Project Overview
Food security in Dollow remains fragile due to recurring drought, failed rains, extreme heat, flooding, livestock losses, displacement, high food prices, insecurity, and disruption to trade and transport.
These pressures have reduced agricultural production, weakened pastoral livelihoods, limited household income, and increased dependence on harmful coping strategies. Women-headed households, internally displaced families, small-scale farmers, and pastoral communities face especially serious barriers to food, productive resources, financial services, and sustainable livelihoods.
The project responds through an integrated approach that links food production, climate adaptation, productive infrastructure, women’s livelihoods, savings, financial literacy, and gender-transformative household engagement.
Overall Goal
To improve vulnerable households’ access to diverse and nutritious food while strengthening economic well-being, climate resilience, and equitable participation in household and community decision-making.
Key Objectives
- Increase sustainable food production through agroecological farming.
- Improve farmers’ access to quality seeds, tools, knowledge, and local agricultural markets.
- Rehabilitate irrigation canals and degraded rangelands.
- Expand income opportunities for internally displaced and host-community women.
- Improve women’s access to savings, loans, business skills, and productive assets.
- Promote shared household decision-making and gender equality.
- Strengthen community resilience to drought, flooding, and other climate-related shocks.
- Improve accountability, local participation, coordination, and learning.
Emerging Impact
The project is contributing to positive changes in household resilience and local food systems:
- Farmers are gaining practical knowledge of agroecological production.
- Households are producing a more diverse mix of crops.
- Agricultural inputs are improving access to food and marketable surplus.
- Fodder production is helping households support livestock.
- Rehabilitated canals are improving irrigation access.
- Cash-for-work is creating income while restoring productive community assets.
- Women are establishing tailoring and beauty businesses.
- Savings groups are helping women access small loans and manage collective funds.
- Women are increasing their participation in household financial planning.
- Men are showing greater recognition of shared decision-making.
- Local agro-dealers are strengthening community seed systems.
- Community feedback is influencing activity schedules, literacy support, training delivery, and future plans.
