Curbing the potential impacts of La Niña induced dry conditions or drought in Afghanistan
| Tags | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Afghanistan |
| Start date | 31/12/2020 |
| End date | 25/04/2022 |
| Status | Completed |
| Donor | Belgium |
| Recipient / Target Areas | Afghanistan |
| Budget | 580 000 USD |
| Project Code | OSRO/AFG/012/BEL |
| Objective / Goal |
The objective of the project was to increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises, by mitigating the adverse impacts caused by La Nina induced precipitation shock, drier and/or drought conditions in the northern rainfed cultivation areas of Afghanistan. |
| Beneficiaries | 38 550 |
| Activities |
This project builds upon ongoing efforts in scaling-up anticipatory action in Afghanistan. The outcome of the project is a time-sensitive and season-critical protection of winter wheat cultivation, agriculture livelihoods and food nutrition security of vulnerable marginal mixed farming households, livestock keepers, women-headed, and landless labourer households while preventing / minimizing the transmission of COVID-19 and institutional capacities of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock strengthened on early warning and early action, and anticipatory action in agriculture sector. |