increased smallholder’s income by 50-60% more …...trained more than 850 trainees in business...
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May 2016
Climate Change Adaptation
HOW DOES WFP SUPPORT SMALL FARMERS
IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE?
To support Upper Egypt small
farmers in the face of
climate change, WFP in
collaboration with the
Government of Egypt, is
currently implementing a
project that
1) improves the adaptive
capacity of the southern zone
in the face of anticipated climate-
induced reduction in food production; and 2)
builds institutional capacity at all levels to enable sustainability
and replication throughout the zone. It provides a package
of integrated solutions including:
Improved access to weather forecasts and
recommendations on foreseen extreme weather spells
Diversified income sources through intercropping,
animal production loans and utilization of agricultural
wastes in fodder production
Increased irrigation water management efficiency
Augmented income sources, such as improved post-
harvest practices and small scale food processing
Improved agricultural practices through the introduction
of heat tolerant varieties of crops
Enhanced local and regional capacity for sustainability
The project started in October 2013, is implemented in 14
villages in Assuit, Sohag, Qena, Luxor and Aswan. It is funded
by the Adaptation Fund of the United Nations Fund on Climate
Change and implemented in collaboration with the
Government of Egypt.
WHY WFP BUILDS CLIMATE RESILIENCE ?
Upper Egypt stands to lose up to a minimum of 30 percent
of its food production by 2050 as a result of climate change
impacts including reduced crop and livestock productivity,
increasing crop-water demand and reduced water use
efficiency, and increase in pest and disease infestations.
The socio-economic impacts of this climate change-induced
food insecurity may be significant on the communities of
Southern Egypt. Studies indicate that if temperature
increases by 1.5oC or 3.6oC degrees centigrade, and no
adaptation efforts are undertaken, annual farm revenue
will decrease by approximately USD 580 and USD 1,380 per
acre respectively.
For a household that relies on agriculture for a living (55
percent of the region’s households), this reduction can
represent up to 80 percent of its total income. As a result,
livelihoods of the already economically- stressed
smallholders of the region will be at stake.
Climate impacts will not only affect growers, but also those
involved in raising livestock, post-harvest activities and
products, which are mainly poor women.
In Numbers
Since its start in October 2013, the project has:
Supported 65,000 smallholders adapt to climate
change in 5 governorates
Induced a 30-35% increase in productivity
Increased smallholder’s income by 50-60%
Availed early weather warning and recommenda-
tions to more than 7000 farmers
Highlights The ‘Building Resilient Food Security Systems to
Benefit the Southern Egypt Region’ project start-ed implementation of 750 demonstration fields
for disseminating sorghum cultivation in 14 vil-lages of the region.
Photo: Participant under WFP CCA activities. WFP/Egypt CO
The project has introduced
sorghum to replace
maize
While in 2014 and 2015 heat waves inflicted a 50% loss in maize cultivations, the project
supported 5000 farmers safeguard their livelihoods
through sorghum cultivations that recorded no losses.
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Wheat Productivity in Ardab Sorghum Productivity in Ardab Sugar Cane in Tonne
WFP project inflicted increases in productivity
Other Fields WFP Project Assistaed Fields
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▪ % Increase in Productivity
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In Numbers
Since 2007, WFP
Assisted over 246,000 beneficiaries in
13 villages through physical asset creation,
community empowerment, skills enhancement, and awareness raising.
Trained more than 850 trainees in business
skills, and in generating income through agriculture and livestock activities.
45% 55%
Participants
Photo: Under FFA activities, villagers are trained on means for improved
crop production. WFP/Egypt CO
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Food Assistance For Assets (FFA)
Highlights
Procurement of Food rations for a new FFA project to
support Bedouins in Red Sea Governorate started. The project is to support 8,000 beneficiaries create
assets over one year.
WFP is working with the Government of Egypt to for-
mulate new FFA projects in support of newly estab-lished communities under national land reclamation projects
business skills, internal financial and operational controls, and
information technology.
Physical Assets Creation
Food Assistance for Assets approaches are applied towards
establishing physical assets in the community which will improve
beneficiary livelihoods, e.g. construction/rehabilitation of housing
units, one class room schools, health and vet units, water points and
small-scale irrigation systems, feeder roads, women development
centers in addition to community environmental assets such as tree
planting. In 2014 and 2015 WFP established four women
development centers, three water cisterns, and 3 vet units.
Enhancing skills and knowledge to increase income from
agriculture, livestock and supporting services
Communities are trained on vegetables and fruits plantation, pests’
control, food storage and handling, management of nurseries and
food processing at the household level. Access of beneficiaries to
micro-credit is facilitated. Livestock has become an essential
livelihood element for vulnerable communities, and often serves as a
safety net in case of environmental or economic shocks.
Beneficiaries are supported to raise livestock including goats and
possibly also camels.
