Lead country
Uganda
Participating countries
Uganda
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From February 28, 2018 to February 28, 2023
Project ID: 5577
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Technical team
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme
Technical area(s)
- Ecosystem management and restoration
Sub-area(s)
- Agrobiodiversity
- Ecosystem-based adaptation
Landscape(s)
- Grasslands
Sub-landscape(s)
- Grazing lands
- Tropical grasslands
- Savannas
Transformed sector(s)
- Agriculture
- Livestock
- Forestry and other land use
UNDP role(s)
- Innovative approaches
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
Strategy
- Food and agricultural commodities
- Mitigation adaptation
- Enabling
Sub-strategy
- Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
- FACS strategies for sustainable supply chain (TP 4)
- Climate resilience for FAC system (TP 6)
- Erosion prevention
- Ecosystem mitigation and adaptation
- Mainstream
- Community engagement
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Smallholder farmers
Gender equality
- Women decision making
- Women farmers
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender responsive
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 2.4 Ensure sustainable food production, maintain key ecosystems
- 2.4 Ensure sustainable food production, maintain key ecosystems
- 2.5 Maintain genetic diversity for agriculture, traditional knowledge
Conventions and protocols
- National Development Policies
- National Action Plan
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Private sector(s)
- Individuals/Entrepreneurs
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Hot topic
- Poverty reduction
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
- Nature-based solution
About this project
Description
This project seeks to respond to chronic food insecurity in the Karamoja region, which is a result of combined pressures, including environmental degradation and climate change. The vast majority of people in Karamoja are facing food shortages, either year-long or seasonal, and the region has been exposed to increasing droughts. The project will seek to achieve its objective through three outcomes. Outcome 1 focuses on strengthening the enabling policy and institutional frameworks through the creation of multi-stakeholder platforms that will enable better planning, including local landscape-based planning. Outcome 2 will channel investments into the food production systems and value chains using a Farmer Field School approach adapted to the realities of the agro-pastoral societies of Karamoja. The project will increase production through climate resilient production techniques, and also support efforts to diversify production to increase income and reduce vulnerability to food insecurity. A strong emphasis will be placed on rehabilitating ecosystem services through restoration, agro-forestry, natural regeneration and sound pasture management. The project will also target specific activities towards women and youth, who are among the most vulnerable, to ensure equality of participation and remove underlying vulnerabilities. Finally, Outcome 3 will support the development and implementation of a monitoring and assessment framework for global environmental benefits, and socio-economic benefits.
Objectives
To contribute to enhancing long-term environmental sustainability and resilience of food production systems in the Karamoja Sub-Region.
USD $3,789,425
Grant amount
USD $58,000,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Source(s) of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,789,425)
Implementing partner(s)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)
Joint agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization
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