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Food Facility: Interim report on Measures Taken 
Accompanying document to the Report from the Commission to the European 
Parliament and the Council  
 
Food Facility: Interim rep ort on measures taken 
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EN 2   EN Table of Contents 
 
 
SECTION I - Programming: indi cative allocations for countri es/regions and modes of 
implementation - comparison between or iginal programming and current outlook 
 SECTION II - Status of contracts and payments by end of December 2009 (in €)  SECTION III - List of projects re tained from the Call for Proposals 
 SECTION IV - Project Descriptions 
 
EN 3   EN I           Programming: indi cative allocations for countries/regio ns and modes of implementation  
            - Comparison between original programming and current outlook 
 
The table below provides a comparison between the indicative allocations to countries a nd eligible entities, as presented in th e overall plan for the Food Facility, 
and the expected final situation, taking in to account the status of contracting, as well as the preparati on for the final (4th)  batch of programmes and projects. 
 
Programming  Current Outlook 
Implementation Channels  Implementation Channels 
Country Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agencies NGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies  Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
OrganisationsBudget 
Support/ 
national 
agenciesNGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies
Afghanistan  24.2 14.0   10.2  24.5 13.4   11.1
Bangladesh  50 35.0   15.0  52.3 37   15.3
Benin 12.9 6.8   6.1  12.6 6.8   5.8
Bolivia  9.55 1.8 7.75    9.55 1.8 7.75   
Burkina Faso 23.7 18.7   5  25.2 18.1   7.1
Burundi 13.4 10   3.4  13.4 10   3.4
 
 
EN 4   EN Programming  Current Outlook 
Implementation Channels  Implementation Channels 
Country Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agencies NGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies  Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
OrganisationsBudget 
Support/ 
national 
agenciesNGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies
Cambodia  17.2 11.2   6.0  17.9 11   6.9 
Central African Republic 10 10      9.8 9.8     
Comoros 3.6  3.6    3.6 3.6   
Benin 12.9 6.8   6.1  12.6 6.8   5.8
Cuba 11.7 11.7       11.7 11.7     
 
 
 
 
EN 5   EN Programming  Current Outlook 
Implementation Channels  Implementation Channels 
Country Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agencies NGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies  Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agenciesNGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies
DRC 40.6 10 26 4.6   40 9.8 26.0 4.2
Eritrea 12.8 8.4   4.4   13.5 8.2   5.3
Ethiopia 45.4 20 12.4 13   42.9 23.1   19.8
Gambia 5.5 5.5       5.5 5.5     
Ghana 20.9   15 5.9   20.7   15 5.7
Guatemala  15 11.0   4   15.9 10.9   5
Guinea Bissau 8.4 6   2.4   8.1 6   2.4
Guinea Conakry 13.5     13.5   8     8
Haiti 15.8 10 5.8     19.9 9.7 5.8 4.4
Honduras  9.9 9.9       9.9 9.9     
Jamaica 5.9 5.9       5.9 5,9     
 
EN 6   EN Programming  Current Status 
Implementation Channels  Implementation Channels 
Country Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agencies NGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies  Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agenciesNGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies
Kenya 31.2 24.0   7.2   33.8 24   9.8
Kyrgyz Republic  7 7       7 7     
Laos  10.8 5   5.8   9 5   4
Lesotho 6 4   2   5.5 4   1.5
Liberia 10.9 10.9       14.8 11.5   3.3
Madagascar 21.8 12.5 6.3 3   12.4 12.4   
Malawi 17.9   15.9 2   18.5   15.9 2.6
Mali 22.1 22.1       25.4 21.5   3.9
Mauritania 7.6     7.6   7.5     7.5
Mozambique 23.2 13.5 5.2 4.5   22.3 12.1 5.2 5
Myanmar  24.4 24.4       24.4 24.4     
 
EN 7   EN Programming  Current Status 
Implementation Channels  Implementation Channels 
Country Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agencies NGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies  Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agenciesNGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies
Nepal  23.3 17.3   6   23.1 17.2   5.9
Nicaragua  7.15 3  4.15  7.6 3  4.6
Niger 19.2 6 10 3.2   19.6 16   3.6
Pakistan  50 40   10   49.4 38.8   10.6
Palestine  39.7 39.7       39.7 39.7     
Philippines  31.9 20.6   11.3   33.6 20.6   13
Rwanda 15.6   15.6     15.6   15.6   
Sao Tomé e Principe 2.1     2.1   0.7     0.7
Senegal 14.5 10.9   3.6   14.6 10.9   3.7
Sierra Leone 16.2 16.2       18.8 15.8   3
Somalia 14.4 14.4       14.1 14.1     
Sri Lanka  5.2 5.2       5.2 5.2     
 
EN 8   EN Programming  Current Status 
Implementation Channels  Implementation Channels 
Country Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agencies NGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies  Indicative 
Allocation 
in M € International 
Organisations 
(IOs) Budget 
Support/ 
national 
agenciesNGOs 
and 
Member 
States' 
agencies
Tajikistan  15.5 7.75 7.75     15.4 7.75 7.65   
Tanzania 32.4   20 12.4   31.6   20 11.6
Togo 13.7 .2.5 8.2 3   14.4 2.6 8.2 3.6
Yemen  21.3 18.3   3   21 18.3   2.7
Zambia 16.3 7.5 5.8 3   18.5 7.5 5.8 5.2
Zimbabwe 15.4 15.4       17.4 17.4     
Multi-country           6.1 2.7   3.4
Reserve 13.3     12.7   4.55     4.55
Total countries 920 554.05 165.3 200.0   922.7 568.05 136.5 218.15 
Regional Organisations 60     60    
Administrative credits 20      17.3    
TOTAL 1000      1000    
 
EN 9   EN  
II - Food Facility - Status of contracts and payments by end of December 2009 (in €) 
 
Modality Commitments/contracts Payments Balance 
International 
Organisations 509 970 972 325 173 655 184 797 317
Call for Proposals 213 562 307 115 049 756 98 512 550
Budget Support 93 700 000 0 93 700 000
Regional 
Programmes 20 000 000 15 776 588 4 223 412
Total 837 233 279 455 999 999 381 233 279
 
 
 
 
EN 10   EN  
III        List of projects  retained from Call for Proposals 
 
Applicant Action title  Action 
location Grant Amount 
ACTIONAID CO LTD Building safety nets and support 
improvement of agriculture productivity 
in northern parts of Afghanistan Afghanistan 212 990 000 
CHRISTIAN AID LBG Comprehensive Support to vulnerable 
families to increase their access to  food 
facilities Afghanistan 123 507 200 
CLOVEK V TISNI OPS Increasing food availability and income 
stability in Northern Afghanistan Afghanistan 175 178 700 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Reconstruction and Stabilisation of 
Livelihoods in Balkh and Samangan/ 
Afghanistan Afghanistan 200 000 000 
MERCY CORPS SCOTLAND 
LBG Livelihood Improvement of Farmers in 
Transition (LIFT) Afghanistan 199 982 700 
STICHTING CARE NEDERLAND Targeted Assistance for Food-Insecure 
Families in Balkh (TAFFB) Afghanistan 199 700 000 
BRAC Crop Intensification for Achieving Food 
Self-Sufficiency in the Coastal Regions 
of Bangladesh    Bangladesh 500 000 000 
CARE OSTERREICH VEREIN 
FUR 
ENTWICKLUNGSZUSAMMENA
RBEIT UND HUMANITARE 
HILFE Strengthening Poorest and Vulnerable 
Households Capability to Improve 
 
Food Security in Northwest Bangladesh Bangladesh 223 148 000 
CONCERN UNIVERSAL Reduction of food insecurity for poor and 
extreme poor households Bangladesh 359 176 000 
NETZ PARTNERSCHAFT FUR 
ENTWICKLUNGUND 
GERECHTIGKEIT EV Strengthening Agricultural Capacities of 
Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh Bangladesh 235 242 000 
 
EN 11   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
PRACTICAL ACTION LIMITED Making Agriculture and Market Systems 
work for Landless, Marginal and 
Smallholder Farmers in Bangladesh.   Bangladesh 252 475 200 
AGRICULTEURS FRANCAIS ET 
DEVELOPPEMENT 
INTERNATIONAL-
ASSOCIATION Valoriser les productions céréalières et 
maraichères de deux régions de la zone 
soudano sahélienne au Burkina Faso 
pour lutter contre les effets de la crise 
alimentaire sur la population rurale Burkina Faso 103 203 300 
ASSOCIATION SOS SAHEL 
INTERNATIONALFRANCE Projet d’amélioration durable de la 
sécurité alimentaire des populations 
pauvres et vulnérables aux fluctuations 
des marchés et aux déficits céréaliers 
dans les provinces du Bam, du 
Sanmatenga et du Namantenga dans la 
Région du Centre Nord Burkina Faso 157 050 000 
ASSOCIAZIONE COMUNITA 
IMPEGNO SERVIZIO 
VOLONTARIATO Projet d’amélioration durable de la 
production et de promotion de l’accès 
aux céréales de base au Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 123 977 700 
CENTRE REGIONAL POUR 
L'EAU POTABLEET 
L'ASSAINISSEMENT A FAIBLE 
COUT CREPA Projet de réduction de l’insécurité 
alimentaire par l’utilisation des excréta 
humains hygiénisés comme fertilisants 
dans les régions du Centre-Est et du 
Centre-Ouest du Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 189 013 400 
CHRISTIAN AID LBG Programme de Réduction de la 
Vulnérabilité Alimentaire au Sahel 
(PREVAS) Burkina Faso 150 000 000 
COOPERATION TECHNIQUE 
BELGE CTB SA Projet de renforcement de la sécurité 
alimentaire des ménages vulnérables de 
la province de Ruyigi à travers 
l'augementation et la valorisation des 
productions agricoles Burundi 230 316 400 
STICHTING CARE NEDERLAND Explain INABIGEGA  Burundi 105 492 400 
ASSOCIATION CENTRE 
INTERNATIONAL DE 
DEVELOPPEMENT ET DE 
RECHERCHE Accès aux services, intrants et marchés 
pour les producteurs de riz au Bénin et 
leur organisation professionnelle 
nationale (CCR-B) Benin 110 000 000 
 
EN 12   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
ASSOCIAZIONE COMUNITA 
IMPEGNO SERVIZIO 
VOLONTARIATO Projet d’amélioration de la filière rizicole 
dans la vallée de l’Ouémé Benin 109 071 200 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Programme d´Appui à la Sécurité 
Alimentaire dans l´Atacora et la Donga 
(PASA/AD) Benin 240 034 800 
PROJEKTGROEP VOOR 
TECHNISCHE 
ONTWIKKELINGSSAMENWERK
ING VZW Facilité Alimentaire Par l’Aménagement 
Hydro-Agricole (FAPAHA) Benin 126 972 400 
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - 
USA Amélioration de la diète et éradication de 
l’intoxication alimentaire appelée Konzo 
(paralysie des membres inférieurs) dans 
le Kwango  DR Congo 134 900 000 
AGRISUD INTERNATIONAL 
INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL 
POUR APPUI AU 
DEVELOPPEMENT 
ASSOCIATION Production Agricole et Sécurité 
Alimentaire dans l’Ouest du Congo - 
Province du Bas-Congo, Kinshasa et 
Matadi - PASAOC  DR Congo 121 427 800 
ASSOCIAZIONE 
COOPERAZIONE 
INTERNAZIONALE Augmentation de la disponibilité des 
denrées alimentaires de Kinshasa par 
l’appui à la production dans le Plateau 
de Batéké   DR Congo 167 759 897 
ISTITUTO SINDACALE DI 
COOPERAZIONEALLO 
SVILUPPO-MARCHE ONLUS Food security integrated project through 
the strengthening of agricultural 
and fishing activities Eritrea 110 641 500 
OXFAM GB LBG Improving Food Security in Debub, 
Eritrea Eritrea 106 845 500 
STICHTING OXFAM NOVIB Improved Food Production and food 
purchasing capacity of the most 
vulnerable communities in Eritrea Eritrea 156 711 313 
VITA Improved Cereal Seeds, Farm Tools and 
Inputs Distribution for High Potential 
Production Areas of the Southern 
Region in Eritrea Eritrea 82 450 700 
VITA Intensive Irrigated Vegetable and Forage 
Production for Extreme Food Insecure Riverine Community in Haikota in 
Western Eritrea  Eritrea 
78 000 000 
 
EN 13   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
ASSOCIAZIONE 
INTERNAZIONALE VOLONTARI 
LAICI Enhance the capacities of the local 
actors for an improvement of the 
agricultural production and resources for 
the vulnerable families in 7 Woredas of 
SNNPRS - Ethiopia Ethiopia 120 285 450 
CARE OSTERREICH VEREIN 
FUR 
ENTWICKLUNGSZUSAMMENA
RBEIT UND HUMANITARE 
HILFE Food Security through increased 
Income, Assets and Protection from 
grain price rises (FS-IAP) Ethiopia 229 853 100 
CARITAS INTERNATIONAL 
ASBL Enhancing agricultural productive 
capacities of resource poor farmers in 
two zones of the Southern Nations, 
Nationalities and People s Regional 
State, Ethiopia. Ethiopia 100 020 407 
CHRISTIAN AID LBG Community Productive Capacity 
Enhancement Project, Ethiopia Ethiopia 135 849 300 
COMITATO INTERNAZIONALE 
PER LO SVILUPPO DEI POPOLI 
ONLUS Supporting Action to Strengthen 
Sustainable Livelihoods and Resilience  
Capacity of Vulnerable Households in 
Fedis, Gorogutu and Kersa Woredas, 
Ethiopia   Ethiopia 195 786 300 
DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ 
EV Food facility for rapid response to 
soaring food prices Ethiopia 119 017 900 
FOLKEKIRKENS NODHJAELP Capacity Enhancement Programme to 
Promote Food Security in Amhara 
 
Region, Ethiopia Ethiopia 135 000 000 
INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES 
- UK Rural Agricultural Productivity 
Improvement and Development (RAPID) Ethiopia 156 012 100 
OXFAM GB LBG Supporting production and market based 
solutions to soaring food prices in 
Ethiopia  Ethiopia 204 952 900 
RELIEF SOCIETY OF TIGRAY Food Facility (Facility for rapid response 
to soaring food prices) Ethiopia 126 666 000 
SELF HELP AFRICA (UK) LBG Agriculture Cooperative Development 
Programme (ACDP) Ethiopia 131 742 800 
TROCAIRE Building Resilient Pastoralist 
Communities  Ethiopia 224 633 200 
 
EN 14   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
VITA Improved food production for home and 
market in Arba Minch Zuria Woreda and 
Chencha Woreda in SNNPR Region of 
Ethiopia Ethiopia 114 143 900 
ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT 
AND RELIEFAGENCY Northern Ghana Food Security Resilient 
Project (NGFSRP) Ghana 118 101 500 
CARE INTERNATIONAL UK Food and Agriculture Recovery 
Management (FARM-Plus) Ghana 227 793 600 
PLAN IRELAND CHARITABLE 
ASSISTANCE Sustainable livelihoods programme for 
vulnerable households in the Upper 
West Region Ghana 225 000 000 
ASSOCIAZIONE COMUNITA 
IMPEGNO SERVIZIO 
VOLONTARIATO Projet de développement  des filières riz, 
oignon et aubergine en Haute Guinée 
pour lutter contre la flambée des prix Guinea 
Conakry 115 200 000 
COMITE CATHOLIQUE 
CONTRE LA FAIM ET POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT 
ASSOCIATION Renforcement de la sécurité alimentaire 
dans les zones enclavées du Nord de la 
Guinée  Guinea 
Conakry 381 216 600 
GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ET 
D'ECHANGES 
TECHNOLOGIQUES Amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire 
en Haute Guinée et Guinée 
forestière : production, transformation et 
commercialisation du riz et de 
l’huile de palme Guinea 
Conakry 121 122 000 
PLAN IRELAND CHARITABLE 
ASSISTANCE Support to sustainable development of 
fish industry Guinea 
Conakry 162 000 000 
TRIAS VZW Facilité alimentaire en Basse & Haute 
Guinée Guinea 
Conakry 179 564 878 
FUNDACION PARA EL 
DESARROLLO INTEGRAL DE 
PROGRAMAS SOCIO-
ECONOMICOS Asistencia agropecuaria productiva 
sostenible y nutricional a comunidades 
rurales pobres en vulnerabilidad 
alimentaria del Occidente de Guatemala Guatemala 135 000 000 
ISTITUTO PER LA 
COOPERAZIONE 
UNIVERSITARIA ONLUS Mejora de la disponibilidad alimentaria 
en 80 comunidades indígenas del 
departamento de Chimaltenango Guatemala 116 136 700 
MERCY CORPS SCOTLAND 
LBG Respuesta a la crisis alimentaria y 
nutricional an communidades 
vulnerables de Guatemala Guatemala 100 000 000 
 
EN 15   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
OIKOS COOPERACAO E 
DESENVOLVIMENTO Fortalecer sistemas campesinos 
alimentarios sostenibles y equitativos 
con pertinencia cultural en 5 
microrregiones de Guatemala. Guatemala 152 571 800 
ASSOCIAZIONE 
INTERNAZIONALE VOLONTARI 
LAICI Projet pour la mise en œuvre de 
mesures visant à appuyer le secteur 
rural bissau-guinéen face à la flambée 
du prix du riz et d’autres denrées 
alimentaires de première nécessité Guinea 
Bissau 118 725 100 
INSTITUTO MARQUES DE 
VALLE FLOR FUNDACAO Programa Descentralizado de 
Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional nas 
Regiões da Guiné-Bissau (PDSA/GB) Guinea 
Bissau 125 248 100 
AGENCE FRANCAISE DE 
DEVELOPPEMENT  Irrigation et entreprenariat rural dans les 
régions Ouest, Artibonite et Plateau 
Central Haiti 436 152 800 
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT 
LIMITED-AFRICA Dryland Farming Programme Kenya 119 317 700 
TERRA NUOVA CENTRO PER 
IL VOLONTARIATO ONLUS Promoting Turkana pastoralist 
livelihoods to mitigate rising food prices Kenya 135 000 000 
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN 
FUND LBG Using Food Aid to Stimulate Markets in 
Pastoral Communities  Kenya 458 511 300 
SOLIDARITES KE - Kenya 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Identification of Poor Households in 
Rural Areas of Cambodia to Improve 
 
Food Security and Access to Essential 
Services for the Poor Cambodia 200 000 000 
GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ET 
D'ECHANGES 
TECHNOLOGIQUES Development of food production, farming 
incomes, nutrition and resilience in rural 
Cambodia.  Cambodia  
80 245 494 
HELEN KELLER 
INTERNATIONAL EUROPE 
ASSOCIATION HUMANITAIRE 
POUR LA PREVENTION DE LA 
CECITE ET DE LA 
MALNUTRITION Improving Household Food Security and 
Livelihood among the Rural Poor 
through the Establishment of Enhanced 
Food Production Systems - Cambodia  Cambodia 181 875 300 
STICHTING ZOA-
VLUCHTELINGENZORG Providing an “oasis of security” amid 
volatility Cambodia 125 000 000 
 
EN 16   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Improving Food Security in Northern 
Laos Laos 200 000 000 
DEUTSCHE 
WELTHUNGERHILFE EV Community-Based Project to Strengthen 
Household Resilience to Food Price 
Volatility Laos 100 000 000 
HEALTH LIMITED Improve food production in Sanxai, 
Phouvong and Saysetha districts, 
Attapeu Province Laos 101 154 200 
HELVETAS SCHWEIZER 
GESELLSCHAFT 
FURINTERNATIONALE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT Enhancing Milled Rice Production in Lao 
PDR Laos 211 967 400 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Improved Food Security in Foya District, 
Liberia Liberia 200 000 000 
OXFAM GB LBG Promoting food security in Southeast 
Liberia (SEL) through commercial rice 
value chain development Liberia 129 302 921 
DEUTSCHES ROTES KREUZ 
EV Food Facility Support to households 
affected by HIV/AIDS Lesotho 65 085 500 
WORLD VISION LESOTHO Improved Food Production through 
Gravity Irrigation Lesotho 50 000 000 
WORLD VISION LESOTHO Improved Agricultural Production for 
Vulnerable Households in Lesotho Lesotho 50 000 000 
AFRIQUE VERTE 
ASSOCIATION Contribution à l’atténuation de l’impact 
de la flambée des prix des denrées 
alimentaires au Mali, par un soutien à la 
production agricole, au stockage, à la 
transformation et à la commercialisation 
des produits locaux Mali 110 607 600 
 
