PROJECTS
2018-19
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Cover, left to right: Suzanna Omwango (Kenya) Fatuma Nambiro (Uganda) Kolani Anne (West Africa) Sinkinesh Babissa (Ethiopia) Rosemary Chate (Zambia) Molly Nyasulu (Malawi)
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04. Ethiopia
24. Uganda
06. Early Seed Generation II
26. MANZO Youth Empowerment Project (MAYEP)
06. Climate-Smart Agriculture
26. Agriculture and Market Support for
07. Building Opportunities through Seed Enterprise Transformation (BOSET) 07. Scaling Community-Based Seed Production 08. Stronger Together: Creating Linkages Between Primary Seed Cooperatives and Seed Cooperative Unions
North West Uganda 27. Local Seed Business Outscaling 27. Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience of Smallholder Farmers 28. Striking a Balance: Developing a Green Economy around Lake Bunyonyi Basin
09. Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives 10. Dairy for Development 11. Feed the Future - Maize Value Chain Development
30. West Africa 32. Improved Governance and Access to Water and Sanitation
12. Kenya
32. Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters
14. Kenyan Initiative for Long-Term Integration of Market Operators in the Value Chain (KILIMO-VC) 16. Cassava Aggregation - Supporting Smallholder Agriculture and Value Addition
34. Zambia
17. Keringet Community Empowerment Project
36. Irish Aid Local Development Programme
17. Youth Empowerment in Kisumu
37. Nutrition Sensitive Agri-Food Value Chains 37. Community-Based Seed Enterprises
18. Malawi 20. Better Extension Training Transforming Economic Return (BETTER) 22. Sustainable Livelihood Improvement Resilience Project (SLIP)
38. Kaoma Farm Development Project 38. Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-Basin 39. Enhanced Livelihood Livestock, Trade, Enterprise II (Elite II) 39. Pathways to Self-Reliance for Refugees in Zambia
22. Shire Basin Sustainable Natural Resources Management Social Enhancement Project 23. Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm
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Bezina Abinet in her shop in Dodata, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2017
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caling up agricultural production, improving nutrition
In 2017, the organisation was involved in implementing
security, developing new enterprise and market
close to a dozen development projects, all of which
opportunities for farmers, strengthening community-
are being undertaken in collaboration with local and/or
based seed production and building climate resilience, are
international partners.
all key areas of Self Help Africa’s work in Ethiopia.
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PROJECT KEY
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Scaling up RuSACCOs Building Opportunities through Seed Enterprise Transformation
E R I T R E A
Gondar
Early Seed Generation II Feed the Future Dairy for Development
Addis Ababa S O M A L I L A N D
Stronger Together Climate-Smart Agriculture
Extensive Agriculture and Savanna
Butajira
E T H I O P I A
Forest, Rainforest, Swamp Barren Desert
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Donor
Early Seed Generation II
Vitol Foundation, Bank of Ireland Third World Fund, The Beatrice Laing Trust, Impact Trade Union
€277,575
Climate-Smart Agriculture
Irish Aid
€806,695
Building Opportunities through Seed Enterprise Transformation (BOSET)
Church of Ireland Bishop’s Appeal Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission Irish Aid
€€139,896
Scaling CommunityBased Seed Production
Agricultural Transformation Agency
€€1,450,176
Stronger Together: Creating Linkages Between Primary Seed Cooperatives and Seed Cooperative Unions
Electric Aid Irish Aid
2014 2018
2015 2018 2016 2018
2016 2018
€€29,726
2017
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission
€€420,000
2017 2018
€€507,331
2018 2021
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Feed the Future Maize Value Chain Development
Implementing Partner
USAID Fintrac
$286,895
2018 2021
Programme Area
Koga Irrigation Water Users Service Cooperative
Mecha District, Amhara region
SOS Sahel, Farm Africa, Vita
SNNP region
East Shewa Zone Agriculture Office, Cooperative Office and Finance and Economic Development Office
Oromia region
Hibret Fire, Halaba, Kenbata, Tegulet, Guna and Wemberma farmer cooperatives
SNNP region and Amhara region
Edget Beadinet and Guna Seed Unions
South Gondar and West Gojam zones in Amhara region
Tinsaye, Bekelcha Sella, Fana Gudinna and Agnot RuSACCO Unions
North Shewa Zone of Amhara region, North Shewa Zone of Oromia region and Guraghe Zone of SNNPR
Nesri Terign, Nano Mendida, and Adere Gordoma milk producers’ cooperatives
Abichu Gna’a woreda, Oromia region
Bako Bore Farmers Cooperative Union, Ambo Farmers Cooperative Union
Ambo Zuria, Bako Tibe and Toke Kutaye Woredas, West Shewa zone of the Oromia region
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Scaling Up Rural Savings Irish League of Credit and Credit Cooperatives Unions Foundation, Irish Aid, The Reed Foundation
Dairy for Development
Time Frame
Ethiopia programmes
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Total Budget
Programme
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Kokebe Abebe and grandaughter Christine Qenene, Edget B’hibret, Oromia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia programmes
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EARLY SEED GENERATION II
Objective: To increase the food security and economic development of rural households through the establishment of seed production and marketing systems.
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griculture is the most important economic sector in Ethiopia. However, crop yields remain well below potential due to a lack of access to quality seed.
The aim of the Early Seed Generation II project is to
CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
Objective: To build the resilience and improve the food and nutrition security of 15,500 target households.
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thiopia is predicted to be one of the countries most affected by climate change in the coming years. Since 2016, Ethiopia has experienced
three consecutive years of extreme drought, leading to widespread food insecurity in many parts of the country.
increase the food security and economic development of
The objective of this project is to build the resilience
rural households producing wheat and maize through the
and improve the food and nutrition security of 15,500
establishment of viable farmer-led seed production and
target households through the adoption of climate-smart
marketing systems.
agriculture practices.
This project builds on a successful pilot with Edget Seed
A collaboration with SOS Sahel, Farm Africa and VITA,
Union in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’
this Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) project started in
Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia that demonstrated that
June 2015. The project builds the resilience of individuals,
farmers at community level could produce quality basic and
households and communities to climate extremes
pre-basic seed for sale and distribution. With this and a
by: improving and diversifying livelihoods; developing
number of complementary interventions in other areas of the
community-based management systems of resources
country, Self Help Africa (SHA) plans to reach new regions
such as water, farmlands, communal land and forests; and
and diversify crops.
embedding location-specific climate change adaptation and
Self Help Africa is actively strengthening seed producer groups
mitigation into its development initiative.
by training farmers in seed production and management,
The project also focuses on strengthening market access
facilitating access to early generation seed for multiplication,
and building the institutional capacity of community-based
providing capacity building on cooperative management and
organisations and business development service providers.
leadership and linking cooperatives to markets.
The aim is to effectively engage resource-poor farmers in
This project is helping to address the high demand for certified seed with drought tolerance and disease and pest-resistant traits, allowing crop farmers to increase their production. Through the development of profitable cooperative seed enterprises, it also provides seed farmers with better market access and a better price, thus enhancing economic growth and development.
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beneficiaries:
5,511 households
the production of high-value crops and small livestock, and also in the uptake of new production and processing technologies.
beneficiaries:
5,500 households
Objective: To improve the resilience of smallholder farmers through disaster risk management practices.
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limate change is posing significant challenges to Ethiopian communities, affecting water and food security. The utilisation of drought-tolerant, early-
maturing crop varieties, along with conservation agriculture and improved agronomic practices, are crucial to improving resilience. The aim of this project is to improve the economic,
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Scaling Community-Based Seed Production
Objective: To improve crop production and productivity for smallholder farmers through community-based seed production.
