Protecting rural livelihoods against biological threats and modernizing livestock farming to make it more resilient to climate hazards.
Locust swarms give no warning. They arrive and devour everything. An invasion can wipe out a year's harvest in a matter of hours — hunger follows.
But there is another, slower fragility. Traditional livestock farming, a pillar of the rural economy, falters under the blows of drought and disease. Herds grow thin, and families lose their capital.
This component tackles both fronts: a national early-warning and rapid-response system against locust invasions, and a deep transformation of livestock practices to make them climate-smart.
A permanent monitoring system and rapid interventions to protect harvests from devastating invasions.
A national monitoring system to anticipate locust invasions before they strike.
Ground and aerial control measures deployed rapidly against invasions.
Training and readiness of rapid-response teams across the country.
Climate-smart solutions and restocking for sustainable livestock farming, a source of income and food security.
Strengthened veterinary services and rigorous monitoring of animal diseases.
Promoting organic manure and providing technical support to the ministry to restore soils.
Introduction of climate-smart technologies and targeted animal restocking.
season after season, shock after shock
It's not just about surviving the next crisis, but about building a food system that stands firm against repeated shocks.