EN 17   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
ASSOCIATION VETERINAIRES 
SANS FRONTIERES - CENTRE 
INTERNATIONAL DE 
COOPERATION POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE 
VSF CICDA Programme d’appui au développement 
de l’agriculture à Bourem (PADAB) Mali 108 205 000 
CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE 
ASSOCIATION Réduction de l’impact de la flambée des 
prix et de la vulnérabilité alimentaire des 
populations des Wilayas  du Brakna et 
du Gorgol en République Islamique de 
Mauritanie Mauritania 136 996 300 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Des Revenus Verts pour la nourriture  Mauritania 247 109 000 
FUNDACION ACCION CONTRA 
EL HAMBRE Projet de réponse rapide à la flambée 
des prix alimentaires dans la région du 
Gorgol en Mauritanie Mauritania 107 955 000 
GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ET 
DE REALISATION POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL 
DANS LE TIERS MONDE Projet de Relance Vivrière 
Communautaire Mauritania 261 491 400 
CARE DEUTSCHLAND-
LUXEMBURG EV Integrated Food Security Response 
Initiative (IFSRI) Malawi 100 000 000 
DEVELOPMENT AID FROM 
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE Green Health- Back Yard Gardening to 
increase food production among 
vulnerable households.  Malawi 157 336 800 
OXFAM GB LBG Lancer des filets de sécurité du Nord au 
Sud Mali 169 806 000 
CESVI FOUNDATION ONLUS Reforço da segurança nos Distritos de 
Nhamatande e Buzi (Sofala) e 
Marracuene (Maputo), Moçambique Mozambique 117 935 700 
HELVETAS SCHWEIZER 
GESELLSCHAFT 
FURINTERNATIONALE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT Low cost ‘Fridges’ for Rural Africa: 
 
Poverty reduction and food security 
using indigenous post-harvest 
technology Mozambique 136 572 900 
 
EN 18   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
SAVE THE CHILDREN 
FEDERATION INC 
CORPORATION Strengthening Livelihood Options for 
Vulnerable Rural Households in Gaza 
Province, Mozambique  Mozambique 246 514 300 
AFRIQUE VERTE 
ASSOCIATION Actions d’atténuation de l’impact de la 
hausse des prix des aliments sur la 
sécurité alimentaire, sur la nutrition des 
enfants et sur les revenus des femmes Niger 156 072 200 
COOPERATION TECHNIQUE 
BELGE CTB SA Projet de Lutte contre l insécurité 
alimentaire par le développement de l 
irrigation dans la région de Tillabéry Niger 202 452 100 
CARE DEUTSCHLAND-
LUXEMBURG EV Cooperativas enfrentando la subida de 
los precios de los alimentos. Nicaragua 108 471 800 
FUNDACION ACCION CONTRA 
EL HAMBRE Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de 
respuesta de la población campesina del 
departamento de Madriz ante los efectos 
de la crisis alimentaria Nicaragua 100 000 000 
FUNDACION INTERMON 
OXFAM Mejora de la oferta, acceso y  
disponibilidad de alimentos de las 
familias pobres de los Departamentos 
Nueva Segovia y Jinotega, en el norte 
de Nicaragua Nicaragua 118 048 400 
STICHTING PLAN NEDERLAND Fortaleciendo la Agricultura Familiar 
para una mayor Producción de 
Alimentos Nicaragua 136 107 300 
FOLKEKIRKENS NODHJAELP Improving food security condition of 
socio-economically excluded Dalit 
communities in Far-western Nepal Nepal 108 000 000 
OXFAM GB LBG Improving Food Security in Communities 
Vulnerable to Food Price Volatility Nepal 144 736 500 
PRACTICAL ACTION LIMITED HELP - Food Security (Helping to 
Enhance Local Productivity for Food 
Security) Nepal 195 072 000 
REDD BARNA (SAVE THE 
CHILDREN NORWAY) Food Security Initiative (FSI) in Nepal Nepal 146 131 900 
DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT 
FUR TECHNISCHE 
ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GTZ) 
GMBH Enhancement of food security in the 
Visayas Philippines 262 058 100 
 
EN 19   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK 
LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Productive capacity improvement of civil 
society groups in the Philippine 
agricultural sector and establishment of 
safety net measures against volatile food 
prices Philippines 261 720 700 
SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGIONAL 
CENTER FOR GRADUATE 
STUDY AND RESEARCH IN 
AGRICULTURE Focused - Food Production Assistance 
for Vulnerable Sectors (FPAVAS) Philippines 309 901 830 
STICHTING AGRITERRA Philippines’ Farmers and Fisherfolk for 
Food Philippines 140 000 000 
STICHTING CARE NEDERLAND Making Safe Food Available and 
Accessible to Rural Poor Households in 
the Philippines  Philippines 117 435 000 
ACTIONAID CO LTD Enhancing productive capacities and 
promoting sustainable agricultural 
practices amongst small scale farmers in 
8 food deficient districts of Pakistan Pakistan 122 003 800 
AGA KHAN RURAL SUPPORT 
PROGRAMME Strengthening community responses to 
food insecurity in the Northern Areas and 
Chitral (NAC), Pakistan Pakistan 147 583 500 
CONCERN WORLDWIDE Mansehra Food Security Project  Pakistan 132 560 900 
OXFAM GB LBG Enhancing Food Security and Resilience 
of Small Farmers in Sindh and 
Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan.  Pakistan 206 116 010 
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK 
LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Improving livelihoods of rural households 
to mitigate the effects of severe price 
increases through improving the 
productive output and supply mechanism 
of the livestock sector   Pakistan 196 245 000 
STICHTING OXFAM NOVIB Food Security Through efficient 
agriculture production of small farmers in 
Pakistan Pakistan 255 000 000 
GROUPE DEVELOPPEMENT 
ASSOCIATION Projet d’appui à la productivité de 
l’élevage dans les systèmes 
agropastoraux au Mali, Burkina Faso et 
nord du Bénin. Multi-
countries 
(Benin - Mali - 
Burkina Faso) 341 412 700 
 
EN 20   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
CONCERN WORLDWIDE Enhancing Productivity and Resilience of 
Households (EPRH) Sierra Leone 163 257 200 
STICHTING CARE NEDERLAND Rice Value Chain Development (RVCD) Sierra Leone 135 797 400 
GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ET 
D'ECHANGES 
TECHNOLOGIQUES Accroître la production et améliorer 
l’accessibilité alimentaire dans 4 régions 
du Sénégal  Senegal 151 145 700 
WORLD VISION 
DEUTSCHLAND E.V. Improving access to food for Today, 
Tomorrow and the Future Senegal 220 570 800 
INSTITUTO MARQUES DE 
VALLE FLOR FUNDACAO Projecto Descentralizado de Seguranca 
Alimentar em Sao Tomé e 
Príncipe (PDSA/STP) Sao Tome e 
Principe 70 006 358 
ASSOCIATION VETERINAIRES 
SANS FRONTIERES - CENTRE 
INTERNATIONAL DE 
COOPERATION POUR LE 
DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE 
VSF CICDA Appui au développement de la filière 
céréalière au Togo Togo 111 130 800 
CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE 
ASSOCIATION Appui aux populations affectées par 
l’insécurité alimentai re dans la Région 
des Savanes Togo 134 018 700 
CRUZ ROJA ESPANOLA Projet d’amélioration de la situation 
nutritive dans sis préfectures de la 
Région Maritime, au Togo Togo 114 212 000 
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF 
TANZANIA Tanzania Agricultural Partnership (TAP) Tanzania 152 348 700 
ASSOCIATION CENTRE 
INTERNATIONAL DE 
DEVELOPPEMENT ET DE 
RECHERCHE Development of Rural Finance Windows 
(RFW) to expand adapted financial 
services to small farmers and rural poor 
households in Tanzania Tanzania 105 265 000 
COMITATO EUROPEO PER LA 
FORMAZIONEE 
L'AGRICOLTURA ONLUS SAAFI: Sustainable Agriculture Against 
Food Insecurity in Kilolo and Namtumbo 
Districts Tanzania 112 494 600 
 
EN 21   EN Applicant Action title Action 
location Grant Amount 
CONCERN WORLDWIDE Mitigating the negative impacts of 
volatile food prices on vulnerable 
households in Tanzania Tanzania 197 356 800 
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL 
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT 
LIMITED-AFRICA Tanzania Smallholder Sesame 
Production and Marketing Project Tanzania 102 036 300 
ISTITUTO OIKOS ONLUS Improvement of food security and 
nutritional status in Maasai steppes of 
northern Tanzania, by applying 
sustainable farming technologies Tanzania 150 000 000 
MTANDAO WA VIKUNDI VYA 
WAKULIMA TANZANIA Food crops wholesale markets 
development in Mbeya and Rukwa 
region Tanzania 239 475 600 
OXFAM GB LBG Improving incomes, market access, and 
disaster preparedness: A rapid response 
to food insecurity in Shinyanga, 
Tanzania  Tanzania 100 000 000 
CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE 
ASSOCIATION Optimize the agricultural production and 
improve nutritional behaviours in rural 
areas in Dhamar Governorate, Yemen Yemen 144 000 000 
TRIANGLE GENERATION 
HUMANITAIRE ASSOCIATION Towards the recovery of households’ 
food production capacities, 
improved coping mechanisms and a 
mitigated impact of the rise of food 
prices. Yemen 125 832 200 
CENTRO LAICI ITALIANI PER 
LE MISSIONI ASSOCIAZIONE Responding to soaring food prices: a 
step towards sustainable agriculture, 
income generation and empowerment of 
small scale farmers in Mazabuka and 
Monze district, Zambia.  Zambia 107 338 900 
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK 
LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Integrated Agricultural Development 
Project Zambia 100 000 000 
SELF HELP AFRICA (UK) LBG Seed Entrepreneurship for Economic 
Development and Food Security 
(SEEDFS) Zambia 108 567 000 
ZAMBIA NATIONAL FARMERS' 
UNION  Improving Productivity of the Small-
Scale Agricultural Sector in Zambia Zambia 204 944 400 
 
 
 
EN 22   EN SECTION IV – PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS 
 This section provides information regarding 43 Food Facility projects under implementation 
by international organisati ons as of November 2009.
1 
 
1.    AFGHANISTAN 
 Project 
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO): Expanding Certified Seed Production 
and Utilization in Afghanistan 
Budget Total budget €13 257 454 (USD18 490 172)  
Brief Description 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 This two-year project aims to expand the production and use of certified seed for wheat 
and other major food crops throughout Afghanistan. Using improved varieties of certified seed in irrigated areas could potentially boost wheat yields in the country by about 30 
percent, helping to feed more people and replenish seed stocks.  
The project, launched in May 2009, supports the long-term seed industry development 
strategy put in place by the government, and also builds on an ongo ing EU-funded project 
aimed at accelerating certified seed production and marketing in Afgha nistan. This project 
initially provided basic start-up support to eight pilot seed enterprises in 2004, and, under a second phase since 2007, set up 29 more pr ivate seed enterprises in 11 provinces.  
Efficient seed cleaning and packaging machines are essential for a seed enterprise, as are 
good storage facilities; however, not all of the existing seed enterprises in Afghanistan 
have the same level of resources or facilities. Therefore, funds are be ing used to purchase 
and/or repair equipment to enable the proper processing and storage of seed.  
This project aims to create 21 new seed enterprises in 12 additional provinces, thereby 
enabling more farmers to have access to certifie d seed. It also supports diversifying seed 
production to enhance profitability and long-term sustainability. 
Training activities in the area of business management and market exploration are 
important components of the project, as are institutional support and policy assistance for 
breeder seed production, foundation seed production and seed quality control.  
Beneficiaries include community-based seed en terprises, associated contract farmers who 
will be able to produce and sell certified seed , farmers benefiting from extension services 
and small-scale farmers. 
State of Play 
 
 • The project was signed on 7 July 2009. 
• Within the Project Management Team two technical consultants have been fielded as of 
mid-July for an initial 5-month period to generate the detailed work plan (together with 
the Emergency Coordination Unit) for the duration of the project and to kick start project activities. 
 
                                                 
1 The information in this section is provided by international organisations (United Nations agencies and the 
World Bank) and does not necessarily represent the views of the European Commission.   
 
 
EN 23   EN  
 
  
 
  
 • All equipment envisaged under the original project document and Procurement Plan has 
been ordered, with the exception of ar moured vehicles, which will be purchased 
shortly. A balance of USD2.6 million remains under the Equipment and Supplies line, and the project team are discussing how to spend the remaining balance with the 
Project Steering Committee (PSC). 
• Project management and coordination arrangem ents have been finalized and the first 
PSC meeting was held on 7 October 2009. 
• The inception workshop was held on 16 August and the project work plan and visibility 
and communication strategy have been finalized.  
• Criteria for beneficiary selec tion: seed enterprises to r eceive support under the project 
will be identified by the Project Management Unit during the inception phase (i.e. 
mission of technical consultants).  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EC Delegation and other partners  
• A communication event was held on 19 July with the European Commission (because 
here you are talking about the institution), Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, FAO and the media. Press release issued.  
 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
 
  
 
 The Project Steering Committee is co mposed of the following members: 
1. Host government (MAIL)  
2. Donor (European Commission)  3. International NGO (Mercy Corps - MC)  
4. Local NGO (Agency for Rehabilitation of Energy in Afghanistan - AREA)  
5. Farmer Organization (Afghanistan National Seed Organization - ANSOR)  6. UN (United Nations Industrial Development Organization - UNIDO)  
These organizations are also members of the Afghanistan Food Security and Agriculture 
Cluster, which is responsible for coordinating food security in the country at a high level. The cluster organizes regular meetings, whic h are co-chaired by FAO and WFP. The PSC 
can participate and play an active role in the cluster meetings and activities.  
Issues Security continues to be the main challenge in project implementation.  
Financial follow-
up Total delivery  €4 735 395 (USD 6 604 456)  
 
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2.    BANGLADESH 
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
Through this project, WFP Bangladesh will assist 400.000 ultra-poor people including 
landless farmers affected by volatile food prices to improve livelihood and ensure food 
security. The programme aims at helping poor farmers to produce food more efficiently. It 
will also improve the capacity of ultra poor  agricultural workers/ wage labourers in 
entrepreneurship, developing their skills in  small-scale agro-based activities, group 
farming, food processing, diversified crop production, poultry/cow rearing and other income generating activities. The programme will transfer income mainly in the form of 
cash to highly food insecure and disaster pr one areas. The programme interventions include 
creation of employment opportun ities, training and asset grants. Different schemes will 
enhance flood resilience and improve agricultural infrastructure.  
Eleven most food insecure districts, Bhola, Baherhat, Barguna, Patuakhali, Jhalokhati, 
Pirojpur, Rajshahi, Naogaon, Nawabgonj, Nara il, and Banderban will be covered by the 
programme.  Each project participant will receive a daily wage of Tk.150 per working day 
for participation in employment generation activities. Families with pregnant and lactating 
mothers and malnourished children w ill receive micro nutrient sachets.  
State of Play In Bangladesh, the EU Food Facility project commenced in late March 2009.  WFP 
mobilised rapidly in order to initiate activities before onset of monsoon rains.  In April, 
NGOs began work on identifying the poorest agricultural workers and marginal and 
landless farmers, leading them through co mmunity risk assessments and prioritising 
schemes which would enhance flood resilience and improve agricultural infrastructure.  
In a first phase, in June and July 2009, WFP engaged workers from 43,244 households in 
337 schemes.  Under these schemes, 30 km of embankments and 108 km of 
roads/embankments were constructed or rehabilitated to protect land from flood waters and 
ensure communities’ continued access to mark ets during the flood season; 63 km of 
irrigation channels were de-silted, providing better prospects for crop production in 
surrounding fields; 79.000 m2 of ponds were excavated, providing both irrigation and fish 
stocking possibilities; and 17,500 m2 of land was raised, preventing over 1,500 landless or 
marginal farmer households from losing their house and assets every flood season. 
Sub Office Number of Households Number of schemes
 Utilisation 
   Food  (mt) Cash (US$) 
Barisal 17,733 205 136.92 565,475 
Rangpur 21,502 85 1,377.41 477,725 Jessore 4.009 47  198,306 
Total 43,244 337 1,514.33 1,241,506 
In total, 13,200 hectares of agricultural land stands to benefit from the assets constructed or 
rehabilitated under the EU Food Facility project to date.  Other key benefits are as follows: 
700 farmers can now cultivate during three seasons per year instead of just one ; 43.000 
additional people now have access to fishing opportunities; 60.000 people live in areas now 
protected from salt water intrusion; 26.000 additional people have access to markets (along 
roads/embankments); 7.000 child ren have access to school du ring the flood season; 4.000 
m
2 of land around homesteads has been created for vegetable cultivation; over 8.000 people 
 
EN 25   EN no longer fear having their home washed away every flood season. 
In many cases the increased agricultural land w ill mean that farmers are able to grow three 
crops in a year which will result in higher annual yields and more employment opportunities for the target population.  
Progress made towards results and indicators in logframe 
Indicator / Target Prog ress to end Sept 2009 
65% of beneficiary households meet the acceptable standard of food consumption score
 Awaiting outcome survey 
65% of beneficiary households having at least three full meals per day Awaiting 
outcome survey  
Actual number of flood resilience schemes (embankments, raised seed-beds) implemented 
30 km embankments; 17,500 m
2  
land raised for 1,500 homesteads;  
Actual number of agricultural infrastructure schemes (irrigation/drainage infrastructure and 
access roads) implemented. 108km access road s /  embankments; 63km irrigation canals; 
79.000 m2 irrigation /fish ponds;  
70% households with increased human capital score (entrepreneurship management 
capacity) in agriculture production  Awaiting outcome survey 
At least 70% of the trained beneficiaries will use the acquired income generating skills. 
Awaiting outcome survey  
Household asset score increased in at least 70 percent of the targeted households. 
Awaiting outcome survey  
  70% of the households perceived enhanced household income. Awaiting outcome survey  
78.000 people employed during lean/hunger period 43,244 people employed. 
Average 90 days work received by each participant  Awaiting outcome survey.  
WFP is about to commence the second phase of employment generation activities, the bulk 
of which are expected to be completed by Ap ril 2010. This phase will include both Cash 
for Work and Food/Cash for Work. 
This phase will also include the issuance of cash grants to 25.000 households. This activity 
will be completed in April 2010 with the remainder of the programme used to determine 
the effective utilisation of these funds by the recipients.  
Coordination & 
Alignment Regular communication, in the form of both meetings and email exchanges, is maintained 
with the EU Delegation Food Security Unit, with regard to the implementation of the 
project.  The last such meeting, on 9 Sept ember, was a chance to update on progress to 
date, highlight some of the constraints faced, discuss deliverables such  as the visibility and 
monitoring plans, plus arrangements for joint monitoring.  A folder of visibility products to date was handed over. The proposed monitoring and evaluation plan along with the 
visibility and communications strategy have been shared with the Delegation for comment.  
WFP is following the beneficiary selection criteri a in line with the contract. In this regard, 
beneficiaries are drawn from the chronically  food insecure, families surviving on low 
incomes which do not have regular work oppor tunities, marginal or landless farmers and 
 
EN 26   EN those that are not members of any other major food or cash programme/safety nets. 
Particular emphasis is placed on female headed families and those in which the male head 
of family is disabled or unable to work.  
At the request of the EU Delegation, WFP is coordinating with UNDP in the selection of 
the beneficiary caseload in Banderban, CHT which will commence in October 2009. WFP 
has engaged the UNDP sponsored Para Development Committees to assist with the participant selection, with the intention that these beneficiaries will continue to be engaged 
by UNDP upon the completion of the WFP project.  
As agreed with the EU Delegation, WFP is focussing its activities in the following districts; 
Barisal Cluster: Bhola, Barguna, Patuakhali, Jhalokati, Pirojpur; Rajshahi cluster: Rajshahi, 
Naogaon, Nawabganj; Jessore Cluster: Bagerhat, Narail; and Banderban. 
WFP is in consultation with the EU delegation to agree to a specific structure for the WFP-
European Commission St eering Committee.  
A Joint Monitoring mission was held between 6-8 October to Rajshahi cluster. On the 
mission were Mr. Massimo la Rosa EU Fo od Security Focal Unit and Mr. Michael 
Dunford, Deputy Country Director WFP Bangladesh. Four implementation sites were 
visited and meetings were held with government officials, NGO staff and focus discussion 
held with beneficiaries.  
It is foreseen that another mission will be undertaken to the Banderban region of the 
Chittagong Hill Tracts prior to the end of the year. Dates are yet to be confirmed but 
tentatively planned for December 2009. 
WFP has also designed a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan in conjunction 
with the NGO partners.  
Visibility Achievements to date include:  
• Banners bearing the EU logo put up at distribution sites during food and cash 
distributions. 
• EU logo printed on placards, where these are mounted at project sites 
• EU markings placed on bags of locally procured food 
• 2 features articles on WFP Bangladesh’s website 
• Press release issued upon signature of contract 
• 8 major newspapers  carried the story 
• 5 human interest stories produced for use on websites / brochure 
• Footage shot for the short video; video film under editing 
• Photo bank started 
WFP has shared a copy of the visibility and communications plan with the EU Delegation 
and is awaiting feedback.  
Issues Tropical Cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh on 25 May 2009 causing severe damage to lives and 
livelihoods of approximately four million people of southwest coast of the country. This 
had a direct impact on the activities planned in the Barisal cluster where the concentration of schemes and expenditure are the highest. With good early warning and storm 
preparedness system in place, the casualties were  limited to just 190 d eaths, but damage to 
infrastructure was significant. More than 1 700 kilometres of embankments along the 
seashore and riverbanks and 1500 kilometres of roads, approximately 2500 educational 
institutions and half a million houses, among othe rs, were fully or partially damaged. More 
than a million people at one stage were di splaced from their homes. Not only did the 
cyclone make implementation difficult in this area, it also submerged large tracts of land 
and some of the works that had been initiated under the project were damaged or even washed away.  
 