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eed is a key input for improving crop production and productivity. Improving the quality of seeds used by smallholder farmers can significantly increase
the yield potential of their crops and thus represents one of the most economical and efficient inputs for agricultural development.
ecological and organisational resilience of smallholder
Based on its previous experience in developing community-
farmers through on-farm disaster risk management
based seed production in Ethiopia, in 2016, the Agricultural
interventions in drought-prone areas of Boset District in
Transformation Agency commissioned SHA to implement a
the Oromia region. This is being delivered through training
project to address the shortage of improved seed in different
courses on conservation agriculture; building local seed
regions of the country. This focused on building the capacity
enterprises; establishing a revolving fund for seed; and
of six recently established seed unions across the Amhara
training members on cooperative management.
and SNNPR regional states through the construction of
The adoption of conservation agriculture techniques, together with increased availability and utilisation of
large capacity seed stores and provision of seed cleaning machines and other essential infrastructure and equipment.
improved quality seed, is helping to increase crop
Self Help Africa is supporting the implementation of the
production, enhance food security and alleviate rural
project by providing technical support to community based
poverty. Furthermore, by increasing the resilience of 3,880
seed producers, and mobilizing additional local resources
smallholder farmers, they will be less vulnerable to drought
from community and local government.
and other climate risks and therefore better able to bounce back from disaster.
beneficiaries:
Ethiopia programmes
Tadesse Lema pictured outside Burqaa RuSACCO, Lume, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2017.
BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SEED ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
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beneficiaries:
7,406 households
6,000 households
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Abebu Ketema (30), Urjji Berissa RuSACCO, Sire, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2017.
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Stronger Together: Creating Linkages Between Primary Seed Cooperatives and Seed Cooperative Unions
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Objective: To establish strong linkages between primary cooperatives and local cooperative unions.
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ustainable increases in agricultural productivity
The objective of this project is to establish strong linkages
are largely dependent on access to quality seed.
between primary cooperatives that are producing wheat,
Improved seeds yield crops that are high-yielding
maize, barley and potato seed and their respective local
and may be drought tolerant or resistant to pests and
cooperative unions. This is providing the unions with a larger
disease, thereby increasing crop production. The availability
and more regular supply of maize, wheat, barley and potato
of quality seed in sufficient amounts, however, is currently a
seed and the cooperatives with access to a wider market
challenge for smallholder farmers throughout Ethiopia.
and increased bargaining power with buyers.
Self Help Africa has taken a lead role in promoting
SHA will provide the cooperatives with threshing equipment
community-based seed production through the
to improve the quality of seed and reduce the workload of
development of farmer-owned and managed seed producer
farmers, and will construct storage units to retain the quality
cooperatives and unions in Ethiopia to fill specific gaps in
of seed. These investments are being complemented by
seed supply. Agricultural cooperatives play an active role in
training for union leaders on marketing, business skills and
providing access to finance, input and output marketing,
governance.
agro-processing, and other social and economic activities. These cooperatives therefore have inherent advantages in
By increasing the supply of improved, quality seed, this
tackling the problems of poverty alleviation, food security
project is enabling other farmers in the area to access higher
and job creation.
quality seed and increase their yields.
beneficiaries:
4,445 households
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Ethiopia programmes
Munira Hairedin, Kolololeka Village, Ethiopia, 2015
Scaling Up Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives
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Objective: To contribute to increased income, improved food security and reduced vulnerability in rural areas.
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thiopia has one of the lowest levels of financial
RuSACCOs with a combined total membership of 64,678
inclusion in the world, with only 22% of adults
individuals, which is expected to grow by 15% each year as
holding an account with a financial institution and
a result of the project’s interventions. The project’s overall
just 14% able to access credit. This is because the financial
objective of promoting higher levels of increasing financial
sector is dominated by commercial banking, and the
inclusion through sustainable, community-owned financial
coverage of these financial services is still extremely limited
institutions will be achieved through: enhanced governance
and concentrated in urban areas. Most rural and remote
and management capacity of RuSACCOs and unions;
areas of the country remain excluded or unbanked. Savings
growth in membership of RuSACCOs and introduction of
and Credit Cooperatives have better outreach in rural parts
new products and services; and dissemination of lessons,
of the country than commercial banks, with greater potential
approaches and good practices.
to serve the low-income and active poor unbanked sections of the population.
SHA has conducted tailored organisational capacity assessments and developed capacity-building plans for
For over a decade, SHA has supported a network of Rural
each of the unions. Training has been delivered on business
Savings and Credit Cooperatives (RuSACCOs) to provide
planning, savings mobilization, bookkeeping, leadership
financial services to over 53,000 people in Ethiopia. This
and management. Each union is also receiving ongoing
has helped RuSACCO members to develop on and off-farm
mentoring support from a project officer with expertise
enterprise, thereby increasing income and food security for
in micro-finance. Based on learnings from the first two
poor rural households.
phases of the programme, a new component on adult literacy skills has been incorporated into the programme to
Building on the success of the first two phases of the
enable formerly illiterate (mostly female) members to take up
RuSACCO programme, in March 2016 SHA launched
leadership positions on the boards and committees of their
Scaling up RuSACCO; a project which expanded its
RuSACCOs.
existing work with RuSACCOs in Ethiopia to new areas in Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR regions. The project targets four RuSACCO unions and 704 affiliated primary
beneficiaries:
75,843 households
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Tirngo Girma, a member of Urjji Berissa RuSACCO, Sire, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2017
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Dairy for Development
Objective: To increase food security and disposable income of smallholder households from dairy production in Ethiopia.
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n the Oromia region of south-western Ethiopia, 75%
The organisational and operational capacity of three dairy
of the population live in poverty. Chronic and acute
cooperatives is being increased through the provision
malnutrition are highly prevalent and 38.4% of children
of equipment and training in milk hygiene testing and
under five are stunted. Despite being the biggest milk-
processing, facilitation of links with local processors
producing region in Ethiopia, average yields in Oromia
and buyers and training in marketing, business plan
remains far below potential. Insufficient inputs, use of poor
development, financial management and cooperative
animal feeding and husbandry practices, and poor access
management. Value chain actors are also receiving
to markets are hampering the potential of the dairy value
gender training to address the barriers that women face in
chain. Addressing these challenges will revitalise the dairy
participating in the value chain.
sector’s potential to improve the livelihoods of smallholder communities in the area.
The project also aims to improve nutrition at the household and community level. 600 producers are being trained in
This programme focuses on boosting rural livelihoods and
milk utilisation and basic nutrition education, with a focus
nutrition by enhancing production techniques, strengthening
on infant and young child feeding practices. To promote the
value chains and improving the genetics of dairy cows.
nutritional benefits of milk and a diverse diet, 50 care group leaders are being trained in the basics of nutrition including
The project is designed to build the skills and knowledge
the importance of dietary diversity, the consumption of
of farmers and local government on commercial dairy
dairy products for nutritional benefits, with a specific focus
production, improve the genetics of local dairy herds, and
on infant and young child feeding practices. Practical
facilitate access to market for dairy products.
demonstrations are also being delivered to train participants on cooking of local foods using different local recipes.
In order to improve the productivity of dairy cows, 600 producers are being trained on improved breeding
Revitalising the dairy sector in Ethiopia has the potential
management practices, as well as herd health management.
to have a significant impact on both the income, food and
The government’s district nursery is also being supported to
nutrition security of smallholder communities.
produce improved fodder to increase access for producers. The government’s Artificial Insemination (AI) service is being strengthened through the training of AI technicians and the provision of equipment. 600 producers can now access AI
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to improve the genetics of their herd.
beneficiaries:
600 households
Ethiopia programmes
Ejigayehu Bekele and Mebrat Gulilat, eldest daughte, Garmama Village,Kofele District, Oromia region, Ethiopia
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Feed the Future - Maize Value Chain Development
Objective: To enable smallholder farmers to become better integrated into the maize value chain.
