📋 Tender Overview
The intervention aims to improve the food and nutritional security of vulnerable populations in Batha province in a holistic manner, through an approach that takes into account both development and humanitarian activities. The project supports the establishment of a sustainable local mechanism for the prevention and management of food crises, increasing the income of vulnerable households and food assistance during lean periods.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Chad
Health
Agriculture & food security
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Basic nutrition
Agricultural development
Food security policy
09/16/2024 - 09/15/2027
CHF 3,000,000
The project in brief
Background Batha province is experiencing a seasonal and recurring food and nutrition crisis that affects vulnerable households' access to food. The March 2024 Harmonized Framework analysis reveals a dramatic increase in the number of food insecure people in Batha, rising to 211,102 in the "crisis or famine phase", compared to 66,132 in 2022 and 139,525 in 2023. The inefficient management of the country's financial resources, the degradation of natural resources (fertile soils and pastures) and the poor distribution of rainfall in recent years are hampering the development of agriculture and livestock, key sectors for the province and the main sources of household cash income. As a result, a large majority of the province's rural population lives below the poverty line, exacerbated by the lack of infrastructure and post-conflict crises. The intervention aims to prepare vulnerable households to meet their own food needs throughout the year, despite seasonal variations and climatic hazards, and to reduce the risks of internal or external exile.
Objectives Contribute to improving the resilience of vulnerable populations in Batha in the face of food and nutritional insecurity.
Target groups 43,740 people are direct beneficiaries of the project (54% of whom are women and 46% are men), or around 7,290 families.
Medium-term outcomes
Incomes of vulnerable and very vulnerable households increase and are more sustainable, in an environment where natural resources are better protected
The prevention and management of food crises in the medium term is ensured by the establishment of a self-managed community system allowing vulnerable and very vulnerable households to have secure access to food.
Short-term external emergency assistance enables vulnerable and very vulnerable households to cope with food and nutrition crises during lean periods and avoid negative coping strategies that make them even more vulnerable.
Results Expected results:
The profitability of the Processing Units and Input Shops created during phase 1 of REPAR is assured
The strengthening and multiplication of the AVEC model allows members to use loans from their self-managed fund, and reinvest in individual and collective Income Generating Activities
Family farms are supported in their agricultural production in the face of th