EN 27   EN WFP along with its partners suspended some of the activities in this area and will 
recommence with increased cap acity in November/December.  
In Bangladesh, earth works of the type envisaged under the project can only be undertaken 
in the dry season – namely Dec to June. The commencement of the project in March left a 
limited window in which earth works could be completed before the onset of the monsoon. 
To maximise this period, WFP deployed additional staff to work on NGO selection and orientation, thereby reducing the set up time. Works were consequently ready to start in 
early June in full force. 
Another factor that impacted upon the implementation of the activities was that at the very 
onset of the project, the UN O ffice in Barisal, in which the WFP office is located, was 
subjected to a security threat, allegedly from  an outlawed terrorist group. This security 
threat, which ultimately was found to be a hoax, regrettably resulted in the closure of the office for a period of almost 2 weeks during which time the police, security forces and 
UNDSS undertook the investigation and risk  assessment. This caused a delay in the 
implementation of the project which reduced the time available prior to the arrival of the monsoon.  
Micronutrient powder (contain ing 15 elements) is not ava ilable for procurement either 
locally or regionally. Due the longer than expected lead time in the procurement process, the households were only provided with food and cash support during the first phase of 
implementation. The MNP is now expected to arrive in  Nov/December and will be 
distributed during the second phase of implementation.  
All households with pregnant and lactating women and children under two will be provided 
with MNP for six month duration as originally planned.  
Financial follow 
up Up to the end of October 2009, WFP has committed €6.27 million, representing 31percent 
of the first year budget.  
WFP has programmed and distributed € 1.7 million in the form of both food and cash.  
Of the 9,720mt of food to be procured under this contract, an initial 6,671mt was 
contracted and delivered between 19 May and 5 August 2009.  The entire quantity was 
purchased locally.  A tender for the balance of 3,049mt will be launched towards the end of 
the year to cover distributions in early 2010. 
 
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3.    BOLIVIA   
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
This project began on 1 August 2009 and will continue for 24 months. The overall 
objective is to reduce the imp act of the increase in food pr ices for the most vulnerable 
population of Bolivia, which are the small peasants, women and children. 
Activities will focus on training to increas e local food production chains and thereby 
ensure a sustainable supply of vegetables and animal protein for school feeding programs. Distributions of seeds, animals and tools as  well as construction materials for storage, 
greenhouses and stables will be implemented. 
This project is a continuation and expansion of another EU- funded project entitled Quick 
Win (contract ALA/2006/129-589).  
State of Play A seminar on the project activities was held on August 11 in Trinidad, Beni, which 
included a field visit to the most vulnerable municipalities of the Pando Department.  
The first farmer-to-farmer training will be held in Santa Cruz on October 19-21 with the 
participation of technicians from Santa Cruz, Beni and Cochabamba.  
The first school orchards will be implemented beginning in November and WFP expects to 
have the first food production/processing projects by the end of 2009.    
The star crops study and land use capability study will be ready by year end. 
Visits were conducted to the project areas, where appraisals were made on schools’ needs 
for productive assets and on the willingness of school boards to maintain them.  
 
 
Coordination & 
Alignment The Bolivian Government was informed in August that the food facility was approved and 
subsequently, a meeting took place on October 14th with the Government to establish the 
Steering Committee and finalize the annual operating plan. The Government has asked the Committee to be composed of on ly WFP and the EU Delegation at  this early stage, thereby 
leaving room for the inclusion of other agencies like FAO or other governmental 
departments later on.  
Since the project has been drafted together with the EU Delegation, WFP has, in 
coordination with the Government, agreed that the food facility should work on the same 
areas covered by a previous Europe Aid contract (ALA/2006/129-589) as well as expand to new areas.  
The new areas were identified based on where they have a school feeding or other food-
based program, in addition to areas having the highest food security vulnerability index and results of the assessment on land suitability for producing food crops. 
On October 14
th, a meeting with the Vice Ministry of  Rural Development and Agricultural 
Production was held to present the food facility project, revise the annual work plan October 2009- September 2010 and formally establish the Steering Committee. The 
Committee will have two different levels: one at  the level of the Director of Agricultural 
Production and Food Sovereignty in repres entation of the Vice-minister of Rural 
Development and Agricultural Production, Head of Programme of WFP Bolivia in 
representation of the Country Director and the Cooperation Attaché of the EU Delegation 
in Bolivia in representation of the European Commission.  
The second level will be concerned with opera tional issues and coordination at field level 
 
EN 29   EN and it will be composed of technicians of the Ministry and WFP. In addition, steering 
committees will be established at field level to coordinate between the food facility and 
other related governmental projects. 
In the meeting with the government, the EU  financed “PASA” project asked WFP to 
support 39 productive initiatives financed by an IDB project and currently managed by 
them. These could constitute, with a previous joint assessment, in the first batch of productive initiatives financed by the project. 
A field trip has been planned with the EU De legation Cooperation Attaché for the week of 
November 16th. 
Visibility A visibility plan has been drafted and is under discussion with the EU Delegation.  
Issues Due to a delay in the transfer of funds to the project, procurement could not begin until 
mid-September.  
Financial  
follow up The funds for the first year have been budgeted. 
The Country Office has started the procuremen t process of basic equipment to enable 
implementation at the project at field level. It is expected that by the end of the year, all 
equipment purchases, as well as all necessary human resources contracts will be completed. 
 
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                                                                        BURKINA  FASO  
 Project Title               Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Budget Total budget €18 064 052 (USD 25 193 933) 
Brief Description 
 
  
 
  
 
 This two-year project aims to improve the food security of 861 150 rural households in 
Burkina Faso. The twin objectives focus on boosting food production through the 
availability of improved seeds (rice, maize, sorghum, cow peas and millet) and promoting a sustainable system of seed multiplication and certification.  
The project is in line with recommendations mapped out in the government’s action plan 
on food security, which underscores the importance of a strengthened seed supply chain for increasing food production. 
FAO is working to build the capacity of all actors involved in the seed chain, providing 
institutional and technical support to national public services including the Institute on Environment and Agricultural Re search (INERA), the national seed service 
and other structures within the Ministry of Agriculture. 
The project is supporting some 900 seed producers, the majority of whom are organised in 
groups, through training activities and the distribution of base seeds and equipment. The 
project is also focused on building up local infrastructure for the proper drying and storage 
of seeds, and improving seed produ cers’ access to markets and credit. 
State of Play 
 
 
 
 
  • The project document has been signed by the Government on 16 June 2009. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational. 
• The Procurement Plan is complete and finalized. Repeat order for fertilisers completed. 
Local procurement ongoing. 
• The first Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting will be held on 3 November. 
• Selection of implementing partners completed. 
• Selection of beneficiaries is ongo ing, together with MoA Experts. 
• Distribution of inputs to beneficiaries: currently on-going for dry season. Rice and cow 
pea foundation seeds on site. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EC Delegation and other partners  
• The official project laun ch took place on 6 July, including press release. 
Coordination & 
Alignment The EUFF project has catalysed the coordinati on of donors, such as GTZ and JICA, as 
well as other international NGOs around the entire seed value chain in Burkina Faso. 
Issues 
  Project approval and project implementation have been delayed by the Government who is 
used to operating projects through direct budget support. The project is addressing this constraint through the nomination of a high-level national coordinator (previous Minister) 
and through continuous negotiation with the Ministry of Agriculture and its line agencies 
(also through the Project Steering Committee).  To date, the nominated national coordinator has not been in a position to dedicate himself to project activities. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery (EUR) € 759 949 (USD 1 059 901) 
 
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 5.    BURUNDI 
Project International Fund for Agricultural Development  (IFAD)  
Activities to be financed within the framework of the cofinancing of the EU are gathered in 
the three components of the PAIVA-B project. Component 1: Reinforcement and 
protection of the productive capital; Component 2: Support to the development of 
agricultural production and development of the infrastructures and Component 3: Facilitation of setting and coordination.  Concerning the support of the EU, the first 
component aims to increase the agricultural production of rice and of priority food 
productions on 110 ha of marshes and 19000 ha of hills. The second will enable the organisations and the producers to have means of storage and roads and to retain the most 
added value possible of their production. The third aims to increase abilities of explain 
CDC and explain OPs actions management fight against food insecurity, the appropriation of these actions and their perpetuation.  The financing of the EU is raised at €4.5 million 
(approximatively $ 6million) 
State of Play  PAIVA-B has been launched officially on 9 September 2009 by the Second Vice-President 
of Burundi, with the participation of the Mini ster for Finance, the Mi nister for Agriculture 
& Livestock, the EU Head of Delegati on in Burundi as well as the Executive 
Representative of the UN S ecretary General and the WF P Country Representative. 
Participated all the provincial governors, along representatives from the World Bank, Catalyst/IFDC, USAID, local civil society organisations/NGOs, key development partners 
and staff from the ministries of Agriculture & Livestock, Finance, Planning & National 
Reconstruction and the staff involved in IFAD and other partners’ relevant projects. 
Discussions were held with the EU Delegation in Burundi and an agreement was reached 
on how to implement the visibility plan. It entails mainly informing of the EU contribution to PAIVA-B and producing information sheets regularly on progress and impact of PIVA-
B.  The logo of the EU will be added to a ll PAIVA-B documents and the CPM has already 
made two televised interviews with the Burundi Television where the contribution of the EU in PAIVA-B, w ith IFAD and WFP, was emphasized (joint statement with 2
nd Vice 
President of Burundi at the end of a courtesy  call to the former in June 2009) and as a 
special guest – guest of the day- of the national TV in September 2009.  PAIVA-B team will further discuss the visibility plan with the EU Delegation in Burundi. 
A baseline study will be undertaken to asse ss progress and impact. During supervision 
missions, progress towards impact will be asse ssed, like for the other components financed 
by IFAD. These achievements will be reflected in the annual supervision reports and the 
EU Delegation is welcome to join these IFAD-led supervision missions.  
Coordination & 
Alignment PAIVA is in response to Burundi’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), National 
Agricultural Strategy and its Food Security Programme. PAIVA-B has already been established with its core coordination staff alr eady at work: the team has already visited by 
second half of October 2009 7 sites for PAIV A-B to enquire about preparatory activities 
already carried out in order to enable them pursue the project’s activities.  
 
EN 32   EN Issues None. The project is starting well. A senior consultant has been hired by IFAD to assist the 
new team complete the launching of bids for equipment for the beneficiaries, vehicles, 
animals, etc.. November and December will be  devoted to start activities on the ground in 
the selected first two provin ces of Gitega and Karuzi. 
Financial follow 
up PAIVA-B has already submitted its first withdraw al application for US$1 million as a start-
up fund.  The IFAD Country Programme Manager (CPM) will be visiting Burundi from 
10-24 November and will revisit the implementation progress with the EU Delegation and WFP-Burundi, as well as with the Governme nt (Ministry of Agriculture/Livestock, all 
IFAD-funded projects, etc.).  
 
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6.    BURUNDI 
Project                           Food and Agriculture Organisation 
Budget Total budget €5 406 045 (USD7 592 760) 
 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 FAO is working closely with Burundi’s Ministry of Agriculture and other partners to boost 
agricultural production and improve the food security of at least 5 600 rice-growing households in the provinces of Bubanza and Rural Bujumbura.  
The two-year project, launched in June 2009, is in line with the government’s National 
Agriculture Strategy and the National Food Secu rity Plan. It covers three priority areas: 
rehabilitating irrigation infrast ructure; improving farmers’ access to quality inputs; and 
strengthening the production capacity of farmers’ groups.  
To ensure that the water resources in this  densely populated country are used more 
efficiently for staple and comm ercial crops, the project is fo cused on improving more than 
2 500 hectares of irrigated land and various drainage and canal networks. 
Farming families will be provided with seeds to grow vegetable gardens as well as peanut 
and soybean seeds to plant in the off-season . Some 12 tonnes of certified rice seed and 
fertilizers will be distributed to food-insecure families, and storage facilities will be built to 
help safeguard against spoilage.  
The project aims to support the training of farmers’ organizations in improved farming 
techniques, including the proper management of irrigation systems and storage facilities, 
and sound nutritional practices. 
 
State of Play 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 • The Project Manager has been identified and will be in place by mid-November 2009. 
• The Procurement Plan has b een presented to the Proj ect Steering Committee. The 
schedule of purchasing the inputs, which wa s initially foreseen for the project’s second 
phase, will be revised slightly, on the basis of the discussions within the members of 
the Steering Committee. Similarly the work plan will also be slightly reorganized to 
take into account inputs received from th e members of the Steering Committee.  
• Project management and coordination arrangements have been made and the Project 
Steering Committee met on the 29 October. Next meeting is scheduled for mid- 
November. 
• A Letter of Agreement has been signed with the “Société régionale de développement 
de l'Imbo (SRDI)”, which is the main partne r for the first phase of the project. Letters 
of Agreement with other implementing part ners are under preparation and will be 
signed and in place for the second phase.  
• Criteria for beneficiary selection has not ye t been finalised and approved during the 
first Steering Committee meeting, but it has been agreed by all members that 
representatives of the benefi ciaries will be part of the Steering Committee from the 
next meeting on.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation 
with the EC Delegation and other partners  
• A press release is being prepared to an nounce the first meeting of the steering 
committee and the project’s objectives.  
• The project communication/visibility plan has been developed. 
Coordination and 
Alignment 
 The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and FAO are leading the Food Security and 
Agriculture Cluster. The members of the cluster have been informed of the existence of the 
European Commission /FAO-EU Food Facility-funded project informally, but a more 
formal and in-depth presentation of the project’s  objectives is foreseen for the next cluster 
 
EN 34   EN meeting. Donors will participate in the next cluster meeting. 
Issues 
 
  
 
 • Weather forecasts: the El Nino phenomenon (alternation of droughts and flooding) will 
be likely to occur in Burundi. The Imbo plain will be particularly subject to flooding, 
which could eventually delay the course of the works under the project. However, an inter-agency contingency plan integrating a component on the El Nino phenomenon 
has been put in place. In addition, th e construction and rehabilitation works of 
waterways foreseen in the Imbo plan by the FAO-EUFF (in previous box, you mentioned Commission as well as FAO and EUFF – consistency or clarity please) 
project will specifically help to mitigate these effects.  
• The upcoming presidential elections in 2010 could constitute a destabilizing element 
for the project, as the Imbo plain is in  proximity to the capital. However, the 
perspectives are optimistic, as the international community, partners and donors have 
made a considerable effort to put in pl ace mitigating measures to ensure a smooth 
course of the elections 
Financial follow 
up  Total delivery €31 709 (USD44 532) 
 
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7.    CAMBODIA 
 Project  Food and Agriculture Organis ation: Improve the food security of farming families 
affected by the volatile food prices 
Budget Total budget €10 971 927 (USD 15 410 010) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Ensuring that Cambodia’s rural poor have better access to nutritious and safe food is at the 
heart of this two-year project, signed by Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, FAO and the 
European Union in September 2009.  
The project entails the provision of quality inputs and tr aining to 50 000 food-insecure 
farming families to help boost food production and productivity. Around 24 000 
households are also set to receive assistance in planting vegetable gardens and engaging in 
small-scale aquaculture activities.  
Given Cambodia’s high rate of  malnutrition, especially among women and children, the 
project is working to promote nutrition education and improved feeding practices based on 
local foods.  
Another important component of the project involves the traini ng of farmers in soil fertility 
management and low-input, environmentally friendly technologies such as Conservation 
Agriculture and Integrated Pest Management. With droughts and floods occurring regularly in Cambodia, integrating disaster risk mitig ation and preparedness into these training 
activities will help farmers become better equipped to deal with climatic shocks in the 
future. 
The project also involves providing equipment, storage facilities and training in proper 
drying and storing techniques for at least 5 400 households . Some 75 000 households will 
receive training in water management to he lp increase the area of land under cultivation 
and the number of crops grown per year.  
Farmers’ employment opportunities are expected to be strengthened through the provision 
of vocational training, the setting up of ag ro-processing enterprises and better access to 
affordable credit schemes.  
State of Play 
  
 
  
 
  • The project was signed by the Minster of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 
2 September in a ceremony covered by the media, both national television and newspapers. 
• An interim senior consultant has been recruited as inception phase team leader while 
recruitment of the Project Management Team is being finalised.  
• The Procurement Plan was finalised by the inception mission (12 – 30 October 2009). 
The first procurement of rice seed  is planned for mid-December. 
• Project management and coordination arrangements have been made and the Project 
Steering Committee has been established.   
• An inception workshop took place on 28th Octo ber, which was covere d by the media.   
• Letters of Agreement with implementi ng partners are under preparation.  
• Criteria for beneficiary selection are being finalised. The selection of nine target 
provinces has been completed and validated by the inception mission.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation 
with the EU Delegation and other partners  
• A project communication/visibility plan has been developed. Local newspapers, 
television and YouTube have featured reports on the EU Food Facility project. 
Coordination and The European Commission and the FAO are developing a structure that would bring 
together the different partners of the EUFF (including the envelope of Euro 6 million for 
 