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elf Help Africa is working with Bore Bako and
business to business meetings among maize value chain
Ambo Farmers’ Cooperative Unions and their
actors, providing business management and cooperative
member cooperatives to enable smallholder
leadership training for the targeted FCUs and respective
farmers to become better integrated into the maize value
cooperative members, and creating linkages with local
chain in Ambo Zuria, Bako Tibe and Toke Kutaye districts
financial institutions.
of the Oromia region. These activities will help smallholders to increase the Building on its Smallholder Support Scheme project
volume, quality, and thereby value of maize aggregated
(2015-2018), the purpose of the project is to increase
and sold. They will also enhance smallholders’ capacity
maize marketing and dietary diversity among members
to engage in profitable maize marketing, and will build
of the two unions and their member cooperatives.
the governance, business and leadership capacity of the
This will be achieved through training on post-harvest
unions and member cooperatives/farmers, helping to
management practices, establishing a contract-based
establish their position within the target communities as
forward marketing system between farmers, targeted
centres for aggregation, marketing and other services.
primary cooperatives and respective FCUs, training on marketing, facilitating business coaching for primary cooperatives, providing technical support on the set-up and management of revolving funds for threshers and the establishment of commercial threshing services, organising
beneficiaries:
13,000 households
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Khadija Kuroi, Machanga, Kenya.
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Alice Omutse and her husband, Teso South, Busia, Kenya, 2018.
elf Help Africa in Kenya works with smallholder
SHA works with smallholder farmers, farmer groups and
farmers to move them from subsistence to
associations across the country, including in the arid and
malawi
commercialisation through a range of projects
semi-arid areas to address food security and nutrition
- from supporting those in extreme poverty, to assisting
challenges, and link farmers to markets through a farming
enterprise development and business partnerships.
as a business approach.
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PROJECT KEY
S O U T H S U D A N
Kilimo
Lake Turkana, (Lake Rudolf)
Cassava Aggregation - Supporting Smallholder Agriculture & Value Addition
E T H I O P I A
Keringet Community Empowerment Project Youth Empowerment in Kisumu
U G A N D A Extensive Agriculture and Savanna
S O M A L I A
Intensive Agriculture Forest, Rainforest, Swamp Barren
Nakuru
Mt. Kenya
K E N Y A Nairobi
Mt. Kilimanjaro T A N Z A N I A
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Donor
Total Budget
Time Frame
Implementing Partner
Programme Area
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Kenyan Initiative for Long-Term Integration of Market Operators in the Value Chain (KILIMO-VC)
European Commission
€ 24,434,796
2018 2022
Imani Development Ltd (IDL)
Nationwide, with a focus on arid and semiarid lands
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Cassava Aggregation Supporting Smallholder Agriculture and Value Addition
European Commission
€ 6,517,496
2016
UCRC (Ugunja Community Resource Centre), Ustadi Foundation, Rheal Solutions, Rafiki Microfinance Bank, and TruTrade
Coastal and Western Regions
Keringet Community Empowerment Project
The Rotary Foundation
Direct implementation
Keringet, Kiptulwa
Direct implementation
Kisumu
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2022
€ 82,392.75
2017 2018
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Youth Empowerment in Kisumu
Designer Group
€ 59,404
2018 2019
Kenya programmes
Programme
Beatrice Abukayot at her farm in Teso South, Busia, Kenya, 2018.
Beatrice Abukayot at her farm in Teso South, Busia, Kenya, 2018.
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KENYAN INITIATIVE FOR LONG TERM INTEGRATION OF MARKET OPERATors IN THE VALUE CHAIN (KILIMO-VC)
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Objective: Improved integration of smallholder farmers/pastoralists in climate smart value chains.
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ILIMO-VC is a €24 millon five-year agri-business
or customers requiring inputs, finance and equipment.
support programme that is part of the European
Self Help Africa is collaborating with Imani Development, a
Union’s Agriculture Financing Initiative programme.
private economic development consultancy, focusing on three specific thematic areas:
It supports productive, adapted and market-integrated smallholder agriculture, including a contribution to the Africa
1. Climate-smart agricultural inputs
Investment Facility.
2. Agri-processing and aggregation 3. Nutrition
The objective of the project is to increase the capacity of 100,000 smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practice
The funded projects are required to support businesses in a
environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as
wide variety of undertakings, including farmer training on
a business in inclusive value chains.
climate adaptation, capacity development of cooperatives, equipment investments, improving quality standards,
Over five years (2018-2022), KILIMO-VC will assist
participatory research and marketing and branding
smallholder households to move from subsistence farming
investments, among others.
to a more business-oriented approach. There will be a focus on:
The KILIMO-VC project seeks to explore and address some of the barriers to women’s participation, together with the
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Promoting environmentally sustainable farming
question of access and control of resources. It provides
practices;
training both to farmers’ organisations and to community-
Participation of groups that are often excluded,
based organisations.
including women and rural youth. They will have opportunities to participate, and profit from doing
KILIMO-VC is backed by contributions from international,
business across the value chain through input supply,
public, private and civil society interests.The Challenge Fund
production, processing, aggregation, marketing
is financed by the European Commission (90%), and by
and retail.
SlovakAid and Self Help Africa (10%).
At the heart of the KILIMO-VC is an €18 million Challenge
As part of a blended financing model, the programme
Fund which will be invested in supporting enterprise
supports Challenge Fund applicants to leverage investment
development projects.
from European Investment Bank (EIB) partner institutions.
The Fund awards grants that need to be matched by the applicants, to support agri-businesses, NGOs and other entities to use market-based approaches to tackle particular development challenges. The primary challenge is to increase the integration of smallscale farmers and semi-nomadic pastoralists, who are frequently excluded from agri-value chains. Business models have smallholders as suppliers of agri-products
beneficiaries:
• 100,000 total direct beneficiaries • 10,000 net equivalent jobs created • 50 agri-businesses supported (to increase turnover by at least 25%) • 15 trade associations supported
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THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS:
• Turnover increase of at least 25% for at least 50 agri-enterprises
• 10,000 jobs created • 70% increase in smallholder/pastoralist production
• 15 trade associations strengthened • 600,000 livelihoods transformed
• At least 20,000 hectares under climate-smart land management practices
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• 100,000 smallholders/ pastoralists integrated in various agricultural value chains
Damaris Auma Oloo, cassava farmer in Sinogo Village, Homa Bay County, Kenya, 2018
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CASSAVA AGGREGATION - SUPPORTING SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE AND VALUE ADDITION
Kenya programmes
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Objective: Increased food and nutrition security, employment and income among 28,000 farming households.
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assava is increasingly promoted by the government
The project is also addressing capacity gaps among regular
of Kenya due to its multiple uses as flour, starch,
cassava farmers, around knowledge of best-practice
and livestock feed, and its ability to provide food
cassava production. Self Help Africa and the Ministry of
throughout the year. However, the cassava sector remains
Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, using the lead farmer
largely underdeveloped and significant support is required
and Farmer Field School approaches, are training lead
to enable smallholder farmers to increase their incomes by
farmers to disseminate trainings to 28,000 smallholders
capitalising upon growing demand.
(at least 60% women), organised into business groups. Farmers are being trained on good agricultural practices
To this end, Self Help Africa is leading a five-year
and climate-smart agriculture and farming as a business -
programme, funded primarily by the European Union, to
including farm and market planning, enterprise profitability,
strengthen the competitiveness of the cassava value chain
quality standards, aggregation, post-harvest management
in Kenya. Building on previous work funded by the Walmart
and value addition.
