THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$6,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Kenya
- Fiscal year
- 2017-2018
- Agreement period
- February 2, 2018 – December 31, 2020
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-P005282001
Published purpose
This project aims to strengthen the resilience of about 700,000 people living on the most ecologically fragile lands in Kenya, particularly the most vulnerable women and young people. The World Food Program (WFP) works to strengthen the capacity of communities to improve their agricultural production and access new markets, including through land rehabilitation for longer-term harvesting and improved water management. This enables them to increase their food security and reduce hunger in an arid region where a drought often follows the harvest season. Microinsurance products for smallholder farmers, a key risk management mechanism and a way to put farmers on a path of resilience, are to be developed. The project also aims to better equip county governments (where agriculture is a deconcentrated function) to better serve small farmers and to re-direct public funds towards rural development and resilience.
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This project supports the World Food Program in Kenya to strengthen resilience and food security for about 700,000 people in ecologically fragile arid lands, focusing on agricultural production, water management, microinsurance, and county government capacity.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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