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 the NGOs/IOs) working on Food Security. FAO is also the co-facilitator with the French 
development agency (AFD) of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Agriculture and 
Water. This TWG leads the process of the development of the Strategy on Agriculture and Water (SAW), from which the Food Security Support Programme drawn up. The SAW 
involves a process of harmonization of the 5 existing programmes in order to avoid 
duplication and seek complementarity. This  process is also facilitated by AusAid. 
Issues  No issues/challenges reported. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €138 726 (USD194 827) 
 
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8.    CENTRAL  AFRICAN  REPUBLIC 
 Project                          Food and Agricu lture Organisation 
Budget Total budget € 9 672 828 (USD 13 490 693) 
Brief 
Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  FAO is supporting efforts by the Central African Republic’s government to boost 
agricultural production and improve the food security of around 18 000 families (around 90 000 people) affected by the f ood price crisis. The two-year project was launched in May 
2009.  
With a lack of inputs crippling agricultural produ ctivity in the country, the project is focused 
on seed multiplication activities. This is building on an FAO emergency programme already 
under way.  
The project is also supporting farmers’ groups in developing lowland fields for rice, maize, 
sorghum, niebé (cow peas), sesame and groundnut crops during the rainy season as well as 
off-season crops.  
To help reduce losses, storage facilities – for inputs and harvested food – are being built and 
input shops set up wher e farmers can access fertilizers and seeds produced by the farmers’ 
groups.  
A pilot project will teach farm ers, via a network of 500 fa rm schools, environmentally-
sound agricultural techniques and practices, including soil and water conservation.  
In consultation with the government, FAO is fi nalizing a plan to help ex-combatant farmers 
reintegrate into the agricultural sector. The goa l is to build up skills and generate income 
opportunities by introducing them to such activities as poultry farming and small livestock 
breeding. Technical capacity building is another important component of the project. 
State of Play 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 The project document was signed on 3 September 2009 by the relevant Governmental 
authorities of Central African Republic and FAO, in the presence of the Chargé 
d’Affaires of the EU Delegation. 
• The Project Management Team has been reinforced and is operational.   
• Recruitment of technical experts for 2010 is being finalized. 
• The workshop for the official presentation of the project, including the improved log 
frame and the work plan, was held on 15 October 2009 in Bangui. The opening and closure of the event was chaired by the Mini ster of Agriculture. Re presentatives of the 
EU Delegation and FAO, national authorities,  UN Agencies, national and international 
Non- Governmental Organizations and beneficiaries participated to the workshop. 
• Project management and coordination arrangem ents have been finalized. A Ministerial 
Decree was passed on 27 October 2008, to o fficially establish the Project Steering 
Committee (PSC). 
• Procurement of inputs for the 2009 agricu ltural season is ongoing. Inputs are being 
purchased both on the national and international markets. Some of the inputs have been received in Bangui and have alread y been distributed in the field. 
• Procurement for the 2010 agricultu ral season is being finalized. 
• Seed Multiplication Component: seed produc er groups are being identified by FAO 
national consultants in consultation with the Agence Centrafricaine de Developpement 
Agricole (ACDA) and NGOs. Seed varieties to be introduced and multiplied have been 
selected in collaboration with the Institut Centrafricaine de Recherche Agronomique 
(ICRA). The acquisition of these inputs on the regional and international markets is being 
prepared. 
• Lowlands Component: project sites are being inspected and identified. A total of 992 
hectares of land has already been prospected  as follows: 474 hectares of land have been 
identified in Bouar, Kaga Bandoro and Bambari, 398 hectares are available in Bozoum 
 
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  and about 120 hectares are in Paouar. The vegetable seeds to be distributed for this 
component in 2009 are already being positioned. 
• Conservation Agriculture Component: quantitie s of inputs to be acquired are being 
harmonized with project objectives. Procurement will be done on the international 
markets. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with 
the EU Delegation and other partners. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
  
 
  The EU Food Facility funded project has st rengthened the coordination activities amongst 
agencies in the field of Food Security.  
The Cluster on Food Security is the principle networking mechanism for Food Security 
issues in CAR. A number of meetings have  taken place between the EUFF project and the 
Cluster to : i) present the EUFF project ; ii) identify areas of collaboration and 
complementary action/funding.  
Meetings between FAO and the EU Delegation are held regularly to discuss implementation 
progress and to coordinate with other EU funded projects.  
The Project Steering Committee, which was esta blished on 27 October 2009, will serve as 
additional tool for coordination of activities on humanitarian aid and food security.  
Issues 
 The component on ex-combatants (DDR) of the project has been delayed due to delays in 
the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants led by 
UNDP. The start of the DDR component of the FAO project is pending the findings of the UNDP socio-economic study that will only be launched in February 2010.   
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery € 1 464 605 (USD 2 042 684) 
 
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9.    CUBA 
Project 
 European Commission - United Nations Development Programme  
Programme in Support of the modern ization of local agriculture in Cuba  (PALMA )  
European Commission Agreement Ref.           DCI- FOOD/2009/212-025  
Implementation  Period:                 30 months, beginning 1st of April, 2009  
Total Cost of the Action:                 €11 700 000  
Special Conditions signed on:    26 June, 2009  
The resumption of the cooperation between Cuba and the European Commission took place 
in October 2008. At that time, both parties ag reed to cooperate, among other areas, on food 
security.  
Food security had been identified by the Government of Cuba as their major development 
priority and had also been included as a priority in the United Nations Development 
Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and the UNDP Country Programme Document (CPD) to be implemented in Cuba from 2008 to 2012.  
In this context, the EU allocated EUR 11,7 00,000 to Cuba under the “Food facility" and 
decided, in consultation with the Cuban authorities and in partnership with the UNDP, to support the local food production and food  access in 4 selected provinces and 27 
municipalities in Cuba.   
The formulation of the full project involved substantive negotiations among the key actors 
related to this initiative: European Commission, UNDP, Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Investment and the Ministry of Agriculture in Cuba.  The approval of this project is a 
concrete evidence of a new partnership era between Cuba, the European Commission and UNDP in Cuba. 
Project’s General Objective : Decrease the country’s dependency on imported food, by 
increasing agricultural production through the support to cooperatives, individual farmers and related rural entities in Cuba. 
Project’s Specific Objective : Increase local food prod uction and food access by 
implementing an economically sustainable strategy focused on cooperatives, individual farmers and decentralized food production and management, in  4 provinces and 27 pilot 
municipalities in Cuba. 
Location:  The project activities will take place in fo ur provinces and its headquarters will 
be located in Havana. The 4 target provinces are Pinar del Río, Sancti Spiritus, Granma and 
Guantánamo.  
 
State of Play Status of operational implementation  
Different style to other fiches – more bold 
Implementation Arrangements:  The European Commission’s implementing partner for 
this project is UNDP Cuba.  A Steering Committee  composed by the following core 
members: Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment 
(MINCEX), the EU Delegation, and UNDP, monitors the implementation of the project . 
 
EN 40   EN Due to the short elapsed period of project implementation, specific results on objective 
verifiable indicators will be shown in the subsequent progress reports. The below 
mentioned outputs are the basi s for the adequate project implementation and results to 
be achieved .  
• The project was officially launched  on 30 June, 2009.  At the ceremony were present 
the top management representatives in Havana from UNDP, the European Commission, MINCEX, MINAG and FAO. 
• Programming process at the local level  has been finalized: 32 proposals of the 
specific interventions to be implemented at the local level  have been drafted by all 4 
provinces and 27 municipalities involved in the Project.   The process required 4  
provincial and 27 municipal workshops to be held, with the participation of 2,500 
stakeholders from the targeted provinces.   
• The local proposals foresee a potential impact of 40million USD food import 
substitution.  
• 90% of the project procurement plan is ready to be revised and verified once the 
local actions are approved. 
• A draft of a strategic training plan is ready to be submitted for revision. 
• Initial project visibility actions have been conducted.  5 Press notes released and a  
visibility plan is being finalized  
• Technical advice and on-the-job assistance has been provided related to the  local 
participatory planning process, structuring and organization. 
• Monitoring:
  Advancement on the Local Prog ramming process duly verified , 
through monitoring visits to municipalities conducted by UNDP and representatives of 
the European Commission. Local proposals verified and in  line with project criteria. 
• Project Management:  National Project Offi ce (NPO) established and the 
completion of administrative personnel in charge is underway. National UNDP Staff 
has been already recruited and the International process is underway.  
• Update on project progress and participatory planning methodology provided to 
the EC Representatives in Havana and 2 official missions from European 
Commission Headquarters .  
 
Coordination & 
Alignment The project is being implemented using the methodology and local structures of the “Human 
Development Programme at Local Level” (PDHL), which is a UNDP’s multi-donor 
programme, fully endorsed by the Cuban authorities. The PDHL has been active in Cuba for 
more than 11 years and has acquired a very strong foundation at the local level in the 
municipalities where it is active.  
The PDHL methodology puts in place a partic ipatory needs assessment process which is 
facilitated by a multidisciplinary working grou p in each municipality. The result is a local 
strategy which identifies the local priorities to be supported and negotiated at the national level between the Cuban government and the international cooperation actors through 
consensus building mechanisms . The programme seeks to achieve greater harmonization 
between various national and international actors working towards this complex objective. 
Thus, in the 27 municipalities supported by the PALMA project, the municipal strategy for 
food security is also supported by  the above mentioned methodology and mechanism in which other bilateral cooperation (AEC ID, CIDA, COSUDE/DEZA), multilateral 
cooperation (UNDP core funds, UNDP – FAO – WFP funds from two MDG achievement 
funds projects) and decentralized cooperation (Italian and Spaniards local governments) 
actors participate. 
 
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Issues Programming at the local level has taken a four-month period which is considered to be an 
average time for the extensive consultation ma de and the search for consensus on the 
process.  The result is that the process has improved the level of project ownership by the stakeholders and will impact on a smooth project implementation.   
Financial follow 
up First year Total (Euro) Total Cumulative (Euro) 
Budget 3,792,906 
Expenditure        20,906 Contributions 3,650,077 
Available Fund 3,629,171 
% Expenditure / Contribution 1% % Expenditure / Budget 1% 
 
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10.    DEMOCRATIC  REPUBLIC  OF CONGO 
Project                        Food and Agriculture Organisation 
Budget Total budget €9 651 701 (USD13 461 227) 
Brief Description 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 Inadequate infrastructure and breakdowns in the agricultural production chain have stymied 
economic growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The amount of food produced in the country falls short of the needs of its growing population. 
The two-year project, launched in May 2009, is in line with the Congolese government’s 
poverty reduction strategies. The project’s ov erall aims include s caling up agricultural 
production and easing farmers’ access to markets.  
The project hopes to benefit around 36 000 vulnerable households (approximately 180 000 
people) through increased a ccess to quality inputs and improved transport and storage 
facilities.  
Work is being done to strengthen technical expertise in the production, storage, 
transformation and marketing of agricultural products and to improve the network of access roads so that farmers can get their goods to the market. Attention is also being given to 
building the capacity of farmers’ associations.  
Another important component of the project is ensuring that key actors – the government, 
donors, humanitarian organisations and th e media - have access to regular, updated 
information on the state of food insecurity in th e DRC, including food prices, food reserves, 
household consumption and other key data.  
FAO is supporting analysis at national and provincial level through the Integrated Phase 
Classification (IPC), a standardized tool for cl assifying food security and identifying areas 
for action. 
State of Play 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 • The project has been signed and the ceremony  for signature with MOA, MFA, local EU 
Delegation and FAOR took place on 24 September 2009. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational. 
• The Procurement Plan is complete and finali zed both at headquarte rs and Field level. 
Input distribution will take place for the 2 010 agricultural season, except in Katanga 
where distribution of inputs is currently on-going (October- November).  
• Members of the Project Steer ing Committee (PSC) have been identified. The first 
meeting is scheduled for early November 2009. 
PSC includes : 
o At the national level (Comité Opérationn el de Suivi, COS): representative of 
EU Delegation, FAO, operating partners (NGOs, etc.), Ministry of Agriculture 
and member of the civil society.  
o At the provincial level (Unité de Coordination Opérationnelle, UCO): 
Provincial Governorate (or repres entative), the provincial MOA (or 
representative), the provin cial Inspection of Agriculture (IPAPEL), FAO, 
operating partners and Provincial Agronomic Universities. 
• Selection of implementing partners is ongoing. 
• Criteria for beneficiary selection: final identification of implementation sites and 
associations of producers already made, fina l identification of beneficiaries (details) 
pending the final selection of implementing partners.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
 
EN 43   EN  • The official project launch Signing Cere mony took place on 24  September and was 
widely covered by national media (press/radio and local TV) - Press release has also been 
issued.. 
 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
  
 
 Through its financial and technical contribution, the EUFF Project has strengthened the 
existing Food Security Coordination network in DRC through the following actions: 
a) Monitoring and analysis of food prices in urban areas (bulletins diffusion at 
national level) 
b) Collection of Food Security and nutrition da ta, food prices fluctuations and to 
identify Food Security rapid alerts in rural areas 
c) Funding of the  Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in EUFF project areas, 
which aims at providing a “common curr ency” for classifying food security 
d) Reinforcing FAO (and WFP) Food Security Cluster Leadership at national and 
provincial level involving institutions, d onors, UN Agencies and NGOs. This last 
point has been particularly evident in Katanga province where for technical reasons 
(only one agricultural season per year, in October) agricultural activities have been 
launched since the beginning of the project while in the other 4 provinces concerned with the EUFF project, the same  activities will start in February 2010. 
Issues There has been a delay in delivery of inputs, but distribution of inputs in Katanga has been 
assured through use of FAO stocks at field level.  
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery € 1 464 605 (USD 2 042 684) 
 
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11.    ERITREA 
Project 
 Agriculture Organisation Food and 
Increase agricultural production to overco me the challenge of Soaring Food Prices 
through the urgent distribution of agricultural inputs 
Budget Total budget €3 221 246 (USD4 492 672) 
Brief Description 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Rural communities in Eritrea have been made more food-insecure by the combined effects 
of a border conflict with Ethiopia, prolonged drought and high food prices.  
This two-year project, launched in July 2009, aims to restore a minimum food-producing 
capacity among Eritrea’s most vulnerable people. Around 12 080 households 
(approximately 60 400 people) are expected to benefit.  
In order to make a desired rapid impact on farmer needs and at the same time make a more 
lasting contribution towards the National Seed Programme development, the project will 
follow a two track approach regarding seed interventions: quality, drought-resistant seeds 
will be generated from currently growing crops to be distributed to beneficiaries in 2010 (mainly drought-affected famili es, internally displaced and female-headed households) and 
specific development intervention will be made in research, quality control, seed grower 
programme, processing and storage and other seed sector activities. 
This programme will also include a component on integrated pest management, helping to 
pave the way for sustainable intensification of crop production. It builds on a number of 
ongoing FAO initiatives.  
The project is also involved in increasing the livestock production capacity of 1 280 
vulnerable households. To this end, work is being done to set up a small-scale animal 
rearing programme and to distribute sheep and dairy goats to beneficiaries for milk and meat 
production.  
Funds are being used to improve water management capacity in this drought-prone country 
through a small-scale irrigation programme. The water harvesting activities are in line with 
the government’s food security policy and strate gy while synergizing with the food security 
programmes of the UN Developmen t Assistance Framew ork (UNDAF).  
Efforts will be made by the Project to ensure the linkages and mutual optimization between 
the three components of the project. 
State of Play 
  
 
  
 • The Project was signed by the Minister of Agriculture on 4 September 2009.  
• The project coordinator has been recruited and selection of MoA experts for the different 
components of the project is being finalized. 
• Detailed procurement plan is currently being developed with MoA experts. A number of 
changes to the initial plan have been suggested by the MoA and these are currently being evaluated through different inception missions for the different components of the 
project.  
• Composition of the PSC has been discussed during the Inception Workshop held on 28 
September 2009 but final list is still pending of approval. 
• Inception workshop took place in Asmara  on 28 September 2009. 46 participants 
attended the workshop from different depart ments in the MoA, research institutions, 
farmer groups, and the EU Delegation in Asmara.  
• The Government has to work with government counterparts as collaboration with 
INGOs is not allowed. 
• Selection of beneficiaries is ongo ing, together with MoA Experts. 
 
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 • Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners. 
• Communication activities: no independent or private media present in the country. 
Recruitment of a national communication and visibility consultant is ongoing.   
Coordination & 
Alignment A number of meetings have been held with UNDP in order to coordinate both UNDP and 
FAO - EUFF programmes. The UNDP-EUFF progr amme will resume in spring 2010. The 
FAO EUFF programme has been presented to other UN agencies and NGOs through the 
"Food security Country Team".  
Issues 
 
 Collaboration with NGOs is not currently feasible because …  
• Travel restrictions (in place since 2006) for International Staff travelling outside 
Asmara. Travel permits need to be requested  at least 10 days in advance and are not 
always granted.  
• Highly restricted access to diesel fuel. 
• Limited presence of private sector. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €18 692 (USD26 894) 
 
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12.    ETHIOPIA 
Project World Bank 
The objective of the grant from the European Union is to ensure that the Ethiopia Productive 
Safety Net Program has adequate resources to  continue to function effectively, thereby 
mitigating the impact of recent shocks on the poorest and most vulnerable in Ethiopia. Resources from the grant would allow the PSNP to continue to operate in 2009 as designed, 
while a rapid response would ensure that there ar e no delays in the distribution of transfers 
to beneficiaries. Funds would be channeled as Co-financing through the existing World Bank APL II Project. 
The funds provided will allow the program to cover for one year an estimated 632,556 
chronically food insecure beneficiaries. Around 80% of beneficiaries would participate in labor-intensive public works, building productive community assets that are planned within 
a watershed management framework. Around 20% of beneficiaries would be from labour 
poor households including elderly, chronically sick or otherwise incapacitated households and these would receive tran sfers as Direct Support.  
State of Play Disbursement of EU funds to the Bank’s Trust Fund has been completed.  
Coordination & 
Alignment  The current World Bank APL II Project is supporting the PSNP with a consortium of eight 
partners including CIDA, DFID, the European Commission, IrishAID, RNE, SIDA USAID, 
and WFP, who together have committed cash and in-kind resources valued at around 
US$1.2 billion during the current phase of the Program from 2007-2009.  All partners pool resources and provide on-going financing to the Program.  
Issues None 
Financial follow 
up  Disbursement to the Project is  expected in early November. 
 
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13.    GUATEMALA 
 
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
This project began on 1 July 2009 and will continue for 24 months. It aims to reduce 
vulnerability to volatile prices and to improve the living conditions of food-insecure 
vulnerable households.  
The three specific objectives are: 
• Improve maize production and quality, storage capacity and commercialization of 
small farmers’ organizations. 
• Prevent a deterioration of the nutritional status of children and pregnant and 
lactating women by providing a complementary blended food for supplementary 
feeding (with maize produced and purchased through the 1st objective).  
• Enhance agricultural production, develop income-generating activities, mitigate 
and prevent recurrent or seasonal sh ocks and soil/water management of 
subsistence farmers through food-for-work, food-for-training and food-for-asset 
activities.  
Activities will focus on food for work and food for training to improve agricultural 
production and marketing. There is also a nutrition component with supplementary feeding 
for children and pregnant lactating women.  
As per an exchange of letters with the Commission in October 2009, this activity will be 
expanded ton include subsistence farmers in 3 departments in the dry corridor: Baja 
Verapaz, Jalapa and El Progreso, due to th e food insecurity leve ls in these areas.  
State of Play Objective 1 : Field visits have been made to engage small farmers’ organizations. FAO has 
started to support maize postrera  crop (Oct-Dec. 2009). Potential small farmer’s beneficiary 
organizations are being identified in coordination with FAO. 
Objective 2 : Tender for maize transformation into Vitacereal® (1.100 mt) is being awarded.  
Local authorities have requested support with  the complementary food component due to 
food shortages in the country. 
Objective 3 : WFP has procured the following food items to be distributed to subsistence 
farmers. Beneficiaries are in the selection phase in coordination with VISAN and SESAN. 
Product Metric tons 
Maize (*) 968 
CSB 218 Vegetable Oil (**) 26 
Beans 71 
TOTAL 1,283 
(*)   Maize was purchased from small farmers’ organizations. 
(**) The procurement (veg. oil) was approv ed at the regional level as the local 
price was 29% higher th an those in Mexico.  
 