Foundation and Irish Aid, which reached 12,000 households, the current project scales this to 28,000 farmers (including
In line with the programme’s value chain approach, Self
60% women) in the Western, Nyanza, Eastern and Coastal
Help Africa is investing in the development of cooperatives,
regions of Kenya. The programme is being implemented with
which enable farmers to bulk their produce, reduce input
local NGOs UCRC, RhEAL Solutions and USTADI, TruTrade,
costs and provide marketing and market linkages. The
and Rafiki Microfinance Bank.
cooperatives are also linked to financial institutions, in particular Rafiki Microfinance Bank, who provide working
This project is facilitating the availability of quality-declared
capital and support further expansion. The programme has
cassava planting material, working with the Kenya
also supported Rafiki Microfinance Bank to develop suitable
Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
loan products for the different actors along the cassava
to promote farmer production of quality cassava stems.
value chain.
SHA is training seed producers on stem production,
Total direct beneficiaries:
soil fertility, field management, pest and disease control, harvesting and post-harvest handling, processing and storage.
• 28,000 households • 16,800 women • 11,200 men
THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS: • 5,600 net equivalent jobs created • 23,800 cassava farmers linked to market opportunities • 100 aggregation centres supported • Building capacity of 14 micro, small and medium enterprises and cooperatives
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Pasiliano Omaseti , North Teso, Busia, 2018.
KERINGET COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN KISUMU
Objective: To improve access of rural households to clean water and sanitation.
Objective: Increased access to employment opportunities for 200 youths.
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ocated in the fertile Rift Valley, the Keringet area is very rural and lacks basic infrastructure. Most of the population are subsistence farmers with low incomes.
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Suzanna Omwango (52) with daughter Naomi (19). Kamkuyu village, Migori County,.
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ost young people living in the informal settlements in Kisumu county have limited opportunities to access meaningful employment. Youth
In the neighbourhood of Kiptulwa, many households struggle
unemployment is high in Kisumu, due to the slowdown in
to access clean water for both household domestic needs
employment in the region and the lack of higher education,
and for livestock and agriculture, and so have to walk over
is one of the biggest issues facing young people in Kisumu.
1km to fetch water from an unprotected source. The main
It has led to idleness, drug use and desperation among
primary school in Kiptulwa has also been without proper
youths in Kisumu, especially those found in Kondele and
latrines or pumped, safe water for a number of years.
Obunga slums.
In partnership with a local Rotary club (Rotary Keringeta),
In partnership with Designer Group, an Irish construction and
SHA is increasing access to clean, safe water and
engineering company working in Kisumu on the East African
encouraging good hygiene and sanitation practices
Breweries site, Self Help Africa is creating opportunities for
among the community and primary school pupils. Local
200 youths (50% male, 50% female) living near the EAB site
water management committees have been set up in the
to develop basic entrepreneurial, financial literacy and life
community and the school and have helped to identify
skills over a 12 month period. A selection of the participants
needs and appropriate sites for water access points.
will also be afforded placement and internship opportunities
Two boreholes will be drilled and equipped, two springs
with Designer Group and other local businesses.
rehabilitated, pumps installed and a water tank and tap provided at the school. Already, there are fewer incidences
Further to this, the project will partner with local technical
of diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases.
institutions to create opportunities for 30 partial scholarships and internship opportunities in local cooperatives for
Total direct beneficiaries:
young people.
• 3,371 with increased access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene • 538 school children with access to Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) facilities at school
Total direct beneficiaries:
• 200 youths (aged 18 to 34)
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Linisi Chiumya (35),village Kamtenthenga, Malawi, 2015.
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elf Help Africa directly implements projects in Malawi. The programme goal, to support smallholder farming communities to achieve sustainable livelihoods, is in line with the Malawi government’s current Growth and Development Strategy II.
MALAWI MALAWI malawi
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PROJECT KEY
Better Extension Training Transforming Economic Returns (BETTER) Shire Basin Sustainable Natural Resources Management Social Enhancement Project Sustainable Livelihood Improvement Resilience Project (SLIP)
Lake Malawi, (Lake Nyasa)
M A L A W I Lilongwe
Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm Extensive Agriculture and Savanna Intensive Agriculture Forest, Rainforest, Swamp
Blantyre
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Donor
Total Budget
Time Frame
Implementing Partner
Programme Area
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BETTER
European Commission
€ 14,697,478
2018 2022
ActionAid, ADRA, Plan International, and Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)
Chitipa, Karonga, Mzimba, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Kasungu, Salima, Mulanje, Chiradzulu and Thyolo Districts.
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Sustainable Livelihood Improvement Resilience Project (SLIP)
Big Lottery Fund
€ 751,437
2015
Blantyre Synod Health and Development Commission, Nkhadze Alive Youth Organisation
Nkaya and Balaka
Shire Basin Sustainable Natural Resources Management Social Enhancement Project
Millennium Challenge Account
CEPA (Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy)
Balaka District
Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm
World Bank
Malawi Ministry of Agriculture, Orbas Consulting, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering
Balaka Dsitrict
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04
2018
€ 514,546
2015 2018
€ 24,832
2018 2019
Malidadi Chilongo from Kaphika Village, Malawi, 2015
Malawi programmes
Programme
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BETTER EXTENSION TRAINING TRANSFORMING ECONOMIC RETURN (BETTER)
Malawi programmes
01
Objective: To increase resilience, food, nutrition, and income security of 402,000 smallholder farmers through sustainable agricultural growth in Malawi.
S
mallholders produce approximately 80% of Malawi’s
including conservation agriculture and soil and water
food, and most of the population of rural Malawi are
conservation; promoting the adoption of legume and small-
dependent on rain-fed agriculture.
scale vegetable production including backyard gardening, integrating nutrition training and appropriate small-scale
The food situation in Malawi has been worsened by El Niño,
irrigation technologies; and training of smallholder farmers
which heavily affected the 2015-16 agricultural season.
on diversification of crops, including early maturing varieties,
Maize is the most significant crop for food security, but
drought and flood tolerant crops.
recent outputs have been well below the amount required to meet national needs, underlining the need for crop
A key constraint for many farmers is access to information
diversification. Around 40% of Malawi’s citizens were
to guide their production decisions. Improved agricultural
projected to suffer from food insecurity in 2016-17, with
extension services provide farmers with the information
estimates suggesting that 6.7 million people would not be
that they need to address their challenges and to exploit
able to meet their food requirements that year.
opportunities. They are important to enable Malawi’s
Female smallholders are especially vulnerable to food
farmers to significantly raise their productivity levels through
insecurity due to their unequal access to land and credit
sustainable agricultural practices.
and their disproportionate burden of labour. Self Help Africa is also adopting new technologies to make The European Union-funded BETTER project is a
farming more efficient. To achieve this, farmers are being
collaboration between Self Help Africa, ActionAid Malawi
organised into Farmer Field School groups. These groups
(AAM), Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA),
involve farmer-led research to document and share best
Plan International UK and the Evangelical Association of
practices, training farmers in data collection and record
Malawi (EAM).
management, linking farmer groups to mobile phonebased information services on sustainable agricultural
Crop diversification and improved adoption of alternative
methodologies, and developing community Early Warning
crops has been one of the government of Malawi’s key
Systems (EWS) in flood and drought-prone areas.
strategies to achieving food and income security. Malawi depends mainly on maize and tobacco for food and income
These actions have been designed to contribute to
security. However in recent years, maize production has
improving agricultural productivity in the targeted 10
been heavily affected by climate variability and tobacco
KULIMA districts by improving capacity of smallholder
prices have been low due to anti-smoking campaigns.
farmers to farm in a more effective manner, thus reducing
There is need for crop diversification in alternative crops
their vulnerability to shocks.
which have a relative comparative advantage. SHA are undertaking a number of activities to build capacity among smallholder farmers to increase production and efficiency. These include: supporting farmer field school groups to promote sustainable agricultural practices,
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Beneficiaries:
• 402,000 smallholder farmers (including 241,201 women)
Malawi programmes THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS: • 13,000 Farmer Field Schools will be created to provide training and promote new crops and climate-smart farming methods. • 400,000 families will be trained using a network of community-based field school. • The project will intervene in 10 of Malawi’s 28 national districts.