Beneficiaries gaining essential life skills and awareness to
enable them to improve their livelihoods
Life skills training are offered to community volunteers, such as
literacy, numeracy, communication, participatory approaches as well
as leadership skills. Community volunteers are expected to train
women in their communities. Furthermore, in coordination with the
national health departments, WFP organizes health and nutrition
awareness campaigns.
HOW DO FFA PROJECTS WORK? In return for their involvement in the different asset creation
activities, beneficiaries receive a food ration that secures the family
basic food needs. Food commodities offered include cereals,
vegetable oil and according to availability, dried fruits.
WHY CREATE ASSETS? Bedouin communities are among the most food insecure
in Egypt with significantly low food production and
scarce water resources. They experience harsh seasonal
shortage of food due to drought and sandstorms. The
problems of poverty are further exacerbated among
Bedouins by the inadequacy of basic services. Some
Bedouin communities are located over 50 km away from
the nearest school and health unit, which are poorly
staffed and equipped.
Women are part icularly
vulnerable as they are
settled in the communities
with no access to basic
education or to literacy
programs and the
majority of women have
not been to school.
Women have limited
income sources of their own.
Grazing activities are done by
men, who own the animal heads and who receive the
resulting income.
WHAT DO FFA PROJECTS DO? Under its FFA projects, WFP supports vulnerable groups
in Upper Egypt and Bedouins through activities that can
improve physical and human capital in targeted
populations. Activities include:
Vulnerable Communities Empowerment
Communities are empowered to take part in all stages of
project planning, implementation, follow-up, and
evaluation. Furthermore, training is offered to
representatives of community organizations or
committees on management of self-help initiatives,
Women
are particularly targeted in activities
such as illiteracy
eradication, income generation training
and nutrition
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In Numbers
7,332 mothers have been trained in 8 governorates
14,557 mothers have been assessed
615 participants received awareness sessions
69 field trainers have received Training of Trainers
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Participants
The objective of the training is to enable women to
fight poverty and ensure that poor households,
especially those headed by women, have access to
income generating activities.
Photo: Get Ahead ToT in Cairo 2015. WFP/Egypt CO
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Livelihood for Education
With the support of 239 WFP trained data collectors, including NGO,
government partners, and rural pioneers, 14,557 mothers were
assessed in 8 governorates since September 2015.
“Get Ahead for Women in Enterprise”
The objective of the training is to enable women to design,
implement and manage income/generating activities, including
undertaking simple feasibility studies and marketing techniques,
and to build their entrepreneurial and technical skills. Mother`s
Trainings are conducted based on the International Labour
Organization`s (ILO) patented ‘Get Ahead’ training package. This
training enables mothers to engage in income generating activities
and delivers assistance to manage those activities. This includes
costing and pricing policies and successful business relation
networking. Since October 2015, WFPs partner NGOs delivered 243
trainings to 7,332 mothers in eight governorates.
Get Ahead Training of Trainers (ToT)
WFP trains selected NGOs through a Training of Trainers (ToT) to
enable them to train women to start their income generation
activities. These trainers will in turn implement the Get Ahead
trainings in the targeted villages. In 2015 and 2016, WFP conducted
two Get Ahead ToTs with 69 participants from 8 governorates.
Awareness Meetings and Coaching Sessions
In collaboration with its partner NGOs, WFP conducts awareness
meetings with community leaders and family members with children
at risk. These meetings emphasise the importance of income
generating activities in offering alternatives to child labour and new
opportunities in improving the living standards of households. In
addition, WFP organises coaching sessions with Get Ahead field
trainers in all governorates, to improve their performance.
Coaching Sessions with the field trainers
WFP held several coaching sessions with Get Ahead field trainers in
all governorates. These sessions allows the trainers to improve their
performance and provide them with the training skills to ensure
best practices in delivering the trainings to targeted mothers. This is
particularly valuable in the face of the fact that many mothers are
illiterate.
Livelihood for Education Activities
As of July 2015, WFP in coordination with the Ministry of
Social Solidarity (MoSS), started the provision of training
to households to design, implement and manage income
-generating activities (IGA), revolving microcredit for
women, and apprenticeship programmes. The objective
of the training is to enable women to fight poverty and
ensure that poor households, especially those headed by
women, have access to income generating activities.
That would reduce household reliance on child labour for
income and ultimately encourage school enrolment.
Apart from the trainings, WFP supports 20 percent
identified women with loans to start their own IGAs.
WFPs target is to train 50,000 women and provide
10,000 women with access to loans.
Assessment Strategy
In coordination with the MoSS, WFP designed a tool to
assess the eligibility of mothers to participate in
livelihood for education activities. This tool takes into
account criteria of low income and vulnerability, as well
as additional evidence such as the willingness to start an
IGA, the interest and commitment to attend the “Get
Ahead for Women in Enterprise” trainings.
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Overview Livelihood Activities Egypt Country Office
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