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procured by WFP into Vitacereal®. 
Coordination & 
Alignment WFP is constantly in contact with local delega tion.  Selection of beneficiaries by WFP and 
FAO is ongoing, in coordination with government counterparts (SESAN, VISAN and PRORURAL). 
A steering committee meeting was held on Septem ber 3, 2009 at the EU Delegation office in 
Guatemala City to follow-up th e current emergency situation in the country and to explore 
the possibilities to adapt the EU Food Facility contract Objective 3 (food for work activities 
in combination with the production of food for subsistence farmers) with a geographical 
extension of other departments in the dry corridor.  
There have been several preparatory missions to identify beneficiaries in coordination with 
FAO.  The base-line of the project is in planning process. 
 
Visibility The visibility plan has been developed based on discussions with EU delegation.  
On September 17, the EU Food Facility programme was launched by the President of 
Guatemala, Head of EU Delegation, WFP and FAO, government ministries involved in the 
implementation and other government bodies at a ceremony, attended by international 
community, civil organizations and media. 
Issues A budget revision of WFP’s Guatemala projects has been completed in order to absorb the 
purchase of maize and the cost of  its transformation into Vitacereal®. 
Financial follow 
up A total of €1.15 million, representing 24% of the first year budget (July 2009-June 2010) 
has been committed.  
 
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14.    GUATEMALA 
 Project  Food and Agriculture Organisat ion: Increased agricultural production and improved 
nutritional status 
Budget Total budget €4 491 698 (USD6 308 565) 
Brief Description 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 This two-year project, launched in June 2009 , aims to help the Guatemalan government 
increase the agricultural productivity and marketing capacity of smallholder farmers and 
improve their nutritional status. The project, which is in line with the National Strategy for the Reduction of Chronic Malnutrition, is being implemented jointly with the UN World 
Food Programme (WFP).  
FAO is working with small farmers’ organiza tions (around 4 000 families) to help them 
boost the quality and productivity of their maize crops. Work is being done to strengthen 
their storage capacity and marketing skills.  
Another component of the project involves helping small farmers to become more confident 
in investing in new technologies to access mark ets and to strengthen their price negotiation 
skills. The goal is to encourage food processing firms to increase their maize purchases from 
local markets, especially from small pro ducer organizations supported by the WFP.  
By securing better purchasing conditions from the WFP, small farmers will likely be 
encouraged to apply innovative practices to improve the quantity and quality of their 
production, helping to generate income and reduce chronic malnutrition.  
The project is working to ensure that at least 6 000 households in the rural areas of El 
Quiché, Alta and Baja Verapaz have increased supplies of staple grains for household 
consumption and are able to diversify their food production and diets.  
Soil and water management and livelihood protection practices are linked to food-for-work 
and food-for-training activities for some 8 000 poor rural families.  
Targeted beneficiaries include: small-scale farmers’ organizations  that produce maize 
intensively; subsistence and infra-subsistence households that produce food in the mountain 
slopes; and organized small-scale farmers with high food production potential and market links.  
 
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 • The project was signed  by the President of the Republic of Guatemala on 20
th 
September in an official ceremony covered by national television and newspapers. 
• The Project Management Team is being finalised.  
• The Procurement Plan has been develope d. Input requirements and technical 
specifications have been identified. 
• Implementing partners at national level have been identified and implementing partners 
at municipal level will be selected by the project management unit.  
• Criteria for beneficiary selection are being finalised.  
• An international tender for maize seeds and fertilizers has been issued. Inputs are being 
delivered.   
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation 
with the EU Delegation and other partners  
• A project communication/visibility plan was developed.  
• A major communications event was held around the official signing ceremony, 
resulting in television and newspaper coverage.   
Coordination and 
alignment The EUFF project represents a significant contri bution to the efforts of the Government of 
Guatemala to respond to the emergency food crisis situation in Guatemala.  
Issues 
 Guatemala has been affected by severe drou ght, which has caused a 60%-80% loss in bean 
crops according to the Ministry of Agricultura. The dry corridor is the region most affected 
by the drought, although the EUFF Pr oject does not targ et this area.  
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €120 367 (USD169 044) 
 
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15.    GUINEA  BISSAU 
 Project                              Food and Agri culture Organisation 
Budget Total budget €2 902 040 (USD4 047 475) 
Brief Description 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 In partnership with the World Bank, this two-y ear project, launched in May 2009, aims to 
help the government of Guinea-Bissau boost agricultural production.  
The project is providing around 25 000 vulnera ble farming families with seeds, fertilisers, 
tools and training to increase their output during the main growing season of 2010 and the 
off-seasons in 2009 and 2010. The project is also focused on rehabilitating the country’s 
agricultural infrastructure, including rice fields and market garden plots.  
In cooperation with the Ministry of Agricu lture and the National Institute of Agronomic 
Research (INPA), FAO is helping to train 50 fa rmers in seed multiplication. The goal is to 
strengthen farmers’ understanding of the entir e production cycle, from the supply of seed 
stocks to the marketing of cer tified seeds. Building the capacity  of the INPA to control the 
quality of seeds produced is also part of the project. 
Fifty breeders of small animals (poultry, sheep, goats, pigs) are being taught new techniques 
in livestock management and receiving help in enhancing the sanitary conditions of 
livestock areas. Veterinary services are also being provided with medicines and other essential supplies.  
FAO is working with the World Food Programme (WFP) to support 300 school gardens, 
benefiting around      24 000 students. The aim is to teach students gardening skills while boosting their nutritional intake. About 40 percent of the produce will be sold in local 
markets.  
State of Play 
 
 
  
 
  • The project was signed by the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development on 
14 October 2009. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational.   
• The Procurement Plan is complete although some delays are expected for some hand 
tools, computers ordered from headquarters. 
• The first meeting of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) was held on 14 October 2009. 
• Selection of implementing partners: contracting of NGOs is being concluded. 
• Beneficiary selection is almost complete: target communities and beneficiaries in each 
region have been largely identified by the National Coordinator with the support of 
regional Delegations of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.  
• First symbolic distribution of inputs took place on Worl d Food Day and official 
distribution commenced shortly after (end October). 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• Media coverage during launching Ceremony and first meeting of Project Steering 
Committee. Activities covered by local  TV, RTP Africa, local radios. 
 
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Alignment The EU Food Facility project has helped to strengthen collaboration between the Ministry of 
Agriculture and donors (World Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development, 
African Development Bank, etc)  at central and regional levels on issues related to 
agricultural development. 
Issues No main issues/constraints reported.  
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €227 235 (USD316 924) 
 
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16.    HAITI 
 Project                         Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Budget Total budget €9 620 916 (USD13 418 292) 
Brief Description 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 FAO is supporting efforts by the Haitian government to improve the food security and 
livelihoods of around 300 000 rural households made more vulnerable by the food crisis. 
The two-year project, launched in May 2009, aims to contribute to the growth and 
diversification of agriculture in Haiti, while at the same time building the country’s 
resilience to natural disasters.  
Around 85 percent of Haiti’s watersheds – a crucial source of water for households and 
crops, and a buffer against flooding – have fallen into disrepair.  
To make water more available, funds are being used, among other things, to rehabilitate a 
watershed that serves 10 000 households; impr ove water supply systems (household water 
tanks, rainwater catchments in mountain areas); and create reservoirs to replenish 
groundwater supplies and encourage diverse livelihood activities.  
Through the project, farming families in mountain regions are expected to be trained in 
sound agricultural practices, while attention will be given to the development of land use 
systems that combine forestry, agri culture and livestock breeding.  
Support is being given to help develop household vegetable gardens and to scale up 
agricultural production, including the cultivation of high value crops. 
Around 8 000 households are to receive seeds and tools, and improvements will be made to 
grain and seed storage systems as well as rural roads, helping to ease the movement of food.  
Improved water availability and groundcover for grazing will increase livestock breeding, 
while FAO will assist around 6 000 vulnerable families living in coastal areas in developing 
aquaculture activities.  
The project is focused on strengthening local structures and capacities to enhance 
sustainability. 
State of Play 
 
 
  
 
  
 • The official project launch took place in Fort  Liberté on 13-14 August 2009 with an 
inception workshop and with the participation of the Minister and the EC Representation 
and all other stakeholders.  
• The Project Management Team is almost comp lete and operational. The National Project 
Leader position has been established as a fixed term and the expert recruited and stating 
at the beginning of November; International finance and admin support is secured and 
taking place in November with AFF support; an international operations expert is already 
in place and managing the work; reinforcement of the national emergency team with the 
creation of 6 national fixed term staff positions (for those core functions) is ongoing. The 
deployment of the project team is combined with the establishment of the project office 
in the Ministry of Agriculture North East province offices and an extension of the 
existing infrastructure is being done. The inception phase initially planned for 3 months 
had to be extended until December 2009 because of the complexity of the work and the need to further study and test a number of activities such as small dams, storage facilities, 
etc. International expertise in civil engineer is being organized to further advance the 
plans and works related to small and medium size infrastructures. 
• The Procurement Plan: Immediat e local procurement of 3 vehicles with repeat order and 
international launch planned for the next 2. Local procurement done for office furniture 
 
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 and computers. The overall procurement plan  for expendable equipment (estimated to 
USD6.5 million) and for services is being reviewed and will be finalized by the end of 
December 09 once all related civil engineering studies are available. The project team is 
also reviewing and identifying various possible implementing partners or agents 
(including private sector) for service contr acts (USD1.68 million) for various services 
and works. The First FBA of USD223.000 was sent in early July to the field. 
• The project steering commit tee is in place and has held its first meeting on 
27 September 2009.  
• The inception workshop was organized on the margins of the official project launch on 
13-14 August 2009. 
• Dialogue is ongoing with potential implementing partners such as "Agro Action 
Allemande", "CECI" a Canadian NGO, Caritas, and "Veterinarians without borders" for livestock and draft LoAs are under review. And LoA is also being approved with 
SUCCO for the support in compost. Criteria for beneficiary selection have been 
established with stakeholders. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EC Delegation and other partners  
• A communication support mission will be fielded in January 2010 to define and plan all 
various communications, visibility and media related activities for the Haiti EUFF project. A draft communication and visibility plan has been prepared by the team in the 
field and the FAOR and is under review by the EU Delegation in Haiti 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
 
  
 The EUFF project in Haiti is addressing two ma in problems aligned to two main national 
strategies: one on the rehabilitation and management of water catchment areas (which all present various stages of degradation) and a second one on the national strategy for food 
security (more than 2 millions people are food  insecure). The EUFF Haiti project focuses on 
the Maribaroux water catchment area in the No rth Eastern Department and is tackling this 
double challenge and interacting with various in terested stakeholders at the provincial and 
local levels. Designed for support mainly at the provincial level, the project is and will 
significantly contribute to best approaches a nd practices reconciling food security and food 
production, management of water and natural resources and institutional and individual 
capacity building in one strategic catchment ar ea near the Dominican Republic border. The 
Project Steering Committee is organized at the provincial level but should be reinforced 
with inputs into national coordination mechanisms for food security and catchment area 
management. 
Issues 
  
 
 
 
 Project implementation has been delayed due to a long initial detailed work planning  stage 
related to 4 main challenges faced by the project: (1) To be viable, a catchment area 
approach and management is a medium to longer term approach requiring 5 to 10 years of 
funding and the EUFF Haiti project will only be  able to initiate a catchment area planning 
and management over a 2 year short term period; (2) There is not one harmonized approach 
for catchment area management in Haiti but different donors and partners approaches 
coexist, thus allowing too many interpretations on the best way forward.  Coordination work is being reinforced at all levels; (3) Boosting food production and food security is difficult to 
achieve in mountainous areas requiring sound natural resource management practices and 
more time for training farmers in sound soil and water management, therefore immediate inputs distribution is planned together with training in 2010; (4)  
To ensure the viability of the interventions, a participatory process with all stakeholders is 
carried out and requires time and excellent joint planning prior to the physical implementation of the activities, especially for small scale rural infrastructures. 
Financial follow-
up Total delivery  €139 986 (USD195 238) 
 
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17.    JAMAICA 
Project Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)  
Strengthening Jamaica’s Food Security Programme 
Budget Total budget €5 802 649 (USD8 149 788) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  This two-year project, launched in June 2009, aims to support the Jamaican government in 
ensuring that rural co mmunities and the urban poor have im proved access to safe, affordable 
and nutritious food.  
To decrease Jamaica’s reliance on expensive fo od imports, the project is working to boost 
the production and use of locally-grown food crops such as roots and tubers.  
To this end, funds are being used to increa se planting areas, to create rapid multiplication 
centres for the production of quality planting material and to set up greenhouses for the production of quality seedlings. The project seeks to train farmers and extension officers in 
improved organic farming practices, post-harvest storage and packaging techniques.  
Given that many small farmers have difficultie s in accessing water, work is being done to 
increase the use of small-scale irrigation syst ems and to provide farmers’ groups with 
training in efficient irrigation techniques.  
FAO is developing 2 500 information packages for distribution and providing training on 
setting up backyard gardens. At least 10 schools and six state-run homes will benefit from 
this programme.  
By expanding a small livestock breeding programme, farmers will be able to produce meat 
for sale in the local markets. FAO will also help to strengthen policy and government 
strategies for improved agricultural productivity and food security.  
The overall project seeks to address gaps in the national food security programme, which 
was mapped out in 2008 following the food price crisis. Around 5 000 people living in rural 
areas and 2 000 people living in urba n areas are expected to benefit.  
State of Play 
 
 
 
  
 
 • The project was signed in August.  
• Recruitment of the Project Management Team is ongoing. 
• The Procurement Plan is being developed. 
• Project management and coordination a rrangements have been made and the 
Project Steering Committee will meet in the coming weeks.  
• Implementing partners were met during the operational backstopping mission which 
took place in October. Letters of Agre ement and Memoranda of Understanding are 
being prepared.  
• The selection of beneficiaries will be revised upon the inception mission, in 
coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture. 
• The first distribution of inputs is scheduled to take place in November/December.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU Delegation and other partners  
• A visibility plan has been finalized and a press release issued following the signing of 
the project.   
Coordination and 
Alignment The project was originally designed to supplement the government’s existing food security 
strategy which targets various activities that t ogether, are designed to have a considerable 
impact on the agriculture sector’s short and medium term production and productivity. In 
 
EN 56   EN  that regard, the EU Food Facility is anchoring food security activities at this time. 
Issues 
 
  Jamaica continues to be negatively impacted by the world financial crisis, and this has 
affected the ability of the government to pursue its development plans for all sectors, 
including agriculture. Curr ently, the fiscal space of the gove rnment is tightening as it makes 
preparations to return to the IMF for budgetary support. In practical te rms, this has affected 
the ability of the Ministry of Agriculture to provide travelling and other support for its 
extension staff, to adequately participate in pr oject activities such as mobilizing farmers. It 
is hoped that this challenge will be addre ssed as soon as an IMF deal is brokered. 
Financial follow 
up Total delivery €76 220 (USD107 043) 
 
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18.    KENYA 
 Project  
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
 Enhancing livestock production to support vulnerable populations in Kenya affected 
by volatile Food prices 
Budget Total budget €3 943 965 (USD5 539 276) 
Brief Description 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 This two-year project, launched in June 2009, is designed to help the government of Kenya 
enhance livestock production to ease the burden of high food prices on vulnerable 
communities. 
Funds from the European Union worth nearly € 4 million are being used to restore and 
improve the production capacity of livestock producers and to increase the availability of 
livestock products in the market.  
The project is supporting small-scale dairy producers in high potential areas in western 
Kenya and livestock producers in the semi-arid and arid regions of northern Kenya. 
Drought-tolerant grass seeds are to be distributed to irrigated fodder production sites in Mandera, Garissa, and Turkana districts.  
The project is promoting community involvement in the management of seed bulking and 
seed multiplication through the expansion of the Pastoral Field School (PFS) approach. Local entrepreneurs are being encouraged to participate in fodder production and seed 
bulking to help ensure sustained access to fodder seeds.  
Improving livestock marketing infrastructure, including holding grounds and water points, 
and livestock marketing information systems are also part of the project. Producers will be 
trained in the use of new information and communication technology equipment.  
Small-scale dairy producers will receive sup port in vaccinating and treating livestock for 
such diseases as foot-and-mouth and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.  
They will also be trained on animal health, with a focus on milk-related diseases, and on the 
use of feed formulation and alternative feed crops. Assessments of and trainings on dairy 
marketing information and best practices in dairy hygiene are to be carried out. 
State of Play 
  
 
  
 
  • The project has been signed by the Minister for Livestock Production in a media 
ceremony aired on National Television and written up in the National news papers. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational. 
• The Procurement Plan is complete, all equipm ent has been ordered and is to arrive to 
Kenya within 15 March 2010 at the latest.   
• Project management and coordination arrangements have been finalized and the Project 
Steering Committee has alre ady held two meetings. 
• The inception workshop was held including all project partners, the relevant district and 
provincial officers from all the target districts, as well as the national authorities within 
the Ministry of Livestock Production. 
• 13 Letters of Agreement (LoAs) with implementing partners are under preparation (4 of 
which have already been signed). The total value of these LOAs is USD1 834 192, the 
value of those signed to date is USD309 228. 
• Criteria for beneficiary selection have been established with stakeholders 
• 800.000 doses of Rift Valley Fever vaccination have been imported and delivered to the 
Director of Veterinary Services in suppo rt of the countries vaccination programme 
against the disease (total amount spent on this is USD375 912). 
 