Ethel Khundi (32) with daughter Memory (13), Whunachu Village, Malawi, 2017.
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Malawi programmes
Veronica Brown (43) and her daughter Linda Kampira (18), Kuma village, 2017.
Sustainable livelihoods improvement project (SLIP)
02
Objective: To reduce poverty levels and improve livelihood resilience of 2,000 poor smallholder households in Balaka District, southern Malawi.
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alaka is one of the districts in Malawi that faces perennial hunger because of frequent dry spells. Agriculture is dominated by subsistence farming and
rain-fed food production systems that are facing increasing challenges from land degradation and declining soil fertility. SLIP is promoting improved livelihood security through increased and diversified crop and livestock production;
Objective: To contribute to improving power generation through communitybased sustainable use and management of natural resources.
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he Shire River is Malawi’s most important water resource, however, severe erosion is resulting in sedimentation of the river basin, causing water
shortages and reducing the effectiveness of Malawi’s hydropower facilities. This also negatively affects many of the country’s smallholder farmers by reducing soil fertility, yields, income and food security.
improved ecological resilience through improved natural
Self Help Africa plans to improve power generation by
resource management; increased incomes and increased
reducing erosion and sedimentation. In order to achieve
and diversified livelihoods options through community-
this, the project is focusing on improving local management
based rural enterprises.
of natural resources; improving community participation
Self Help Africa aims to establish profitable and sustainable community-based rural enterprises with developed market access skills and access to financial services. It is also vital to strengthen the capacity of beneficiaries to effectively
in environmental and natural decision-making; improving sustainable management and utilisation of forests and woodlots; promoting conservation agriculture, and integrating soil fertility management and agro-forestry practices.
implement and manage their livelihood activities. This
The project will also address the social and gender
will eventually lead to increased and diversified livelihood
constraints and inequalities in sustainable agriculture and
options and an increase in household incomes.
natural resource management. The intervention will focus
This project will focus on strengthening existing services and community structures in their own right. In this manner, after the project winds down, local government and farmer groups should have emerging, workable procedures for
on engaging communities to promote joint decision-making at both community and household levels. This will be delivered through the provision of literacy training in order to allow farmers to engage in value addition and marketing.
continuing livelihood opportunities, thus ensuring the
Through this project, communities will have better
sustainability of the project.
participation in decision-making processes surrounding
Beneficiaries:
• 12,000 households • 50% women
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Shire Basin Sustainable Natural Resources Management Social Enhancement Project
the natural resources that they use to survive. It will decentralise institutions, and foster a sense of ownership and responsibility around natural resources.
• 12,000 disadvantaged individuals reached Beneficiaries: • 3,500 households in Balaka District in Traditional Authority Nkaya, Balaka (21,000 people) • 50% women District
Malawi programmes Maize infected by Fall Armyworm, Malawi, 2017.
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Developing Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor Fall Armyworm
Objective: To contribute to the solution of the Fall Armyworm (FAW) problem by developing a tool for the detection of its hotspots.
F
ood security in Malawi has been worsened by the increasing prevalence of pests and diseases, including the emergence of the FAW affecting over
600,000 smallholder farmers. The emergence of the FAW across Malawi and sub-Saharan Africa poses a critical continuous and recurrent threat to smallholder farmers across the continent. This project is being delivered by an innovative collaboration
institutions, NGOs and commercial farmers to maximise the benefits of insecticide, manage yield losses, and adapt to climate change challenges. In the initial stages of this project, data will be collected at both satellite and field levels, this data will then be processed and cleaned, and the model will then be built and optimised based on the baseline data to monitor any changes.
between: SHA, University College Dublin, and Orbas with the support of the relevant local government district authorities in Balaka District in Malawi. The aim of the project is to create a model to detect and monitor Fall Armyworm outbreaks and severity. This model will then be developed into a software tool to help public
Beneficiaries:
• 3,500 households in Balaka District (21,000 people) • 50% women
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2018-19
Bashir Twinomwjuni, Uganda
S
elf Help Africa works with and through local
We aim to be a catalyst, developing collaborative approaches
community-based organisations, government
to meet specific local needs through effective, integrated and
agencies, international NGOs, private sector partners
sustainable solutions.
and emerging social enterprises in Uganda. In this way initiatives can continue without our support and These diverse partners all have huge potential in addressing
have the potential to grow. Our programmes clearly link
the country’s hunger and poverty. Self Help Africa believes
with the national agricultural strategies produced under the
that the most effective role that we can play is in facilitating
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)
partnerships that will bring them together to serve the needs
Development Strategy and Investment Plan.
of underdeveloped rural communities.
malawi
UGANDA
PROJECT KEY zambia
burkinafaso
MANZO Youth Empowerment Project (MAYEP)
ghana
Agriculture and Market Support for North West Uganda
kenya
Local Seed Business Outscaling
togo
S O U T H S U D A N
Gulu
Striking a Balance
D E M R E P Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience C O N G O of smallholder farmers Lake Albert Extensive Agriculture and Savanna
Lira
U G A N D A
Intensive Agriculture
Kampala
Forest, Rainforest, Swamp
K E N Y A
Barren
Lake Victoria
Z A M B I A
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T A N Z A N I A
01
02
03
04
05
Donor
Total Budget
MANZO Youth European Union Empowerment Project (MAYEP)
€975,415
Agriculture and Market Support for North West Uganda
World Food Programme, Irish Aid
€918,000
Local Seed Business Wageningen, Irish Aid Outscaling
€110,406
Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience of Smallholder Farmers
€145,000
Irish Aid
Striking a Balance: The Haramead Trust, Developing a Green The European Economy around Lake Commission Bunyonyi Basin
Time Frame
2016 2019
Implementing Partner
Programme Area
Agency For Accelerated Rural Development (AFARD)
Maracha, Nebbi, and Zombo Districts, Northwestern Uganda
Adjumani, Kiryandongo, Masindi and Omoro Districts
2017 2018
2017
Integrated Seed Sector Development Uganda
Eastern and Soutwestern Uganda
Kabale and Rubanda local governments, African International Christian Ministry (AICM)
Ngora, Amuria, Katakwi and Kaberamaido, North-Eastern region
2018
2018 2020
€619,092
2018
uganda programmes
Programme
Kabale and Rubanda, Southwestern Uganda
2020
Gastone is a farmer and chairman of the SOFT Farmers Group, Kikyenkye Sub County, Ibanda District, Uganda
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UGANDA programmes
Agnes Katushabe with husband Odomaro Byanihaugha, Uganda
MANZO Youth Empowerment project (MAYEP)
01
Objective: To contribute to sustainable poverty reduction among youth in the West Nile region, Northern Uganda
U
ganda is the world’s most youthful country, with 5.8 million people aged 15 to 24. It also has the highest rate of youth unemployment in Africa.
MAYEP is a â‚Ź1 million EU-funded project that has been
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AGRICULTURE AND MARKET SUPPORT FOR north west Uganda
Objective: To improve income and food security of smallholder households through increased production.
A
gricultural productivity in Uganda is currently well below potential, and many of the crops that are produced for market are often lost before they can be sold due to
poor storage facilities and post-harvest handling.
designed with local partner Agency For Accelerated Rural
With this in mind, the Agriculture and Market Support (AMS)
Development (AFARD), to support youth empowerment
project aims to increase the production and sale of maize,
and economic development in Maracha, Nebbi and Zombo
beans and sorghum for smallholder farmer households in
districts of the West Nile region.
