Country Projects


Our country projects are addressing land degradation and improving food security across sub-Saharan Africa.

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The Resilient Food Systems programme is comprised of 12 country projects across sub-Saharan Africa, linked by one Regional Hub. Click on any of the highlighted countries to learn more about the Resilient Food Systems project within that country.

The “learn more” button will take you to our Knowledge Centre where you will be able to explore updates, news stories, and resources from each project.

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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso


Project Name
Participatory Natural Resource Management and Rural Development Project (Neer-Tamba Project)
Implementing Agency
IFAD
Objective

To promote and implement sustainably managed agro-ecosystems that are key to food security in the northern region of Burkina Faso.

Contact
Koudrègma Zongo 
zongokoud@yahoo.fr
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Burundi

Burundi


Project Name
Support for Sustainable Food Production and Enhancement of Food Security and Climate Resilience in Burundi's Highlands
Implementing Agency
FAO
Objective

To increase the adoption of resilient, improved production systems for sustainable food security and nutrition through integrated landscape management and sustainable food value chains.

Contact
Salvator Ndabirorere
ndabiroreresalvator@gmail.com
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eSwatini

eSwatini


Project Name
Climate-Smart Agriculture for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods (CSARL)
Implementing Agency
IFAD
Objective

To enhance the food and nutrition security, as well as promote the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, through diversified, climate-resilient agricultural production practices and associated market linkages.

Contact
Bhekisisa Mkhonta
bhekisisam@eswade.co.sz
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Ethiopia

Ethiopia


Project Name
Integrated Landscape Management to Enhance Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience
Implementing Agency
UNDP
Objective

To enhance long-term sustainability and resilience of food production systems by addressing the environmental drivers of food insecurity in Ethiopia.

Contact
Birara Chekol
birara.chekol@undp.org
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Malawi

Malawi


Project Name
Enhancing the Resilience of Agro-ecological Systems Project (ERASP)
Implementing Agency
IFAD
Objective

To enhance the provision of ecosystem services and improve the productivity and resilience of smallholder agricultural systems through addressing land degradation, loss of agro-biodiversity, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Contact
Lusungu Sinda
lusungusinda@gmail.com
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Niger

Niger


Project Name
Family Farming Development Programme (ProDAF)
Implementing Agency
IFAD
Objective

To strengthen sustainable family farming and climate change adaptation, and to improve market access for family farms.

Contact
Abdoullaye Soumaïla
abdoullaye.soumaila@prodaf.net
Harouna Traoré
traore.harouna@prodaf.net
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Nigeria

Nigeria


Project Name
Integrated Landscape Management to Enhance Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience in Nigeria
Implementing Agency
UNDP
Objective

To foster sustainability and resilience for food security in Northern Nigeria through addressing key environmental and socioeconomic drivers of food insecurity across three agro-ecological zones.

Contact
Mohammed Tukur Usman
mtusman669@gmail.com
Rhoda Dia
rzdia4@gmail.com
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Senegal

Senegal


Project Name
Agricultural Value Chains Resilience Support Project (PARFA)
Implementing Agency
IFAD, UNIDO
Objective

To improve smallholder agriculture and food value chains through prioritizing the safeguarding and maintenance of ecosystem services.

Contact
Dr. Souleymane Diop
drdrkaolack@gmail.com
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Tanzania

Tanzania


Project Name
Reversing Land Degradation trends and increasing Food Security in degraded ecosystems of semi-arid areas of central Tanzania (LDFS)
Implementing Agency
IFAD
Objective

To reverse land degradation trends in central Tanzania and Pemba (Zanzibar) through sustainable land and water management and ecosystem-based adaptation.

Contact
Joseph Kihaule
joseph.kihaule@vpo.go.tz
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Uganda

Uganda


Project Name
Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Karamoja sub-region
Implementing Agency
FAO, UNDP
Objective

To improve food security and the long-term environmental sustainability and resilience of food production systems in the Karamoja sub-region by addressing environmental drivers of food insecurity and their root causes.

Contact
Kennedy Igbokwe
kennedy.igbokwe@fao.org
Onesimus Muhwezi
muhwezi@undp.org
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Kenya

Kenya


Project Name
Upper Tana Nairobi Water Fund (UTNWF)
Implementing Agency
IFAD
Objective

To achieve a well-conserved Tana River basin with improved water quality and adequate quantities for downstream users, and strong benefits to agricultural communities in the source watershed.

Contact
Fred Kihara
fkihara@tnc.org
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Ghana

Ghana


Project Name
Sustainable Land and Water Management Project (SLWMP)
Implementing Agency
World Bank
Objective

To improve food security in Northern Ghana using an ecosystem approach that builds on the existing systems and capacities developed through the SLWMP.

Contact
Isaac Charles Acquah
icacquah@hotmail.com
Kingsley Amoako
kingkwaw@yahoo.com
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