 
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 • Two consultancy contracts have been developed and signed on information management 
and the effectiveness of past interventions in  livestock marketing and the effectiveness of 
past training initiatives in the dairy sector. The total value of these contracts is USD125 742. 
• The Digital Pen Technology has been presented to project partners and a request from the 
directorate of Veterinary Services has b een received to scale up the use of this 
technology. To date 40 digital pens have been ordered from South Africa and a training 
workshop on the use of the pens and the adaptation of their use to include livestock 
marketing is planned in December. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The official project launch will take place at the end of November through a major 
communication event with media coverage to show progress and achievements to date. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 Coordination at the National Level: 
At the national level coordination has been enhanced through the following: 
• The Project Steering Committee (which inco rporates officers fro m the Arid Lands 
Resource Management Project under the Ministry of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands, the Directorates of Livestock Production and Veterinary Services under the 
Ministry of Livestock Development, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, the Chair 
of the Agriculture and Livestock Sector Working Group the European Commission and FAO) meetings provide a multi-sectoral forum to discuss the design and implementation 
of the project. Concrete outputs of improved coordination that have arisen directly from 
these meetings include: 
1. The combination of Government and pr oject resources to combat the Rift 
Valley Fever risk. 
2. The linking of KARI to all fodder production activities funded by the project 
(and the provision of their technical input into partner proposals). 
3. Strengthening and feeding information into the Agriculture and Livestock 
Sector working (ALSWG) group (which is a sub group of the Kenya Food 
Security Meeting – the overall government / donor / NGO coordination group). 
• Presentations about the project at Agricu lture and Livestock Sector Working Group 
Meetings. 
• Based on the livestock marketing component of this project FAO is in the process of 
organizing a meeting between key donors in the livestock sector and the Ministry of livestock development to discuss their flag ship project (disease free zones) and to 
present viable alternatives that may attract more donor funding. 
Coordination at District and Provincial Level: 
• The involvement of District Veterinary an d Livestock Production Officers, provincial 
Directors of Veterinary Services and Livestock Production and representatives of the 
National Directors for Livestock Production and Veterinary Services in the review of partner proposals. This process has ensured that the relevant authorities have had the 
opportunity to review, discuss and influence the content of all proposals that have been 
presented for funding under this project. 
• Project partners (NGOs, District, Provincial  and National Staff) have had the opportunity 
to review and influence the project log frame in order to ensure that the project is fully in line with the priorities of each level. 
Issues 
 
 
 Despite the achievements in coordination to date  there is a realisation that the capacity for 
coordination within the government remains limited (with individuals tasked with 
coordination also responsible for a number of other jobs). We are therefore in the process of 
developing a proposal to support coordination at the government level by seconding officers to each of the ministries of Agriculture, Li vestock Development and Northern Kenya and 
Other Arid Lands. 
These individuals would be located  in the different ministries but work as a team, collecting 
 
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  information from the districts and presenting it to organisations and institutions at the 
national level.  
They will be provided with technical and ma pping support by FAO. Through this process 
the ministries will be able to triangulate development partner plans (and their own plans) 
against district based priorities, enabling them to influence the development of more 
appropriate, targeted programmes which are strongly linked to the needs of targeted 
districts. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €346 712 (USD486 923) 
 
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19.    LESOTHO 
Project Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Input to trade fairs and measures to increase seed security 
Budget Total budget €3 948 647 (USD5 545 853) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 With farming in steady decline in Lesotho and more than 350 000 people facing hunger, 
efforts to boost agricultural production over the long term and help the country achieve food 
security are crucial. 
FAO launched a two-year project in May 2009 to improve the food security of 36 300 
vulnerable farming families.  
To help farmers increase food production during the main cropping seasons in 2009/2010 
and 2010/2011, FAO is providing agricultural inputs to 35 700 households through Input Trade Fairs (ITFs).  
These fairs enable farmers to use vouchers to buy good quality seed, fertilizers and other 
inputs from participating local vendors. FAO has been supporting these fairs for a number 
of years in Lesotho to help stimulate local pr oduction. Farmers will also receive training to 
help them maximize production from the inputs.  
The trading of open pollinated seed varieties (O PVs) is being encouraged at the ITFs. These 
varieties can be recycled for two to three se asons, thus ensuring farmers’ continued access 
to inputs.  
Depleted soil resources have seriously hampered agricultural productivity in Lesotho. 
Through this project, FAO is providing technical support to around 500 farmers who 
practice conservation agriculture. This technique helps restore the health of the soil, paving 
the way for higher yields.  
FAO is also providing technical and material support to some 100 seed producers. The goal 
is to produce up to 100 tonnes of certified seed for sale through the ITFs and other input trading channels.  
FAO is working closely with Lesotho’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to 
implement the project, helping to strengthen the capacity of the ministry to carry out similar activities in the future. 
State of Play 
 
  
 
  
 • The project was signed on 23 September by the Minister of Agriculture, the Head of 
the EU Delegation and the FA O Representative. The official ceremony generated press 
coverage.  
• The core Project Management Team is in pl ace, while recruitment of additional staff is 
in process. Project management and coordination arrangements have been made and 
the Project Steering Commi ttee has met three times. 
• The Procurement Plan has been developed. The main method of input procurement and 
distribution is through voucher-based input trade fairs (ITFs).  
• Most activities are being implemented with the Government of Lesotho; however, 
implementing partners for the conservation agriculture com ponent will be selected in 
early 2010.  
• More than 10, 650 households have obtained inputs through the ITFs; Another 35 ITFs 
covering 14,550 households will run until ear ly November. An interim data analysis 
(undertaken halfway through the fairs) indicated that 10,650 farmers (48% of whom are women) had obtained: 
 
 
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  • 354 tonnes of seed (99t maize, 16t peas, 51 t bean, 28t wheat, 1t sorghum, 158t 
potatoes and 1t vegetable seed) have been accessed by (48% of who are female).  
• 5,237 mega litres of liquid organic and 75 tonnes of inorganic fertiliser have been 
purchased.  
• 5,862 pieces of agricultural ha rdware (tools and plough parts) have been purchased 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation 
with the EC Delegation and other partners  
• The project communication/visibility plan has been developed. 
Coordination and 
alignment 
  • Contacts have been established with some of  the NGOs that will receive funds from the 
EU Food Facility for the 2010/2011 season.  
• One of these NGOs will be co-opted into the PSC to ensure that synergies are 
promoted.  
• Further, the project will invite a wide rang e of stakeholders ( NGO – beneficiary and 
non-beneficiaries of the EU FF, Govt, farm er representatives, PSC members, research 
organisations & UN agencies) to a review meeting at the end of the season to jointly 
assess the impact of the project and promote synergies with other interventions. 
Issues No issues/challenges reported. 
Financial follow-
up   Total delivery €713 806 (USD1 002 469) 
 
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20.    LIBERIA 
 UNICE: Scaling Up Nutrition / Safety Nets Programmes in Liberia 
Project 
  
UNICEF is implementing a project to “ Scale up nutrition and safety nets programmes in 
Liberia ” as part of the Joint Food Security an d Nutrition Programme developed between the 
Government of Liberia and the UN.  This project aims to improve the nutrition status for the 
most vulnerable groups, particularly pregnant and lactating women and children under five, by: (i) Improving the prevention and management of malnutrition and childhood illness with 
the introduction of the essential nutrition actions  approach into 130 health facilities and the 
scale up of treatment of severe acute malnutr ition at community level, (ii) Developing and 
implementing a cash transfer scheme for vulner able households; and (iii) Improving access 
to safe water and sanitation at household level.  The agreement was signed on 15
th May with 
a starting date of 1st April 2009 for 24 months. 
State of Play Output 1 - Essential Nutrition Ac tions (ENA) approach introduced to 130 health 
facilities: Based on the Nutrition Policy that was finalized early 2009, a three year national 
nutrition action plan has been drafted and is awaiting finalisation. A national workshop for 
45 health and nutrition program managers and tr aining instructors has been held to introduce 
the ENA approach and develop an operational plan for roll-out into 130 facilities by end of 2010. Job aids on the delivery of the 7 targeted actions as part of routine maternal and child 
health services have been developed and validat ed.  Messages on the targeted actions have 
been drafted and a qualitative study on IYCF is  currently in process to provide more in-
depth information and facilitate development of communication tools for use at facility and 
community level.  An assessment of the status of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) 
policies and programmes has been conducted to guide the IYCF strategy development 
process.  Training activities for health service providers at facility and community level on 
the approach will take place in early 2010.  
Output 2 - Scaling up of management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) at 
community level: National protocols on the treatment of SAM have been disseminated to 
all facilities involved in in-/outpatient care. To  date, 33% of children requiring treatment are 
covered with recovery rate of 75%. 45 hea lth workers from 8 health facilities have been 
trained in community management of acute malnutrition and 130 health workers from 70 
facilities have been trained in nutrition screening and growth monitoring. Out- patient 
treatment has been introduced to 1 additional county and new treatment facilities are 
currently being established in 5 counties wh ich will increase coverage levels to 50%. 
UNICEF has provided Ready to use therapeutic  foods (plumpy nut, F-100 Milk, F-75 Milk) 
medical and non medical supplies, and anthropometric equipment to the MOHSW and 
partners.  
Output 3 - Cash transfer program for vulnerable groups established: An assessment of 
the administrative, human and physical infrastru cture for cash transfers was done and a draft 
manual of operations for the Liberia Pilot Social Cash Transfer Scheme has been developed 
and will be continually reviewed by key stakeholders during the implementation of the social cash transfer scheme. A study tour on social cash transfers was conducted to Malawi 
by the Government of Liberia policy makers from the Ministries of Planning and Economic 
Affairs, Health and Social Welfare, Gender a nd Development, Finance and Internal Affairs 
and sector specialists of UNICEF. Lessons lear ned from the visit have been used to finalize 
the draft manual of operations. A pilot county (region) has been identified and several stake 
holders meetings and trainings on the management of the cash transfer have been held with community groups and Government officials. An institutional framework for coordination 
and implementation of the scheme is being esta blished at national and community level. The 
disbursement of cash to beneficiaries will be launched in November 2009. 
Output 4 - Access to safe water and sanitation strengthened: Four NGO partners have 
 
EN 63   EN been identified to implement the WASH package (hand-washing with soap, household water 
treatment and storage, and sanitation prom otion). Health facilities and catchment 
communities from 5 counties have been identified. Contracts with the 4 NGOs have been drawn up for the assessment of WASH fac ilities and implementation of household water 
treatment and community led total sanitation ac tivities. A training of key stakeholders has 
taken place in Monrovia and will be followed up with further trai ning activities in the 5 
counties.  
Coordination & 
Alignment A framework has been established to coordi nate the joint programme at the policy and 
programmatic levels.  This includes a Tec hnical Working group composed of Sectoral 
Ministers and representatives from the UN agenci es, chaired by the Mini stry of Agriculture.  
At the programmatic level, joint programme activities are coordinated by the Nutrition 
Coordinating Committee for nutrition and the Ministry of Planning and Economic affairs for 
the cash transfer program.  In addition regular meetings of UN partners are held to review progress with the implementation of JP ac tivities funded by EUFF and identify areas of 
integration and avoid overlap.  Within UNICEF, effort is made to identify common target 
counties and communities to ensure maximum impact.  
Issues Nutrition: the main constraint have been with the slightly slow pace of roll-out of the ENA 
programs and the out-patient treatment programme for acute malnutrition due to: (i) lack of 
capacity at central & county level which slows down planning & implementation process, 
(ii) limited partners in counties with no n-emergency focus.  UNICEF will strengthen 
capacity at the MOHSW with the recruitmen t of a UNV for a period of one year. 
Cash Transfer: this is a new concept in Libe ria which has generated considerable interest 
and debate in government and among othe r UNICEF partners.  UNICEF had to spend 
considerable amount of time in developing consensus and harmonizing diverging views and 
interest of the key stakeholders as part of the planning process.  A common understanding on the way forward now exists and this is being articulated in a roll out plan. 
WASH: more time than had been anticipated , is required to introduce and develop 
approaches and channels for the implementa tion of the new WASH package of promotion 
and home based interventions. The introduction and piloting of Community Led Total 
Sanitation has involved regional and national training activities, and a shift towards a zero 
subsidy approach to infrastructure.  Establishing local production of a home based water treatment product in Liberia has involved developing new partnerships, technical capacities 
in product production, and approaches to social marketing.  
Financial follow 
up The total cost of the project is €3.029 million, including the EU Food Facility (€1.429 
million) and the support of the Government of Japan.   
A total of $1.852 million  has been committed and will be spent by spring 2010 as per year 1 
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21.    LIBERIA 
 Project  
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Support to the Government’s Coordinated Response to the Food Price Crisis 
Budget Total budget €4 367 517 (USD6 091 376) 
Brief Description 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 FAO launched a 20-month project in May 2009 to help the Liberian government revitalise 
its agriculture sector and ensure that people have ample and sustainable access to nutritious 
food.  
This initiative forms an integral part of the Government and UN Joint Programme for Food 
Security and Nutrition wherein the European Union also supports related activities carried 
out by UNDP, UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP).  
The project aims to boost food production through the distribution of certified rice seeds, 
fertilisers and integrated pest management inpu ts to 10 000 rural food-insecure households, 
and vegetable seeds and fertilisers to 6 000 food-insecure households living in and around urban areas. Training is also being provided.  
Twenty production and post-harve st agro-processing gr oups are set to receive labour-saving 
equipment and training to enhance production and primary processing and value addition capabilities.  
One goal of the Liberian government is to expand the area of land under cultivation without 
encroaching on forests. FAO is providing technical assistance to development partners in rehabilitating lowland swamp areas for planting as yields are approximately 80 to 90 
percent higher than in upland areas.  
Linking up with the WFP-supported school feeding programmes, around 110 school garden 
projects are expected to receive i nputs and technical assistance.  
The project is also providing substantial support to the national seed system, which was 
devastated during the war, and working to strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture’s capacity 
to assess and monitor growth in the agriculture sector. 
State of Plan 
  
 
  
 
 
 • The Project Management Team is complete and operational. 
• The Procurement Plan is complete and Procurement is ongoing both at headquarters and 
locally. The project targets the rice cropping season starting March / April 2010 and 
vegetable cropping season starting February 2010 for which, preparations are well 
advanced to ensure timely and effective delivery of inputs. Procurement of equipment for farmer groups is well advanced and deli veries expected in November/ December.   
• Implementing partners are presently being identified for the distribution of inputs and 
training of beneficiaries. 
• Selection of farmer groups is presently underway jointly by FAO, WFP, UNDP and the 
Ministries of Agriculture and Gender.  
• Inception workshop at the county level will be held in early November, shortly after 
conclusion of assessment studies 
• Training manuals for training of trainers are being prepared and training needs 
assessment at farmer level is on-going. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU Delegation and other partners. Data collection tools and training of GOL enumerators is 
being finalized. Series of on-going joint field assessments including the nationwide crop 
assessment in 5 counties. Partnership with LIGIS established for the training of MOA 
 
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Coordination & 
Alignment 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 The Liberian National Food Security and Nutrition Strategy  sets out the framework for 
Food security and nutrition activities in Liberia. The institutional framework of the Strategy 
comprises: 
a) The Food Security and Nutrition Technical Committee  (FSNTC) - coordinates actions 
necessary to improve food security and nutriti on and advocates for the necessary resources 
to enable the sectors to carry out those actions fully.  
b) The Secretariat to the Technical Committee  - acts as a body that gathers inter-sectoral 
information, analyses it and reports it to th e Technical Committee, which then takes up 
issues with the cabinet and/or the president. The operations of the Secretariat are supported 
mainly through the FAO component of the EU Food Facility for the duration of the project 
and, will be sustained through budgetary allocations of the Government of Liberia starting 
July 2011. 
Government of Liberia /UN Joint Progra mme for Food Security and Nutrition  
The overall responsibility for coordination of the Joint Programme rests with the 
government through the Technical Committee. The Joint Programme Steering Sub Committee is co-chaired by the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations with 
representatives from relevant ministries, key agencies and participa ting UN agencies, the 
World Bank and partners.  
The EU Food Facility project 
Coordination mechanisms are in place for the national Food Security and Nutrition strategy 
and the Government of Liberia/UN Joint Programme. The EU Food Facility is expected to 
strengthen these mechanisms by contributing to  finance the operations of the Secretariat and 
of the Technical Committee. However, th e signing of contracts between agencies’ 
headquarters and the European Commission in  Brussels has lead to a greater emphasis on 
outward accountability. This is compounded by the absence of a focal point at the EU 
Delegation in Monrovia and the limited absorption capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). 
Notwithstanding these challenges, the EU Food F acility fills critical gaps within the overall 
joint programme through a set of interlinki ng actions and allocation of resources. In 
particular, the EU Food Facility further strengthens the Purchase for Progress initiative of 
WFP to which, FAO is a global supply side partner. The Agriculture Information System 
(IAS) of African Rice Centre (previously WARDA) has been integrated within the national crop survey supported under the EUFF. More over, the EU Food Facility allows more 
durable solutions to food insecurity and malnutrition by providing a more holistic package 
to beneficiaries. This level of alignment and synergy has been obtained through coordination mechanisms put in place at the project formulation an d inception stage. 
Additionally, a common framework has been developed for visibility and communication 
for EU Food Facility. The process has further strengthened inter-agency coordination with 
potential for possible adaptation in the overa ll food security and nutrition programme.  
Issues 
 
 
 
 The project has been mainly coordinated by the EU Delegation in Sierra Leone through a 
food security specialist. The Delegation is now processing the recruitmen t of a food security 
specialist in Liberia to coordinate programme activities at the field level. It is envisaged that 
the inclusion of a focal person within Liberia will further strengthen the coordination 
mechanisms put in place at the field level.  
Placement of field staff in adequately secure and equipped premises in the field is a major 
challenge. The issue will be resolved once the County offices of the Ministry of Agriculture 
are rehabilitated.  
 
EN 66   EN  The limited capacity of Government of Liberia in general and MoA in particular impedes 
coordinated project delivery at the county level. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €672 347 (USD937 723) 
 
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Project 
Budget line Joint Programme on Food Security & Nutrition- EC  Food Facility  
The UN Joint Programme on Food Security & Nutrition seeks to mitigate the effects of 
soaring food prices in Liberia where UNDP is the managing agent. Key areas of focus of the 
programme are to: promote a rapid and sustained increase in food production; provide a safety net to mitigate negative impacts on special vulnerable groups; establish and 
strengthen farmer groups and build the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
In Terms of agreed areas of interventio n, UNDP’s role areas are as follows: 
• Establishment of storage warehouses and primary agro processing infrastructure at 
the farm level 
• Construction of market facilities 
• Rehabilitation of rural access roads for incr eased access of farmers and produce to 
markets 
• Assistance in organization of local stru ctures to manage the infrastructure. 
• Ensuring equal access for men and women to interventions delivered under the 
Project  
State of Play To date, UNDP, in collaboration with the other participating UN Agencies and government 
partners has undertaken a series of needs assessment missions to locations of warehouses and markets in the counties with a view to determine the need for additional markets and 
farms. There are ongoing discussions with UNOPS, the principal institution charged to 
rehabilitate the secondary farm to market roads as well as the construction of additional access roads leading to them.   
Coordination & 
Alignment  As stated before, there is an ongoing Join t Assessment mission comp rising of UNDP, FAO, 
WFP and representatives of line government ministries to Lofa, Bong and Nimba counties to 
determine project activities for intervention under the Project. The Project is expected to focus on secondary access roads to already existi ng markets and food storage warehouses as 
well as additional drying floors and market warehouses.  
Issues Some of the problems encountered include difficulties in organizing communities into 
management structures that will manage the facilities. It has also been a challenge to secure 
titles to the land provided for the structures, which is s precondition for construction of 
public structures by UNDP. 
UNDP has been working with local authorities to secure title deeds in the name of 
Community groups who will then be encouraged to take ownership of the facilities right 
from the inception. The exercise has been largely successful in that almost all land title deeds have been secured and probated. 
UNDP will continue to sensitize the local communities to take responsibility for the  
facilities and make use of them when they are completed. 
Financial follow up  UNDP received a first tranche payment from EU of USD1.2 million and that is what is now 
being programmed to include the structures and microfinance activities in the southeast of 
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23.    LIBERIA 
 
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
The project seeks to mitigate the effects of so aring food prices in Liberia in the short-term, 
while being mindful of the medium to long-term nature of the impact of the food crisis. 
Specifically, the utilization of food assistance is supporting the rehabilitation of productive agricultural infrastructure for increased food production while also alleviating the impact of 
the food crisis on smallholder food deficit households. Furthermore, the project enhances the 
capacity of the Government of Liberia in food security monitoring and nutrition surveillance systems. 
State of Play During the first six months of implementation, progress was made in the following areas: 
Capacity development in food security mo nitoring and market information systems 
In the area of capacity building of the Governme nt in food security monitoring and nutrition 
surveillance, WFP supported the Liberia In stitute for Statistics and Geo-Information 
Services (LISGIS) to develop the Liberia Mark et Information System. In July 2009, WFP in 
collaboration with LISGIS trained a total of  27 enumerators including staff from the 
Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), and LISGIS in market information data collection and 
analysis. The Liberia Market Information System (LMIS) was rolled-out in August 2009, 
and the first round of market data collec tion across 10 key markets was completed in 
September 2009. Data has been analyzed and the first monthly market bulletin was finalized 
in early October 2009 awaiting endorsement by the Minister of Agriculture. Utilizing 
statistics from the Liberia Market Information System, WFP is currently working with MoA 
in developing a paper for action towards mi tigating price future shocks. MoA will be 
presenting the paper at the FAO sponsored regional consultation forum on Food Security Preparedness planned for October 27 -28
th 2009 in Monrovia. 
In addition, WFP in collaboration with FA O, UNICEF, LISGIS and MoA, conducted 
training on food security monitoring and nutrition surveillance during the first week of October 2009. A total of 26 people including government officials from the Ministries of 
Agriculture and Health, as well as LISGIS par ticipated in the workshop. Training manuals 
developed by the WFP Vulnerability Assessme nt and Mapping (VAM) Unit were used as 
the basis to standardize lectures during the wo rkshop. The training exercise was followed by 
data collection for the first bi-annual household food security monitoring and nutrition 
surveillance from October 20
th to 30th 2009. All the 26 persons trained participated in the 
data collection activities at sentinel sites located across all the counties in Liberia. The data 
collection exercise is coordinated by LISGIS in coordination with MoA. Analysis and report 
development is expected to be completed by mid November 2009. All the 26 persons trained participated in the data collec tion activities at sentinel sites lo cated across all the counties in 
Liberia. The data collection exercise is coordinated by LISGIS in coordination with MOA. 
Analysis and report development is expected to be completed by mid November 2009. 
Rehabilitation of swamplands and small-scal e irrigation facilities through food/cash for 
work assistance 
Joint assessment of swamplands and small-scal e irrigation structures involving MoA, FAO 
and WFP was carried out in Bong, Lofa, and Ni mba counties from 7 to 14 September, 2009. 
Fifteen farmer organizations/communities were identified by the joint mission to participate 
in the first phase of food/cash for work based rehabilitation assistance. The assessment team 
 