Adjumani, Kiryandongo, Masindi and Omoro districts. The
The MAYEP project aims to create employment opportunities for 3,000 youth in agricultural value chains and empower them to engage in dialogue with duty bearers
project will also support the World Food Programme’s food assistance programmes through stimulating local production, aggregation and sale of staple crops.
at community, district and regional levels. This is facilitated
Self Help Africa has been implementing the AMS project with
through the development of group enterprises, vocational
3000 farmers in Masindi, Kiryandongo and Adjumani districts
training and internship placements that respond to youth
since 2017. In July 2018 the project extended its support to
priorities, industry needs as well as demand for agricultural
Oromo District and 5,500 new beneficiaries including 4,000
products.
refugees. A further 3,000 beneficiaries will be added in the
Participants receive training on business plan development, group management and leadership, and financial literacy
coming years, as the first cohort of farmers graduate from the project.
and are supported to identity and negotiate with buyers.
The new phase of the project will strengthen the capacity of
They are also supported to establish and manage savings
smallholder farmers from both refugee and host communities to
and credit groups which helps them to invest in productive
move into commercial production, increase access to support
assets and start small businesses.
services and new technologies, and build the institutional
The project is establishing fora in each district to integrate youth in local development planning processes to assure
capacity of farmer organisations to aggregate and market better quality produce.
responsiveness to youth-specific needs. Young people are
Farmers are organised into farmer groups, and linked to satellite
also encouraged to advocate for inclusion of their needs
collection points for aggregation, safe storage and marketing.
and priorities in local development planning.
The groups will also be linked to financial institutions for banking
beneficiaries:
3,000 youth under 27 (including 1,500 women)
services and agricultural loans, and to quality agricultural service providers for inputs and post-harvest handling equipment. They will also be supported to conduct market research and establish market linkages to obtain competitive prices for their produce.
Total direct beneficiaries:
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3,000 (at least 50% women)
03
LOCAL SEED BUSINESS OUTSCALING
Objective: To increase food, nutrition and income security in smallholder households.
T
he uptake and utilisation of quality seed by smallholder farmers in Uganda is still very low, with over 85% depending on seed saved from previous seasons.
Strengthening Livelihoods, Nutrition and Climate Resilience of smallholder farmers
04
Objective: To create resilient, selfsustaining farming communities where poverty and hunger are reduced.
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he overall objective of this project is to create resilient, self-sustaining farming communities where poverty and hunger are reduced. This is being achieved
However, each time farmers save and plant seed from a
through strengthening the livelihoods, nutrition and climate
previous season it loses vigour, resulting in lower yields.
resilience of smallholder farmers in four districts of Teso,
This project aims to increase quality seed uptake by
North-Eastern Uganda.
establishing local seed businesses that empower farmers
The project promotes an integrated risk management
to produce and market quality seed within their local
approach to strengthening resilience and to sustainably
communities.
increase agricultural production and productivity. This will
Working in partnership with the Integrated Seed Sector Development Programme of Wageningen University, the project targets farmer groups that are entrepreneurial, and have experience in growing the crops for which they want to produce seed in 30 Local Seed Businesses (LSBs). The project is building the capacity of local service providers to support the development of the groups. A capacity assessment of each group is conducted and action plans are developed to address the skills and knowledge gaps through continuous coaching on key aspects of technical
uganda programmes
Flora Nyirangaba, Uganda
involve promoting the use of drought and pest-tolerant seeds, early maturing seed, livestock, and agro-forestry, as well as off-farm practices including the establishment of saving and loans groups, community early warning system, and advocacy engagement. As a result of these interventions, it is expected that beneficiaries will achieve year-round food security, including being able to eat at least twice a day during the hunger season, with increased household income, strong adaptability to shocks, and improved nutrition.
seed production and marketing. LSBs are linked to other
Communities will also be empowered to advocate on
strategic partners such as research organisations for access
issues affecting their right to food and to engage with local
to foundation seed, markets, credit and extension.
government extension services and para-vets to maximise sustainability.
Total direct beneficiaries:
900 members of 30 Local Seed Businesses
This project is being implemented through two communitybased organisations and three local NGOs, in order to increase engagement and ownership of the project, as well as building capacity at the local level.
beneficiaries: 1,554
• 9,324 indirect beneficiaries • 61% female beneficiaries 27
UGANDA programmes
Fulumina Busihgye’s farm, Lake Bunyonyi region, Uganda
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STRIKING A BALANCE: Developing a green economy around Lake Bunyonyi Basin
Objective: To improve the institutional framework for sustainable environmental and economic management of Lake Bunyonyi through capacity building of local authorities.
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ake Bunyonyi is a high-value natural resource for
The project will set up 20 Farmer Field Schools to provide
the predominantly rural populations of Kabale
ongoing training to 500 smallholder farmers on soil and
and Rubanda districts. The lake is also an area of
water conservation practices. Training will cover production
outstanding natural beauty and biodiversity, with significant
of various crops suitable for cultivation in seasonal wetlands
potential to generate tourism revenue for the communities
and surrounding farmland, incorporating soil and water
living around it. Poverty and mounting population pressures
conservation practices such as construction and reinforcement
have caused significant degradation of natural resources in
of terraces and drains, contour ploughing, agro-forestry and
the lake basin, resulting in declining water availability, loss of
cover cropping to help bring about sustained improvements in
wildlife habitats and soil fertility, and posing a long-term threat
water infiltration, soil quality and fertility within the catchment,
to the income and food security of poor rural households.
as well as reduce the risk and potential impact of natural disasters such as mudslides.
This project aims to improve the institutional framework for sustainable management of the Lake Bunyonyi basin,
To provide an alternative to livelihood activities that have a
through capacity building of local authorities. It will contribute
negative impact on the environment, 500 new jobs will be
to the inclusive and low-carbon economic transformation
created in sustainable livelihood sectors including horticulture,
of communities in the Lake Bunyonyi basin, generating
tree nurseries, beekeeping, mushroom production, small
sustainable economic growth, increased employment,
livestock and sustainable energy and tourism.
reduced poverty, improved nutrition, and sustainable management of the environment.
Businesses will benefit from opportunities for knowledgesharing, and influencing the development of policies and
Self Help Africa will establish 12 Village Natural Resource
bylaws governing the use of lake resources through the
Management Committees in the most degraded areas
establishment of a ‘green business forum’. The action will
around the lake. Their role will be to transfer knowledge on
promote branding and marketing of Lake Bunyonyi as an
the sustainable use of natural resources to members of their
eco-tourism destination and will allow petty traders and agri-
wider communities. Members are drawn from a range of
enterprises to gain business skills and improved access to
social groups, ensuring that the voices of those who depend
financial services and markets for their products.
on natural resources – including traditionally marginalised groups such as women, youth, persons with disabilities, and Batwa communities – are heard in the process of developing an integrated management plan for the lake.
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beneficiaries:
• 1,000 individual members of rural communities • 60% from marginalised groups including women, youth and Batwa communities
Emmanuel Ngororano and wife, Odetta, Uganda
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REGIONAL PROFILE
West Africa
2018-19
Group of rice producers located in Yargo Centre Village, Yargo, Kourittenga, Centre East, Burkina Faso, 2016.
malawi
T
zambia
 he West Africa programme operates in Burkina
The focus of the programme is increasingly on value addition
Faso and Togo, with the regional office based in burkinafaso
and creating linkages with private sector opportunities for
Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and a country office in
agricultural producers.
Dapaong, Togo. ghana kenya
malawi
zambia
West Africa burkinafaso
togo
ghana
kenya
N I G E R
togo
PROJECT KEY
M A L I
Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters
Ouagadougou
B U R K I N A
Improved Governance & Access to Water and Sanitation
F A S O
Extensive Agriculture and Savanna Intensive Agriculture Forest, Rainforest, Swamp
Dapaong G H A N A B E N I N
T O G O C O T E
D ´ I V O I R E
Lome
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01 02
Improved Governance and Access to Water and Sanitation
EU and other trusts and funds
Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters
DFID
Total Budget
€ 666,650
Time Frame
2016 2019
Yougbare Balkissa (21), and Pilabre Aisha (9 months), Lilgou Village, Togo, 2015
€ 1,691,286
2015 2019
Implementing Partner
Programme Area
Association d’Appui aux Activités de Santé Communautaire
Savanna region, Togo
Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Ministry of Agriculture department of Plant Health, Fédération des Groupements Wend Yam, Association Project Écologie et Reboisement (PER), Association Zood Nooma pour le Développement (AZND), Association de Développement Sougri Nooma (ASDN)
Centre Nord region, Burkina Faso
West Africa programmes
Donor
Programme
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West Africa programmes
01
IMPROVED GOVERNANCE and ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION, TOGO
Objective: To contribute to the improvement of the quality of life for rural populations through ensuring equitable and adequate access to water, sanitation and health.
