages;
• Assistance and monitoring of grain and forage production strategies, of productivity and increase in land use.

Livestock 

• Improving animal health of the livestock of small farmers through better veterinary services;
• Training and technical support  to farmers on basic veterinary skills and on the use of basic drugs;
• Optimized feeding of the livestock of small farmers, through the integration of breeding and agricultural production;
• Improving the management of the herds of small farmers, and the profitability of animals through training and supply of small equipment.

Agriculture

• Running of a baseline survey;
• Community information and mobilization around the project’s objectives;
• Monitoring of the agricultural activity in the farms selected within the target area;
• Experimenting on improved forage and other seeds commonly used.