EN 69   EN was lead by the Assistant Minister of Agriculture responsible for extension and research.  
The consultant Agricultural Engi neer assigned by FAO, togeth er with the MoA’s land and 
water development specialist started technical feasibility studies on October 15, 2009. The consultant has also finalized the training plan for the staff of MoA, WFP, NGO partners and 
the beneficiary communities. The first phase of training will be held between October 22, 
2009 and November 10, 2009. Also, WFP and MoA carried out sensitization visits to the project areas, targeting the local authorities and the beneficiary communities on the 
procedures for selection of project beneficiaries. Actual rehabilitation work on the 
swamps/irrigation facilities will begin in the second week of November 2009. 
Scaling-up of school gardens 
A total of 110 primary schools that will benef it from this assistance have been identified 
through a joint WFP, FAO and MoA mission. In September 2009, planning workshops were organized for members of the parent-teachers-asso ciations (PTA) of the target schools. The 
PTAs have in turn mobilized the local authorities to provide land and organize community 
work for establishing the school gardens. Gard en establishment will start in November 2009, 
after distribution of inputs and tools by FAO. 
Coordination & 
Alignment Overall participatory/consultative process  
The project activities have been conducted in close collaboration with the government 
counterparts, especially  the Ministry of Agriculture, partner UN agencies (FAO, UNDP, 
UNICEF and UNOPS) and the donor (Through the EU Delegation in Liberia, and the EU 
Food Security Officer based in Freetown, Sierra Leone). The overall 
participatory/consultative process has been qu ite successful in the first six months, and it 
formed the basis for effective planning and smooth implementation of the various activities.  
Project coordination  
During the period under review, six Technical Working Group meetings chaired by MoA 
were held on monthly basis for joint planning of activities, and to keep all the partners 
updated on implementation issues and progress, and to ensure that maximum coordination is maintained. Progress on each proj ect activity was reported at all the monthly coordination 
meetings, and feedbacks from the Technical Working Group were used for proper follow-up 
actions. 
At the sub-national level, WFP has been closely working with the county authorities to 
identify projects, select beneficiary communities,  and to address land tenure issues under the 
swampland rehabilitation component. Also, sensitization and participatory planning 
meetings were held with the beneficiary communities and local government authorities in 
July and August 2009. Through these meetings, the roles and responsibilities of the 
participating communities in project implemen tation, as well, targeting mechanism was 
again clarified. Project sites have already b een selected and technical assessment of the 
target swamplands has begun. 
The project has been operating on multiple st reams of partnerships involving FAO, UNDP, 
UNICEF and WFP. Activities of all the four agenci es are designed to be directly linked with 
each other for maximum impact. Within the fr amework of the partne rship with FAO, the 
latter has since October 1, 2009 assigned an international consultant (Agricultural Engineer) 
to conduct feasibility studies and training of participants and communities that are 
participating in the WFP food/cash for wo rk based swamp rehabilitation activities.  
Strategic Steering Committee  
There are two main channels es tablished for coordination, cons ultation, and participation of 
the EU Delegation with regards to project implementation and decision making. First, the Steering Committee (SC) meetings of the Jo int Programme on Food Security and Nutrition 
 
EN 70   EN provide a forum for Government of Liberia, UN, and EU Delegation to make decisions on 
strategic direction and implementation issues. The second channel is through consultation 
with technical specialists of the EU Delegation and through joint missions to project areas.   
The first Steering Committee mee ting planned for early June 2009, was not held due change 
of the Minister of Agriculture – who chairs the meetings. Another meeting took place in 
early November 2009.  
Visibility The four UN agencies (FAO , UNDP, UNICEF, and WFP), all implementing projects under 
the EU Food Facility, are in the process of finalizing the Visibility Strategy as a basis of 
their work. The document is meant to ensure a set of minimum visibility requirements that 
are met by the various UN entities involved in  the project. Every visibility action should 
mainly be focused on the achievements and impact of the Food Security and Nutrition 
interventions on the target populations.  
Issues Delay in the project approval beyond the planned start date, and in the international food 
procurement processes arising because of the lead  time constraints in the case of Liberia and 
a lack of regional and local food purchases affected the project implementation schedule. 
Constraints were also experienced in the recr uitment of local project staff due to limited 
availability of persons with the requisite prof essional qualifications and work experience. 
Financial follow 
up The total budget for the first year (May 2009-April 2010), amounting to € 1.49 million, has 
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24.    MADAGASCAR 
Project International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 
  State of Play  The progress to date with implementa tion in Madagascar is as follows : 
• Agreements: IFAD/EU signed on 19 June 2009, IFAD/Ministry of Agriculture 
signed on 30th July 2009 (retroactivity up to 1st may 2009)  
• all projects are implementing their part : good planning and delivery for PPRR and 
AROPA. Slower start for Ad2M and PROSPERER. Commitments so far at 500 00 €. The 5
th project (BVLac) is mostly i rrigation infrastructure and has 
committed for 2.5 millions € of public works already on going.  
• Total commitment as of September stood at an amount of €3 million. 
• First technical monitoring mission was implemented in August. First full (fiduciary 
and technical) supervision was planned to  be implemented in December 2009.  
• Another project from the Ministry BVPI requested support from PARECAM.  
• FAO/IFAD agreement was delayed. 
• The visibility framework is under preparation and under discussion with the EU 
Delegation. However, due to political turm oil and donor pressure on the de facto 
government it will not be fully implemented in the next few months.  
Coordination & 
Alignment   Due to the political crisis, coordination mechanisms in the country between donor 
community and the de facto government were limited. Still the UN initiated rounds of consultations with all donors (bilateral, multilateral, etc…) and technical clusters were 
agreed and established (including agriculture and food security). The food facility will 
benefit a steering committee. The steering committee planned to meet by mid-November.  
Issues  See above under 6 
 Financial follow 
up  Commitment as of 30 September 2009 stood at €3 million at project level 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
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Project UNICEF: Strategic Response to Nutrition Crisis in Mali  
The project aims to respond rapidly & directly to mitigate the negative effects of high food 
prices.  More specifically, the project will contribute to the sustainable reduction of acute 
malnutrition and mortality of the most vulnerab le populations, in particular children under 
five and pregnant and lactating women that are negatively affected by high food prices.  
The impact will be obtained thro ugh the scaling up of a comp rehensive package of proven 
cost effective nutrition interventions (management of acute malnutrition, Vitamin A 
supplementation and deworming, promotion of life saving feeding and child care practices – breastfeeding, complementary feeding, …-, );  the strengthening of evidence base for 
nutrition (SMART nutrition survey, regular nutr ition trend analysis, Landscape Analysis for 
nutrition, …); and advocacy for long term political commitment for nutrition (mainstream 
nutrition in long term development plans with separate budget lines for nutrition, effective 
multisectoral coordination, …). 
The project targets 30.000 severely malnourished children, 2.5 million infants, young 
children women and adolescent girls and 500.000  decision makers at all levels.  The Food 
Facility grant is a unique opportunity to bring quickly in a sustainable manner life saving 
cost effective nutrition interventions at scale.  The agreement was signed on 15
th May with a 
starting date of 1st April 2009 for 24 months. 
State of Play Activities existing prior to the Food Facility are progressively being scaled up and sustained 
including management of severe acute malnutrition, Vitamin A supplementation and 
deworming and communication for behaviour change on infant, young child, adolescent 
girls and women’s feeding practices. 
During the fist half of 2009, the total number of severely malnourished children doubled to 
over 6.000, compared to the same period in 2 008.  A further increase during the second half 
of 2009 is expected with admission of over 10.000 children anticipated.  Preliminary 
findings of socio-cultural participatory res earch helped to identify channels for the 
promotion of appropriate feeding and other life saving care practices.  Further in-depth 
analysis of the results will be made availa ble to better understand these attitudes and 
practices and adapt communication for behaviour change strategies in order to ensure an increased impact of activities.  Meanwhile, a 2-year mass media campaign for the promotion 
of four life saving behaviours will start in  November 2009 beginning with a focus on 
promoting optimal breastfeeding.  
Based on the work done in 2008 and the first half of 2009 to harmonize nutrition survey 
methodologies and introduce internationally recommended standards (SMART- 
Standardised Monitoring of Relief and Transition), the 2009 national Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) will include for the first time SMART elements for the estimation 
of malnutrition rates and revised indicators for Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices 
(IYCF). Preliminary results are expect ed to be available early 2010.  
In addition, new activities are being initiated focused primarily on advocacy and based on 
the advocacy plan that was el aborated: advocacy material, pr eparatory meetings for the 
national forum in February, and press visits.  
Coordination & 
Alignment 
  Since the launch of the project, coordination is progressively improving and includes 
sectoral coordination of nutrition stakeholders and inter-sectoral coordination with 
ministries and donors (in addition to the donor  food security working group, nutrition is 
becoming more visible in the sectoral working groups for health and statistics).  
The Terms of References of these different donor working groups are based on Accra and 
Paris Declarations. 
 
EN 73   EN Issues Main problems identified so far are being addressed through improved coordination and 
technical assistance.  Standardisation of monitoring and implementation of activities will 
facilitate the regular availability of good quality data.  
Financial follow 
up On track; amount requis itioned: 674 791.04 USD  
Additional requisitions are expected over the coming weeks.  A total amount of 
approximately 1 million USD will be spent before the end of 2009 and an estimated 1.5 
million will be requisitioned by the end of 2009. 
 
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  26.     MOZAMBIQUE 
 
Project  International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 
The goal of the EU support is to promote and protect food and livelihood security of 
vulnerable households affected by volatile food prices; and the purpose of the EU support is 
to enhance agriculture and fisheries production and produc tivity through better access to 
financial services, techni cal support and markets. 
To achieve this goal, an EU contribution of Euro 4.76 million will be given to upscale 
selected existing activities in three out of the four ongoing IFAD-financed programmes and 
projects - PPABAS, PAFIR and PROMER. These activities have been selected because they 
are in line with the geographical and thematic priorities of PAPA: they will be focused in 
priority districts and on priority production types including maize, rice, wheat, cassava, potatoes, oils and fish production; and they will focus on strengthening priority sub-sectors 
by making investments throughout the whole value-chain, namely in the areas of production, 
post-harvest storage, processing and marketing for domestic and international markets. 
State of Play The European Commission-International Fu nd for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 
Contribution Agreement was signed on 17 August. Signature of the IFAD-Government of 
Mozambique Financing Agreement is still pending at 30 October, although it is expected to 
be finalised by 15 November maximum, after which funds can be transferred to Mozambique. Meanwhile, a simple manual of procedures for the use of EU funds has been 
elaborated and agreed with th e recipient projects. The three projects are also finalising the 
detailed work plan and budget for the first period of implementation (up to Dec 2010). 
Coordination & 
Alignment A Steering Committee with representatives of  IFAD, the European Commission and GoM 
the Government of Mozambique will be created to approve the annual work plan and 
overview implementation of  the EU-funded activities 
Issues None  
Financial follow 
up No disbursement so far pending signature of Financing Agreement and approval of annual 
work plan and budget. 
 
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27.    MOZAMBIQUE 
Project 
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
 Boosting agricultural production and ma rket linkages for sma ll-holder farmers to 
counter soaring food prices  
Budget Total budget €7 266 654 (USD10 134 803) 
Brief Description 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 To tap into the country’s agricultural poten tial, farmers need sustained access to inputs. 
However, the demand for quality seed in Mozambique far outstrips the country’s ability to produce it, resulting in shortages and a heavy reliance on seed imports. 
FAO launched a two-year project in May 2009 to step up seed production, strengthen 
national seed services and provide input support to smallholder farmers.  
The project, in line with the government’s Food Production Action Plan, aims to improve 
the food security and livelihood status of 30 000 Mozambican farmers living in poor rural 
communities.  
FAO is assisting in providing tools, fertilizers,  pesticides and a training package to around 
200 farmers’ associations to help jumpstart lo cal production of maize,  rice, wheat, soy bean 
and sunflower seeds.  
The project seeks to link farmers’  associations up with private seed companies to market the 
seeds. Plans are in the making to install a s eed processing plant – owned and operated by a 
farmers’ association company – which would enab le farmers to clean, grade, calibrate, dry 
and package the seeds for commercial use.  
Support is being given to rehabilitating and equipping seed testing laboratories in five 
provinces in an effort to boost quality control capacity at national and provincial level. To 
offset high input prices, arou nd 25 000 smallholder farmers are expected to receive a 50 
percent input subsidy, which will also include access to th e types of improved seed 
produced by the farmers associations. 
State of Play 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 • The project document has been signed by the Government on 24 July 2009 in the 
presence of the EU Head of Delegation in  Maputo. Provincial  Directorates of 
Agriculture, NGOs and Privat e Sector partners in Nampula, Tete, Manica, Sofala 
,Zambezia and Gaza provinces met and informed about the project. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational. 
• The Procurement Plan is complete. Procurement is ongoing at headquarters for fertilizers, 
vehicles and motorcycles. 
• The project Steering Committee (PSC) with participation of the Minister of Agriculture 
is postponed to after the election period ending on 28 October.  
• A total of USD330 000 has been committed through 9 Letters of Agreement (LoAs) 
dually signed by FAOR and 7 Provincial Agriculture Directorates of Nampula, 
Zambézia, Tete, Manica, Sofala, Gaza and Ma puto; 1 LoA with the National Research 
Institute and 1 LoA with a Service Provider - International Fertiliser Development 
Center (IFDC).  
• Criteria for beneficiary selection have been established with stakeholders including the 
EU Delegation. 
• Distribution of inputs to beneficiaries: foreseen for the next planting season. A meeting 
was held with Private Input Suppliers from all targeted provinces on 24 September to discuss about their capacity to participate in the Voucher component of the project. 
Another meeting was held on 2 October with the 4 fertilizer importers in the country that 
will supply the agricultural input wholesalers. 
 
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 • Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 The EUFF initiatives are within the framew ork of the Government’s Food Production 
Action Plan 2008-2011, directly controlled by a Task Force of the Council of Ministries. The Plan concentrates on increasing staple  food production (maize, rice, wheat, cassava, 
potato, sunflower, cotton, soyabeans, poultry and fish), food processing and food marketing; 
scaling-up the provision of agricultural inputs; expanding areas under irrigation; and enhancing the introduction and adoption of improved agricultural technologies. The Plan 
foresees an investment of USD 590 million, of which USD 436 million will be publicly 
funded.  
Following the EU Food Facility support to Mozambique, ,USAID, through a service 
provider contracted by FAO, the Interna tional Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) 
contributed to the expansion of the Agricultural Input Voucher programme to cover more provinces in supplying improved packages of agricultural inputs. 
The Food Security Cluster composed of UN agencies, the government and national and 
International NGOs is informed about the inte rventions and is prepared to collaborate on 
activities when needed. The EUFF activities has brought coordination of food security 
interventions in 7 provinces of Mozambique namely Nampula, Tete, Zambézia, Manica, 
Sofala, Gaza and Maputo and all the provincia l and district agricu ltural offices have 
welcomed the initiatives that are complementing the Government Food Production Action 
Plan initiatives.   
The EUFF project has brought together food value chain actors from the government 
departments, NGOs, private sector and other donors all promoting food and livelihood 
security. The National Agricultural Research In stitute is supporting the supply of quality 
basic seed whist the Seed Control Department of the Ministry of Agriculture is supporting 
seed quality control whilst the extension Department is promoting the provision of improved 
technical packages for optimum production. A total of 23 Agricultural Input Wholesalers have agreed to supply agricultural inputs to the project activities and 7 seed companies are 
involved in seed production. Over 25.000 households will have their food and livelihood 
security protected thr ough the sustainable value chains created. 
Issues 
 
 General Presidential elections, National Parlia mentary as well as Provincial Parliamentary 
elections will be held at the same time on the 28th of October 2009. The Government structures at national and local levels have been focused on the political campaign 
(September/October) and it therefore has been a challenge to avoid political rallies and 
awareness activities. In this c ontext, beneficiary selection has also been challenging.  
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €882 8802 (USD1 231 353) 
 
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28.    NEPAL 
Project 
 Food and Agriculture Organisation 
Support to mitigate the negative effects of hi gh food prices on local rural populations 
in ten districts in the Eastern, Central Mi d-Western and Far-Western regions of Nepal 
Budget Total budget €8 065 282 (USD11 327 643) 
Brief Description 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 This two-year project, launched in June 2009, aims to provid e quality inputs to small-scale 
farmers and technical training to farmers’ group in Nepal in an effort to boost crop 
production and make vulnerable families more food secure.  
The project originally planned to target 200 944 rural households located in ten districts. 
During the inception phase, the target beneficiaries have been adjusted in consultation with 
the EC, WFP and local parters in order to enhance the composition of the agricultural input packages as required by the diversified agro- ecological areas in Nepal. The project will now 
target over 92 000 households: 81 850 househol ds will be concentrated in the seven mid-
hills and Therai districts also assisted by WFP under EU Food Facility while the remaining 10 580 households will be concentrated in the three additional, sparsely populated high hills 
districts assisted by FAO.  
The revision will also allow FAO to better match its project activities with those of the UN 
World Food Programme (WFP) under the EU Fo od Facility fund. WFP is currently targeting 
an estimated 47 000 households in the seven common districts with cash-for-work activities 
to restore rural infrastructure, while FAO is focusing on boosting production and improving 
livelihoods. The additional households to be assi sted by FAO in these seven districts will all 
be concentrated in Priority 1 areas  
The beneficiary households in the targeted di stricts will receive inpu t packages containing 
high quality cereal, pulse, potato and vegetable seeds. Fertilizers will also be distributed to 
farmers in selected districts along with technical training to ensure proper usage. The composition of input packages will be adapted to  the various districts according to the local 
planting conditions and needs. 
Funds from the project will go towards promoting improved farming practices. Through the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), FAO is working to develop an extensive 
training and capacity building programme to support farmers in applying techniques that 
preserve soil fertility and water resources. Attention is being given to strengthening MoAC extension services to improve agricultural prac tices and farmer produc tivity at the village 
level.  
The WFP, FAO and other stakeholders are also supporting the government in designing a 
comprehensive food security and nutrition information and monitoring system. 
State of Play 
 
  
 
 • The recruitment of the Project team is ongoing.  International Project Planning 
consultant, International Monitoring and Baseline Specialist and procurement mission 
fielded 6 weeks prior to signat ure of agreement.  National Po sts advertised and selection 
underway.  
• The Procurement Plan has been completed, but  will be further refined. Input distribution 
in the districts of Baitadi and Bajhang for 2009 was cancelled due to late government 
endorsement of the project. 
• A request was sent on 7 September to MoAC for appointment of project focal person and 
establishment of The Project Steering Committee (PSC).  
• Selection of implementing partners: a request for proposals will be issued for the spring 
2010 distribution. One implementing partner will be selected to carry out baseline survey in autumn 2009.  
 