T
his project will be implemented in the Naki-Est and Ogaro communities of Togo, which have recorded very low levels of access to drinking water – 26% and
BUILDING RESILINECE TO CLIMATE EXTREMES AND DISASTERS (BRACED)
02
Objective: To strengthen the ability of smallholder farmers to cope with the impact of climate variability by diversifying agricultural production.
B
urkina Faso’s climate is changing rapidly, leading to increased aridity and water shortages. This is causing increased difficulties for subsistence
farmers, who are highly vulnerable to climate extremes.
52% respectively. These levels are not sufficient to sustain local populations.
Working with Welthungerhilfe, local government and local partners in Burkina Faso, the project is decreasing the
This project is being implemented in northern Togo in order
vulnerability of 620,000 women, children and men.
to improve WASH practices, and local governance of water resources.
The project is promoting the diversification of agricultural production of smallholder farmers and improving incomes
The project will both drill new, and rehabilitate existing
through sustainable access to drought-tolerant seeds,
boreholes in the region, in order to provide access to safe
improved soil fertility and a specific focus on enterprise
drinking water to 5,750 people. 1,908 latrines, of which 150
development. SHA is also providing training to increase the
are Ecological Sanitation, will be built over the three year
organisational capacity of farmers, and promote climate-
project, providing sanitation facilities to 19,080 people.
smart agriculture techniques.
In order for Self Help Africa’s intervention to be sustainable,
Self Help Africa is working closely with the government in
artisans will be trained in latrine and borehole maintenance.
Burkina Faso to strengthen agricultural extension services and
Water point management structures will also be set up to
early-warning weather systems. Community radio messaging
collect fees from users in order to fund any repairs needed.
and other innovative resourcing techniques allowed Self
SHA is helping to build ownership and responsibility within
Help Africa to reach over 200,000 individuals with weather
the communities by forming development committees
information by mid-2017.
and WASH associations, as well as forming a local project management team in order to assure the sustainability of
Overall, this project will lead to improved resilience of poor
the action.
and vulnerable communities affected by climate change in
Total direct beneficiaries: 32,569
• 54% women • 67 villages in the Savanna region of Togo
Burkina Faso. Evidence from the resilience-building approaches is being used for embedding climate adaptation approaches in local, regional and national plans and generating best practice guidelines on climate adaptation in the Sahel region.
Beneficiaries:
• 200,000 will receive direct training • 419,136 total beneficiaries will benefit from early-warning weather signals • 310,000 female beneficiaries (direct and indirect) 32
West Africa programmes
Habibou Tiendrebeogo (44), Nomgana Village, Loumbila, Oubritenga, Plateau Central, Burkina Faso, 2016.
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Foster Simeo, Malela Village, Northern Province, 2015.
2018-19
S
elf Help Africa’s programme focus in Zambia is on
The country programme works primarily through commodity
two key areas: rural enterprise development and
producer groups, seed producer groups, research stations,
sustainable agricultural and rural livelihoods.
local NGOs, civil society organisations and local government to reach smallholder farmers.
Projects address a selection of integrated issues: sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition security, research
Self Help Africa also provides support and capacity building
into and production of improved varieties of seed, rural
to local government departments in planning, monitoring,
enterprise development and income generation, and
evaluation and training.
environmental rehabilitation. malawi
Zambia zambia
burkinafaso
PROJECT KEY
ghana
kenya
Irish Aid Local Development Programme togo
Nutrition Sensitive Agri-Food Value Chains
D E M R E P C O N G O
Community-Based Seed Enterprises
Kitwe
Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-Basin
Chipata M A L A W I
Kaoma Farm Development Project Pathway to Self-Reliance for Refugees in Zambia
Mongu
Z A M B I A Lusaka
Elite II
Extensive Agriculture and Savanna Intensive Agriculture Forest, Rainforest, Swamp
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Z I M B A B W E
Total Budget
Time Frame
Implementing Partner
Programme Area
01
Irish Aid Local Development Programme
Irish Aid
€ 8,211,460
2013 2019
Mbala and Luwingu District Council, PPU, HiD
Northern Province
02
Nutrition Sensitive AgriFood Value Chains
McGill University
€ 215,371
2016
McGill University, Bioversity International, Worldfish
Northern Province
Regional seed grower associations, Zambia Agricultural Research Institute and Seed Control and Certification Institute.
Lusaka, Southern, Muchinga, Central, Northern and Eastern Provinces
KAOMA Farm Development Committee, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, Seed Control and Certification Institute.
Western Province
OPAD, SRDA, SASS, DAPP
Southern, Lusaka and Central Provinces
Heifer International
Eastern Province
Government of Zambia Ministries, UNHCR
Kalumbila and Kaoma districts
2018
03
Community-Based Seed Enterprises
Irish Aid, Electric Aid
€ 422,317
2015 2021
04
Kaoma Farm Development Project
SHA
€ 191,205
2015 2018
05 06 07
€ 740,433
Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-Basin
Zambia Ministry of Finance
Enhanced Livelihood Livestock, Trade, Enterprise II (Elite II)
Zambian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
€ 257,692
Pathways to SelfReliance for Refugees in Zambia
UNHCR, Irish Aid
€ 240,403
2016
Zambia programmes
Donor
Programme
2017
2015 2018
2017 2020
Willie Phiri (40), Chinini village, Zambia, 2015
Ignatius Mulenga,, Malela Village, Nothern Province, Zambia.
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Zambia programmes
01
Irish Aid Local development programme
Objective: To improve the livelihoods, health status, food and nutrition security of over 23,000 poor households.
Z
ambia’s Northern Province consistently ranks as one
On average, households have seen their disposable income
of the four poorest provinces in the country, with an
increase and production levels of important nutritious crops
estimated 75% of its population living in poverty and
have risen.
over 50% of people living in extreme poverty. IALDP worked primarily through more than 370 producer The overall aim of this programme is to improve the
groups, training lead farmers and providing access to
livelihoods, health status, food and nutrition security of poor
quality inputs, enabling farmers to increase production and
households in Luwingu, Mbala and Senga Hill districts of
marketing of poultry, goats, fish and a variety of nutrient-
Northern Province.
rich vegetable crops such as bio-fortified iron and zinc-rich beans and groundnuts.
Since 2013, SHA has been implementing the Irish Aid Local Development Programme (IALDP) - an integrated livelihoods
IALDP has also mobilised almost 3,000 community
programme focusing on increasing agricultural production,
volunteers who educate and support mothers and care
productivity and marketing, promoting improved nutrition
givers on a range of issues, including good infant and young
and health education, and supporting local authorities to
child feeding practices, HIV and AIDS, malaria prevention
improve service delivery - improving the livelihoods, health
and good practices in nutrition, water and sanitation.
and food and nutrition security of over 17,000 smallholder households in Mbala, Senga Hill and Luwingu districts.
