Project

Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Savanna Zones of Northern Nigeria

Lead country

Nigeria

Participating countries

Nigeria

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From January 31, 2018 to January 31, 2023

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 2.4 Ensure sustainable food production, maintain key ecosystems
  2. 2.4 Ensure sustainable food production, maintain key ecosystems
  3. 2.c Ensure proper functioning of food commodity markets

Project ID: 5578

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Technical team

  • Ecosystems and Biodiversity Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Ecosystem management and restoration

Sub-area(s)

  • Ecosystem-based adaptation
  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Ecosystem-based mitigation

Landscape(s)

  • Grasslands

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Savannas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Forestry and other land use

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Direct support / Service Delivery
  • Policy advice

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)
  • Ecosystem mitigation and adaptation
  • Erosion prevention
  • Mainstream
  • Community engagement

Social inclusion

  • Women
  • Youth/Children
  • Smallholder farmers

Gender equality

  • Women decision making
  • Women farmers
  • Women's cooperatives and groups

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • People pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 2.4 Ensure sustainable food production, maintain key ecosystems
  • 2.4 Ensure sustainable food production, maintain key ecosystems
  • 2.c Ensure proper functioning of food commodity markets

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Individuals/Entrepreneurs

Hot topic

  • Poverty reduction
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy
  • Nature-based solution

About this project

Description

The overall goal of this proposed project is to enhance long-term sustainability and resilience of food production systems of Nigeria in order to improve the food security situation of the country and protect the environment. A major focus will be to enhance resilience of communities to the adverse effects of climate change on food security.

Objectives

To enhance productivity and promote sustainability and resilience of Nigeria"s agricultural production systems for improved national food security.Component 1: Enhancing the institutional and policy environment for achieving improved food security. Component 2: Scaling up sustainable agricultural practices and market opportunities for smallholder farmers in the target agro-ecological zones to increase food security under increasing climate risks.

USD $7,339,450

Grant amount

USD $57,000,000

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Source(s) of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($7,339,450)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD)

Joint agencies

  • International Fund for Agricultural Development

Project metrics

Outcome 1:

Supportive policies, governance structures and incentives in place at Federal and State levels to support sustainability and resilience of smallholder agriculture and food value chains

Outputs:

Support to the implementation of The Green Alternative/Agriculture Promotion Policy to promote sustainable and resilient food and nutrition security National and state level multi-stakeholder gender-sensitive platforms advocating sustainable agriculture and SLWM practices for improved food securityPublic-Private Partnership established for major food crop (cassava, rice and sorghum) value chains for food processing, production and distribution

 Indicators:

Mandatory indicator 1: Number of additional people (smallholder farmers) benefiting from strengthened livelihoods through solutions for management of natural resources, ecosystems services, chemicals and waste
Mandatory indicator 2: Number of jobs and improved livelihoods created through management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste, dis-aggregated by sex, and rural and urban
Mandatory indicator 3: Number of smallholder farmers practicing climate resilient sustainable agriculture and with increased access to food and improved nutrition dis-aggregated by sex.
Indicator 4 Number of supportive policies and incentives in place at the Federal and State levels to support sustainable smallholder agriculture and food value chains
Indicator 5: Number of gender-sensitive and inclusive multi-stakeholder platforms established at Federal, State and local levels supporting sustainable agriculture.
Indicator 6: Number of public private partnerships (PPPs) established for key food commodities, particularly cassava, maize, rice and sorghum that will give a major boost to food processing, production and distribution, enhance national food sufficiency and food security, as well as create employment and improve the well-being of smallholder farmers.
Indicator 7: Number of hectares of land under gender-sensitive integrated sustainable land and water management and climate smart agricultural practices, managed by both men and women.
Indicator 8: % reduction in soil erosion and increase in vegetation cover and carbon stored in target farmers' plots.
Indicator 9: Percentage increase in total production of targeted value chains among participating
small- and medium-scale commercial farmers (dis-aggregated by rice, cassava, maize, sorghum, groundnuts, poultry, and dairy and maize) – final value chains to be decided at inception stageIndicator 10: Number and percentage of women and youth who adopt new production and post-harvest technologies for rice and groundnut
Indicator 11: Number of women and youth actively involved in food production and value chains for rice and groundnut
Indicator 12: Level of gender-dis-aggregated data on resilience and global environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture for food security
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Outcome 2:

Increased land area and agro-ecosystems under sustainable agricultural practices.

Outputs:

350,000 ha under improved land use and agro-ecosystem management practices Increased value addition and access to markets realized by beneficiary smallholder farmers 35,000 ha under intensive and diversified production for enhanced income and improved nutrition
Outcome 3:

Improved youth involvement and reduced gender disparities in agricultural production for enhanced food security

Outputs:

14,000 women and 28,000 youth empowered for increased groundnut and rice production and processing for improved income and nutrition
Outcome 4:

Harmonized M&E framework in place for food security information, multi-scale assessment of sustainability and resilience in production agro-ecological zones and landscapes, including monitoring of global environmental benefits (GEBs)

Outputs:

M&E System for GEBs using the Vital Signs monitoring frameworkFunctional linkage with the regional Food Security IAP initiative
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