West & Central Darfur States

The intervention was designed to complement the work done by IRDS under the Livelihood Support and Community Economic Revitalization Program for Returnees and Vulnerable, conflict affected Local Residents in two localities in West and Central Darfur States. This program is implemented in partnership with Darfur Development and Reconstruction Agency (DRA) and support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This LoA has become an integral part of this program and complemented its activities. The program objective was to improve and enhance food security and livelihoods of 130 vulnerable farming households and to 10,000 animal owning households in selected villages of Sulu and Krenick localities 

The program was implemented in collaboration with the local communities in three clusters of villages, cluster one and two in Kiranik locality in West Darfur State (WDS) and cluster three in Azum locality in Central Darfur State (CDS).

The communities in the target areas were organized under the leadership of a Supreme Community Affairs Committees (SCAC) which were formed by DRA during a previous intervention to coordinate relief and development interventions. The LoA objectives and activities were explained to the SCAC members; IRDS outlined the parameter of the beneficiaries’ selection criteria and agreed on the responsibilities of the individual village development committees (VDC) in ensuring the impartial, transparent and fair selection process, and requested them to propose potential participants for the various program activities. DRA and IRDS project staff received lists of potential participants and vetted all proposed participants and made the final beneficiary selection, the LoA provided direct inputs to the beneficiaries of the Livelihood Support and Community Economic Revitalization Program.

IRDS also engaged the ministry of agriculture and animal resources in both States in the training of the beneficiaries and the implementation of pastureland management and animal vaccination campaigns.

The FAO WDS provided seeds systems and tools in addition to vaccines and technical support to IRDS staff and assisted them in determining the appropriate types and quantities of seeds required.

The LoA also supported the community farms through the establishment of irrigation systems that are vital to the success of winter season agriculture.

• Objective:

  To improve and enhance food security and livelihood of 130 vulnerable farming households and 10000 animal owning households from IDPs, returnees and host/resident communities, pastoralist, agro-pastoralists and nomads in Nur Elsalaam, Mistraiha, Muhajar, ect.. In Sulu locality Central Darfur and El-Tagwa, Hajar Beida, Karari, ect.. In Krenick locality West Darfur Sudan.

• Outcomes. To produce, achieve or deliver the following outcome:

Productive capacity and knowledge of 130 farming households and 10000 animal owning households from IDPs, returnees and host/resident communities, pastoralist, agro-pastoralists and nomads strengthened, for increased food production in a sustainable basis and improved livestock health situation and productivity.

• Outputs. To produce, achieve or deliver the following outputs::

1. Distribute 35.1 kg of vegetables seeds (Water melon, tomato, okra, pumpkin and onion) to 130 farming households in the targeted locations and list of seeds received by each beneficiary provided

2. Rehabilitated/constructed 3 wells and/or water hand pumps in the targeted locations

3. Distribute 20 pieces of planting hoes, 20 pieces of rakes 2 savannah ploughs to targeted households in the targeted locations and list of tools received by each beneficiaries provided.

4. Vaccinate 250,000 heads of animals (100,000 heads of cattle, 70000 heads of sheep, 45000 heads of goats, 25000 heads of camels and 10000 heads of equines (donkeys and horses)) belong to 10,000 HHs from IDPs, returnees and host/resident communities, pastoralist, agro-pastoralists and nomads against the prevalent animal diseases (PPR, Sheep Pox, HS anthrax and BQ) and 10,000 animals treated and/or de-wormed from endemic diseases in the targeted locations

5. Provide basic training on animal health 30 people and provide them with drugs and equipment after the training

6. Construct 350 kms of fire break lines in the targeted locations

7. Collect 1200 kgs of pasture seeds (Difra, Abusabie, Beghail) and stores to be broad casted over 240 hectares of deteriorated pasture lands in the targeted locations

8. Provide training to 67 persons on protection and management of pasture lands