Access to credit, saving facilities and working capital remains
The majority of the population in the districts are poor and
extremely limited in the districts due to rural locations and
hence vulnerable to a number of inter-related problems such
poor infrastructure. However, six Financial Associations
as food insecurity, climate change, malnutrition, insecure
established under the programme in 2017 are beginning
livelihoods and ill health. Now in the final phase-out stage,
to provide these services to surrounding communities and
the programme is working with local government to ensure
shareholders. With further mentoring and support, they are
a smooth handover and sustainable exit strategy.
well positioned to provide aggregation, collective buying, and business development services to the smallholder farmers
End of programme assessments have shown promising results; chronic malnutrition reduced in children under 24 months from 40% to 31% in Luwingu, and more mothers
Total direct beneficiaries
are providing appropriate food and hygiene for their infants.
23,000 households
THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS: • 17,000 households in Mbala and Luwingu districts benefit from the project • 60% of beneficiaries are women • 5,400 members in 120 savings and credit associations • 372 farmer groups
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who are their primary membership base.
Girl in Malela village, Northern Province, Zambia, 2015.
NUTRITION SENSITIVE AGRI-FOOD VALUE CHAINS
02
Objective: To improve the nutritional status of members of farming households.
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ver the past two decades, the prevalence of stunting has persistently been above 40% in Zambia, which impedes human development,
productivity and economic growth.
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COMMUNITY-BASED SEED ENTERPRISES
Zambia programmes
Emma Kayela, Nsunda Village, Northern Province.
Objective: To improve the food, nutrition and income security of smallholder households in Kafue District.
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roductivity in Zambia is held back by a lack of access to quality seed, transport and other infrastructure. Because of this, farmers often struggle to feed their
families throughout the year.
Self Help Africa is the Zambian-based implementing partner
As part of our response to this, Self Help Africa, in
in a research consortium led by McGill University, with sub-
collaboration with the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute,
grantees WorldFish Centre and Bioversity International. The
the Seed Certification and Control Institute, and the University
project’s objective is to promote the availability, accessibility
of Zambia, is working with Seed Grower Associations (SGA)
and consumption of diverse, safe and nutritious foods for
and their smallholder farmer members to increase production
improved household nutrition and health.
of early generation indigenous legume seed and to develop a better understanding of how the different varieties perform
This will be delivered through linkages formed with the private
under conservation agriculture practices in the different
sector, trainings on food quality and nutrition, and knowledge
geographical regions of Zambia.
dissemination through multimedia. The project is also building the capacity of the SGAs Through assessments of the opportunities to add value to
themselves, providing technical assistance on business
and improve the nutrient content of selected commodities
planning, financial management and governance. Seed
throughout the value chain. SHA, partners and project
production provides a profitable business opportunity
participants will be able to develop contextually appropriate
for farmers with the entrepreneurial drive and capacity to
methods of processing these foods in ways that maintain or
produce at consistent quality and SGAs provide essential
enhance their nutrition content.
collective purchasing, aggregation and marketing services to their members.
The project will collaborate with a variety of Zambian actors, including the University of Zambia, agro-dealers, government extension staff, cooperatives and smallholder farmers as building local capacity and harnessing existing local
Total direct beneficiaries:
400 farmers • 50% women
knowledge are key to the success of the project.
Total direct beneficiaries:
2,400 • 960 women • 1,440 male
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Zambia programmes
Rosemary Chate, Malela, Northern Province, 2016.
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STRENGHTENING CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THE KAFUE SUB-BASIN
Objective: To increase crop and livestock production, market access, and income security to sustainably support activities at Cheshire Homes Orphanage.
Objective: To strengthen the adaptive capacity of poor rural farming communities to respond to current climate variability and long-term consequences of climate change.
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he Kaoma Cheshire Community Care Centre (KCCC) is facing challenges with continuing the support of education for the children in its care as children get
older and become more demanding of limited resources. KCCC cares for orphans who have lost one or both parents because of AIDS. The centre owns a large piece of farmland
t is likely that weather extremes will be experienced more often in decades to come due to climate change. In Zambia, these include severe droughts and heavy
floods. Rural communities in Zambia are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to their current low adaptive capacity.
which, if well utilised, has the potential to make the KCCC
Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-Basin
largely self-sufficient in food production and less reliant on
(SCRiKA) is an extension project whose objective is to
external funding.
help rural farming communities adapt to current climate
To alleviate the pressures on the Cheshire Homes
variability and long-term consequences of climate change.
Orphanage, Self Help Africa is providing technical
SHA is assisting rural communities who live in highly
assistance to management on best practice in crop and
vulnerable areas to identify and address the impacts
livestock production, seed multiplication and marketing of
of climate change in their local development plans and
the farm produce. Conservation agriculture techniques are
access funding for community adaptation projects.
also being introduced so that crops are more resilient to the increasingly irregular weather patterns in the area.
Working with the local government and our partners, SHA is supporting communities to contribute to district climate
The farm has huge potential to be a supplier of value-added
change adaption plans, so that their concerns and needs
products such as sun flower oil, peanut butter and early
are addressed. Communities are also receiving advice
generation seed to surrounding farming households, local
and financial support to design, implement and manage
markets and beyond.
community projects, which will enable them to adapt to the
Beneficiaries:
• 90 direct beneficiaries – children who live in the Cheshire Homes Orphanage • 40 smallholder households within the vicinity of the farm 38
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KAOMA FARM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
changing climate conditions by developing skills in climatesmart agriculture methods, and diversifying from crop production into small livestock farming.
Beneficiaries:
• 23,000 direct beneficiaries • 43,300 to benefit from climate information systems • 52% women
ENHANCED LIVESTOCK TRADE AND ENTERPRISE II
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PATHWAYS TO SELF-RELIANCE FOR REFUGEES IN ZAMBIA
Objective: To improve the productivity of key livestock production systems for targeted smallholder producers in Chipata, Katete and Chadiza districts.
Objective: To increase self-reliance for 300 refugee households and local host communities in Meheba and Mayukwayukwa settlement areas.
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mallholder farmers in Zambia’s Eastern Province are in a better position with regard to small livestock production thanks to the ELITE II project, which
ambia currently hosts around 58,000 refugees and displaced people, the majority of whom reside in the country’s two officially designated settlements: Meheba
entered its second phase in 2017. Now the programme
and Mayukwayukwa. Both settlements are remote with limited
requires further investment to scale-up its reach and impact.
access to infrastructure, and their inhabitants are currently
Self Help Africa, and Heifer International, have been working
reliant on UNHCR and other agencies for subsistence.
with three District Livestock Associations (DLAs) and goat
Self Help Africa is leading a pilot project with UNCHR to design
farmers to improve productivity and strengthen their position
and implement a graduation programme to foster a spirit of
within the goat value chain, through improving sector
self-reliance in refugees and other vulnerable local families in
coordination, formalization of processes, and developing
the host community. SHA staff are working closely with the
market information systems.
UNHCR livelihoods team and relevant government ministries.
At community level, ELITE II provides organisational and
The graduation approach supports households over an
technical training to new and existing Livestock Producer
18-month period, through providing training on agriculture,
Groups and opportunities for learning exchanges between
setting up savings and credit groups, providing a productive
groups. Linking goat farmers to financial services such
asset chosen by the participant and facilitating links to
as village saving and loan schemes and micro-finance
potential markets. In addition, each participant is assigned a
institutions is another key component of the project, to
case worker who mentors them throughout the project.
enable access to working capital and investment in inputs. The project is implemented through local partners such as District Farmer Associations, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Cooperatives, and the DLAs. This is a key aspect of ownership and sustainability and will therefore be emphasised through a participatory implementation process.
Zambia programmes
Lillian Makukula (59), Manjakazi Village Chipata District, Zambia, 2015
The project will work with 300 vulnerable households from the refugee and host communities to increase self-reliance. This will reduce dependency on UNHCR hand-outs and enable these vulnerable households to meet their food and nutrition requirements as well as basic social and economic needs such as school fees, medical fees and
Beneficiaries:
food requirements.
• 2,000 smallholder farmers in 3 regions
Total direct beneficiaries: 300
• 1,200 women and 800 men • 105 livestock producer groups will be supported with strengthened capacity
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