Strengthening Climate Resilience of Agricultural Livelihoods in Agro-Ecological Regions I and II in Zambia: FP072
Project Outline
This project seeks to strengthen the resilience to climate change risks of vulnerable smallholder farmers in Zambia's Agro-Ecological Regions by taking a value chain approach, addressing risks posed across key stages of the value chain: planning, inputs, production, and post-production. Within these regions, smallholder farmers in five provinces (Eastern, Lusaka, Muchinga, Southern, and Western) will be directly targeted by the project to strengthen their capacity to plan for climate risks, resilience in agricultural production, diversify practices (for both food security and income generation), and access to markets.
| Country(ies) | Zambia |
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| National Designated Authority (NDA) | Permanent Secretary: Ministry of Planning and National Development |
| Accredited Entity (AE) | United Nations Development Programme: UNDP (International) |
| Executing Entity (EE) | Ministry of Agriculture (Public) |
| Date of Final FP Submission | February 5, 2018 |
| Estimated Project Duration | 2018-2025 |
| Target Sector | Agriculture |
| GCF Financing | 32 million USD (Grant) Medium |
| Co-financing |
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Project Description
< Major Project Components>
- Strengthening capability of key agencies to provide advice to farmers based on climate information.
- Promoting resilience in agricultural livelihoods (water management, resilient crop seeds, production practices, etc.).
- Increasing farmers' access to markets and commercialization of resilient products (product processing, storage, transportation, financial education, etc.).
Potential Indicators of Key Impacts
Expected total number of direct and indirect beneficiaries, disaggregated by gender (reduced vulnerability or increased resilience):
- Direct beneficiaries: 946,153 persons (51% of total beneficiaries will be female)
- Indirect beneficiaries: 3,000,000 persons
6.1% of the total population (24.1% including indirect beneficiaries)
