Sustainable agriculture as a means for promoting food security, women's empowerment, and socio-economic development – AGREE
South Sudan
Status
ImplementationAid type
Project-type interventionsSouth Sudan
Location
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€ 1,687,995
Committed
Committed
€ 1,012,797
Used
Used
Description
VIDES submits the project in collaboration with FVGS, Co.PE, Simurg, University of Pavia, and AES. It aims to strengthen a diversified and sustainable agricultural production capacity of the women farmers of the villages of Nesitu, Mori, Mogiri, Bilinyang, Mafau, Jebel Lemon, Kodoro, Adodi, Shirkat, and Gumbo in South Sudan to improve their food security and that of their families and communities. The project area is characterized by widespread poverty and an acute food and livelihood crisis. Women farmers are the pivot of the local economy and, at the same time, the most vulnerable. Agriculture remains traditional and for subsistence use. The project focuses on strengthening the human, physical, financial, social, and natural capital of women farmers with attention to vulnerable categories. These forms of capital are absent in the project area due to the prolonged conflict and insecurity that have plagued the country. However, they represent the pillars on which their resilience to health, economic, and natural shocks rests and on which to base the reconstruction of the agricultural sector of the project area in the post-COVID-19 period. The initiative aims to contribute to Sustainable Development Goal number 2 on "End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture." Specifically, it focuses on targets 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4. The project proposal is in line with the national policies of South Sudan and, in particular, those on the agricultural sector, food security, and the empowerment of women. It represents a further step in a long journey undertaken by VIDES and FVGS in South Sudan in favour of gender empowerment to develop sustainable agriculture and improve food security. These are the sectors in which all project partners have a relevant experience. The project's impact is to contribute to food security and proper human nutrition through the development of sustainable agriculture and the empowerment of female farmers. In the short and medium terms, the results of the initiative aim to achieve the outcome of increasing the resilience, productivity, and income of female-headed family farms through safe and equitable access to knowledge, factors of production, and resources. The proposed activities are organized into two outputs. The first output aims to increase the income generation capacities of beneficiary farmers through investments in female human capital in the management of the sustainable agri-food chain. There are four activities planned. First of all, a technical-professional training course in the practice of sustainable agriculture accompanies women farmers throughout the entire life of the project. This activity is integrated by a second training intervention preparatory to the creation of amicrofinance network. For the development of the agri-food model proposed by the project, constant support from institutions and the community is required. For this reason, the last two activities aim at institutional capacity building through the transfer to local stakeholders and, in particular, to the public sector, of a tool for analyzing the state of gender empowerment and the specificities of the Salesian model of sustainable agriculture. The second output aims to achieve diversified and ecologically sustainable food production at the local level through four activities. First of all, the construction of the agricultural infrastructure and the provision of technical equipment and their use for the training and production activities of women farmers and the establishment of a mango drying plant. These activities are essential for the transformation of traditional and subsistence agriculture towards early forms of marketing. The spread of agricultural practices that respect environmental resources, the promotion of the use of local seeds, the construction of works with green building criteria, and, in particular, the use of the drip irrigation system
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| Year | Committed | Used |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | € 1,687,995 | € 1,012,797 |
Agency
| Type | Name | Channel code |
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| Government | AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development | 11000 |
Channel reported
| Type | Name | Channel code |
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| National NGO | VOLONTARIATO INTERNAZIONALE DONNA EDUCAZIONE SVILUPPO ONG/ON | 22000 |
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