 
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 • Criteria for beneficiary selecti on: Target Districts identifi ed, beneficiary selection to 
commence pending signature of Letters of Agreement with implementing partners. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The project communication/visibility plan has been developed. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
  
 
      FAO is leading the Agriculture Sub-gro up within the Food Security Cluster chaired by 
WFP. This forum brings together all stakeholders and partners concerned with the 
chronic food insecurity situation in Nepal and translates joint planning into strategic 
actions. The preparation of the FAO-EU Food Facility funded project has benefitted from 
this coordination forum to allow synergies with WFP’s and other partners’ efforts. 
Specifically, the joint WFP/FAO EUFF initiative aims to build government capacity by 
institutionalizing the Nepal Food Security Monitoring System (NekSAP). The strengthened NekSAP is expect ed to contribute to better food security monitoring and 
targeting for all food security interventions in Nepal.  To this end, FAO is fielding senior 
technical expertise to join the Government of Nepal/WFP/FAO joint mission for the 
NekSAP in November 2009. The mission will assess the existing NekSAP, suggest 
improvements and propose an action plan on how to transfer and institutionalize this system to the Government of Nepal with possible linkages to other relevant information 
systems. Nutrition elements will also be integrated in the system within the overall 
context of food security. 
Issues 
      Sustainability of the joint EUFF initiative is a key issue of concern for FAO and its 
partners which is being addressed through an extensive training and capacity building 
component under the EUFF.  It has been proposed to adopt the Farmer Field School 
approach already piloted with success in Nepal. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €100 241 (USD140 779) 
 
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29.     NEPAL 
  
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
• WFP Nepal is responsible for three components under the EU Food Facility– the 
productive safety net and national food security monitoring components. The 
project is implemented in coordination with FAO and the Government of Nepal. FAO is responsible for two additional results. 
• Under result 1, approximately 250.000 beneficiaries in seven districts in Nepal are 
expected to benefit from improved agricu ltural infrastructure and market access 
through seasonal and productive safety net mechanisms employing a food/cash for 
assets modality. Communities will benefit fr om the creation of basic infrastructure 
such as rural roads, mule trails, small irrigation and drinking water systems, ponds and water harvest tanks, micro-hydro schemes and storage facilities. WFP-
supported farmer field schools will enhance cereal crop production and reduce 
post-harvest losses by building local knowledge and capacity. 
• Under results 2 and 3, WFP will transfer its  food security monitoring and analysis 
capacity to the GoN and expand and strengthen the district food security monitoring conducted by its district food security networks. Result 3 defines a joint 
WFP/FAO mission on how this could be best achieved. 
State of Play  Result 1 – Productive safety net mechanism 
• Out of the 8,036 mt of food proposed to be purchased from the EU contribution, 
WFP Nepal is in the process of procuring 6,771 mt of rice and pulses for food for 
assets activities as of September. Ninety percent of the tonnage under procurement 
has been awarded to local Nepali suppliers. Ten percent of the commodities (643 mt of yellow split peas) are being proc ured from international sources.  
• US$100.000 (€ 70.000) approximately of cash has been programmed for cash for 
assets activities that will support nearly 95.000 people. 
• Five partners have been selected to implement EC- funded activities in seven 
districts. 
District  Implementing Partner 
Kailali  Mercy Corps  
Bajhang  World Education Darchula  World Education  
Doti                 SEBAC  
Baitadi  Mercy Corps Sindhuli   DEPROSC  
Udayapur   MDI  
• Under food for assets activities, the implementing partners have been identified by 
calling for proposals through an open bidding process. The partners have been 
selected based on their presence in the propos ed districts, capacity for targeting and 
social mobilization, type of projects in terms of the EU and WFP priority areas, logistical and monito ring capacity, and human resource capacity. 
 
EN 80   EN • Basic social mobilization and targeting activities have already commenced, while a 
more detailed survey of project schemes is  expected to occur in late October and 
early November. The selected partners have conducted preparatory work to identify the most vulnerable communities within the WFP prioritized VDCs, collected 
information on composition of communities, conducted initial awareness 
campaigns about the project and provided detailed cost estimates. 
• EU funds for cash transfer activities in Kail ali and Baitadi are part of an ongoing 
activity, wherein $100.000 utilized from the EU Food Facility funds is already in 
the process of disbursement. 
 
Result 2 and 3 - Establishment of effective na tional food security monitoring capacity 
• A joint Handbook and Training Manual on district-based food security monitoring 
has been produced in Nepali by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and 
WFP. 
• District Food Security Networks established in 51 districts. Plan developed to 
establish these networks in all 75 districts within the next 8 months. 
• Successfully completed pilot trai ning for building food secu rity analysis capacity at 
the district level in Makwanpur district. 
• Production of first EU-supported food secu rity bulletin (no. 24) and market watch 
(no. 17). 
• Google group set up for dissemination of food security information. Current 
membership is 451 people from a range of national and international organizations 
both within and outside Nepal. Link is: http://groups.google.com/group/NeKSAP?hl=en
 
• A joint GoN/FAO/WFP mission is confirmed for 26 October until 13 November. 
The mission will be led by the GoN. Senior FAO and WFP staff will participate 
from Rome, Bangkok and Kathmandu. A detailed mission ToR and schedule has 
been prepared.  
Results and indicators 
Result 1 – Productive safety net mechanism 
• A baseline survey was conducted in 2007, followed by a programme impact 
assessment in 2008. Both studies include th e log frame indicators. The field survey 
for the 2009 programme impact assessment has just been completed and data is 
currently being analyzed. The final report will be available by the end of 2009 and will provide updated information on current  coping strategies, food consumption 
patterns, food sufficiency and asset u tilization by programme beneficiaries. 
• Based on the initial target in the EU proposal, approx imately 250.000 beneficiaries 
would benefit from improved agricultural infrastructure and market access through 
seasonal and productive safety net mechan isms employing a food/cash for assets 
modality. However, after more detailed analysis by WFP and partners in the seven 
districts, the target figure has been revised to 303.000 people. The higher 
beneficiary figure is based on updated details about the population size in targeted communities following the initial proposal. 
• Plans are also being consolidated to determine the quantity of infrastructure and 
community assets to be created and/or rehabilitated, to measure the actual number at the end of the project cy cles, and to determine the percentage of user committees 
with a maintenance budget for community assets created. The number of people 
has also increased as a result of the winter  drought. The EU funds will cover part of 
the total needs in the seven districts (approximately 60 percent of the budget 
required) up to June 2010.  
Result 2 and 3 - Establishment of effective na tional food security monitoring capacity 
• First EU supported food security bulletin  and Market Watch have been prepared. 
Second bulletin as well as the Market Watch are scheduled for October 2009. 
• Media has picked up on the work of the district food  security networks e.g. 
 
EN 81   EN Kantipur news of 13 and 14 September on food crisis in Bajura. 
• Food security district networks set up in 51 districts and the  networks have prepared 
food security phase maps for each di strict with accompanying analysis. 
• Pilot training completed in Makwanpur district. 
• Government of Nepal /WFP/FAO mission set-up and experts identified. 
Coordination & 
Alignment • In consultation with FAO, WFP has outlin ed the roles and responsibilities for each 
agency and the mode of assistance. The document also includes reference to the 
steering committee, which would meet at least twice annually to: 1) provide a strategic 
direction for overall implementation and monitoring of the project, 2) coordinate 
activities with government and humanitarian actors to achieve synergies and avoid gaps with similar/related interventions, and 3) review overall progress made in the 
implementation of project activities to ensure conformity to the objectives and plans 
approved under the Agreement with the European Commission . 
• A steering committee comprising of the EU  Delegation, line ministries of the 
Government of Nepal, FAO and WFP is expected to convene by the end of October. 
• An EU delegation field mission will take pl ace from 10 October until 13 October to the 
remote mountain and hill districts of Humla, Kalikot and Surkhet. 
Visibility • WFP is working closely with the Europe an Commission and FAO to create a strong 
joint visibility plan that will reach both local and international media.  
• In terms of local visibility, WFP has already incorporated the EU logo in its Nepal Food 
Security Monitoring information products such as the monthly Market Watch report and 
Food Security Bulletin. 
Issues  No major issues to report at this stage.  
Financial follow 
up Of the total contribution of  €9.007,992, the following has been programmed as per the 
proposal: 
 -- €7,960,992: Result 1  
-- €1,047.000: Results 2 and 3 
As end of October, €5.5 million had been committed, representing 63% of the year 1 budget 
for the period May 2009 – April 2010. 
 
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30.    NICARAGUA 
Project Food and Agriculture Organi sation: Strengthen the prod uctivity of small farmers 
associations 
Budget Total budget €2 957 566 (USD4 153 884) 
Brief Description 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 Several factors have hamstrung agricultural productivity in Nicaragua, including farmers’ 
limited access to quality inputs and credit, inad equate infrastructure and marketing services 
and unpredictable weather.  
This two-year project, launched in June 2009, aims to strengthen the productivity of local 
farmers’ associations and to make food  more readily available to households.  
FAO is helping the Nicaraguan government to di stribute certified seeds and fertilizers to 5 
500 small-scale farming families to boost their production of maize, beans and rice – staples 
in the Nicaraguan diet.  
Many small farmers in Nicaragua lack the res ources to invest in proper storage facilities, 
thus running the risk of losing their grain and food to spoilage. To reduce these losses, the 
project is working to distribute metallic silos,  create storage centres an d share best practices 
for improving farmers’ individual and collective storage capacity.  
Farmers are to receive training in production,  processing and marketing to help improve 
income prospects, while workshops on such topics as drafting business and marketing plans 
and learning value-added processing techniques are also envisaged.  
FAO is working closely with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Forestry 
(MAGFOR), the Nicaraguan Institute for Agri cultural and Livestock Technology (INTA) 
and Nicaraguan agricultural and farmers’ organizations to carry out this project. 
Coordination & 
Alignment Coordination has mainly been with Government. 
 
State of Play 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 • The Project Management Team is being finalized. Activities in preparation for the 
provision of technical assistance are on-going. 
• The Procurement Plan has been developed and tenders for maize and bean seed and 
fertilizers have been issued locally.  
• Project management and coordination arrangements have been made and the Project 
Steering Committee has met.  
• Implementing partners were selected during the project’s formulation phase.  
• Criteria for the specific benefi ciary selection are being finalized. Farmers’ organizations 
and cooperatives were selected duri ng the project’s formulation phase.  
• Some changes have been required due to “El Niño”, MAGFOR guidelines indicated 
that efforts and resources should be concentr ated in the Apante (N ov- Jan) season in 
areas with better rain forecas t. Therefore, project has sh ifted its planting activities from 
September to November. 
• Seeds and fertilizers for the present planning season are ready for distribution; the next 
distribution is planned for May.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation 
with the EC Delegation and other partners  
• The project communication/visibility plan was developed. 
 
EN 83   EN Issues 
 
 EUFF project in Nicaragua, has provided the opp ortunity to clarify the recently adopted 
position of the Nicaraguan Government in the issue of selection of organizations working 
with the project. Central government guidelines indicate that projects have to work more closely with government institutions that can provide services to beneficiaries in order to 
contribute to strengthening institutional capacities. 
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €37 158 (USD52 184) 
 
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31.    NIGER 
Project                     Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Budget Total budget (EUR) €2 970 441 (USD4 171 968) 
Brief Description 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  This two-year project, launched in June 2009, aims to help the government of Niger improve 
the food security and livelihoods of rural farmers hit hard by the food price crisis.  
Funds are being used to boost the productivity of rain-fed crops (millet and sorghum) and 
irrigated market gardens throughout the country.  
Small farmers’ inability to access quality inpu ts – certified seeds and fertilizers – has 
hampered production in Niger. To reverse this trend, work is being done to strengthen the 
existing network of cooperative input shops and to create new ones so that 56 000 
smallholder farmers have improved access to qua lity seeds, fertilizers and other agricultural 
products and tools. This is building on an existing FAO input project.  
Funds are also being used to improve the technical and organizational capacity of farmers’ 
groups and managers and to strengthen farmers’ ability to produce and market improved seeds. Exchanges and trainings on innovations in  agriculture are being organised to facilitate 
information sharing and technology transfer among the farmers.  
The project is promoting the use of inventory credit to help safeguard produce and improve 
the incomes and lines of credit of around 10 000 small farmers. To this end, FAO is helping 
to build 100 new warehouses and repair 50 existing ones.  
The overall project is in line with the government’s strategies on poverty reduction and rural 
development.  
State of Play 
 
  
 
 
 
 • The Project Management Team is complete and operational. The Emergency 
Coordination Unit in Niger is managing the project together with the project 
“Intensification de l’agriculture par le renforcement des boutiques d’intrants cooperatives” (IARBIC).  
• The Procurement Plan is complete. Almost all procurement will be done locally for 2009. 
• The Project Steering Committee (PSC) has be en established and the first meeting was 
held on 13 October 2009 and chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture. 
• The selection of implementing partners is still ongoing. Call for proposals are being 
finalized. 
• The beneficiary selection criteria have been defined and agreed with the EU Delegation. 
Selection of beneficiaries has started. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The project communication/visibility plan has been developed.  
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
 The EUFF project is at the core of a network of agencies in Niger involved in agricultural 
development and closely coordinates with the IARBIC project, the FAO Emergency 
Coordination Unit, the Ministry of Agriculture, the farmer organizations and the micro 
finance institutions (in particular the « Association Nationale des professionnels de la microfinance »). All these stakeholders are re presented in the Proj ect Steering Committee. 
The first meeting of the PSC included the partic ipation of other development agencies, such 
as the Belgian Cooperation and the World Bank which is leading Programme 3 of the Rural Development Strategy. 
 
EN 85   EN Issues No major issues/challenges reported.  
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €20 927 (USD29 390) 
 
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32.    PAKISTAN   
 Project  World Food Programme 
This project aims to improve farming prod uctivity and to reach over eighty thousand 
households in 14 districts who are suffering due to the increase in food and fuel prices.   
Through this project, WFP and FAO are jointly implementing activities to improve 
agriculture lands, increase yields and share new farming methods with the farmers. 
Participants will receive seeds, fertilizer and t echnical support.  Particip ants will also receive 
100kg of wheat for up to a four month period. 
 State of Play  WFP Pakistan procured locally the first tranche of 9.000 mt of wheat against the first year 
requirements of 13,400 mt. The first distributions should take place in November, which 
coincides with the distribution of seeds and other inputs by FAO with the start of wheat 
sowing season.       
WFP and FAO have selected jointly five implementing partners through a competitive 
process out of 82 partners who had responded to the call for expression of interest. After 
several rounds of discussions and detailed meetings with the short-listed partners the budgets were approved and now the field-level agreements w ith each partner have been 
signed. WFP has prepared guidelines for the implementation modalities of EU funded 
programme and implementing partners’ staff members are being trained. 
Coordination & Alignment  Steering committees both at Federal and Provincial levels have been set-up with 
representatives from the Government, EU Delegation, WFP, FAO and implementing 
partners.  
WFP Pakistan is maintaining close liaison with  the EU delegation on all operational matters 
and some differences on targeting of districts have been amicably resolved. WFP has also 
shared its work plan with the EU delegation.  A detailed monitoring plan for the project is 
being prepared and will be shared  with the EU delegation shortly. 
WFP and FAO have jointly agreed on the selection criteria of benefactress in consultation 
with EU delegation. The implementing partners are undertaking assessments and are in the process of finalizing the selection of beneficiaries based on agreed criteria. WFP has 
introduced beneficiaries’ registration and wheat distribution cards which will be retained by 
the beneficiaries and will be mandatory for them to produce at the time of wheat distribution. 
 
 
Visibility WFP is using donor marked bags for wheat distribution. FAO and WFP have jointly 
prepared visibility material. Promotional material such as pens, writing pads, folders, caps 
and T-shirts have been prepared. Banners will be prominently displayed at the food 
distribution points. Media/ donor visits are planned during and after the distribution. 
Promotional videos will be made. 
Issues  WFP’s office in Islamabad, Pakistan was attack ed by a suicide bomber on 5 October 2009. 
Five staff were killed in the attack and many  more wounded. WFP’s office was completely 
destroyed. Operations were temporarily moved to the WFP Country Director’s house and a 
warehouse until a new office is up and running. WFP is continuing operations as usual to the extent possible.   
 Financial follow 
up  40% of the first year budget, April 2009 to March 2010, has been programmed (€ 3.1 
million out of 8.4 million). Financial co mmitments amount to € 1.9 million euro, 
representing 23% of the first year budget.  
 
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33.    PAKISTAN 
 Project                        Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Budget Total budget €8 065 282 (USD11 327 643) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 This 26-month project, launched in May 2009, aims to help the government of Pakistan 
restore the food security of vulnerable house holds in the food-deficient areas of North West 
Frontier Province, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. 
The project seeks to enable at least 166 7 00 farming families (reaching over one million 
people) to grow enough staple foods – wheat, rice, vegetables and other crops – to meet 
household food needs.  
FAO is providing farmers with free quality inputs, including high-yielding and locally 
appropriate seed varieties and fertilizers, in time for the planting season.  
Irrigation is crucial to agricultural activities in the targeted areas, yet several irrigation 
schemes have fallen into disrepair due to neglect and natural disasters. The project aims to rehabilitate 150 small-scale community-managed irrigation schemes and 200 rainwater 
harvesting structures. It also ai ms to provide 100 farmers’ associations with seed and grain 
storage facilities and agricultural tools and machinery.  
To enhance sustainability, FAO hopes to train around 37 500 smallholder farmers in the 
efficient use of irrigation, crop production, the proper maintenance and use of agricultural 
tools and machinery and post-harvest management. This is being done through Farmer Field Schools.  
The project, which is in line with the government’s ongoing national programme for food 
security, is being implemented jointly by FAO and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). 
WFP will provide food-for-work assistance to  approximately 83 000 households living in 
the most food vulnerable areas. 
State of Play 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  • The project was signed by Government on 7 July 2009. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational; Peshawar office reopens, 
Quetta office remains closed. 
• The Procurement Plan is complete. Procurement mission scheduled for 22 November for 
4 weeks in relation to Kharif 2010 seeds and fertilizer, machinery/tools and irrigation 
supplies procurement actions. Concurrent seed specialist mission also planned to ensure 
linkages for seed procurement. 
• Project Steering Committee (PSC) scheduled to meet for first time on 5 November.  
• Selection of Implementing Partners for implementation of preparatory LoAs for water 
harvesting and irrigation works underway, as well as ongoing assessment of existing 
Rabi 2009 implementation partners 
• Criteria for beneficiary selection have been established with stakeholders including the 
EU Delegation.. 
• Distribution of inputs to beneficiaries: Be nchmark surveys (at UC level) analysed and 
report submitted. Baseline surveys being finalised and due to be analysed during November. WFP has begun distributing food related inputs to selected beneficiaries, and 
expect to complete distribution by the end of the month. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The project inauguration ceremony at Chakwal planned for 3 November 2009, senior 
GoP officials invited. 
• Communication/visibility national plan developed. Video footage prepared to feed into 
 
EN 88   EN  EUFF event during World Food Summit (13 – 17 November 2009). 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
  
 
 The project was presented at the Agriculture Cluster meeting in September 2009, outlining 
project implementation and monitoring mechanisms. 
The EU FF Project Manager attends the regular Agriculture Cluster meeting in Islamabad to 
ensure the project connects with existin g and planned coordination mechanisms. 
The project coordination structure is being established and operationalized. Federal and 
Provincial level committees, with wide stakeholder participation, aim to monitor project orientation and approach in the overall context of food security and food vulnerability; 
identify cross-cutting issues, build synergies and share experience of similar 
projects/programmes. 
Issues 
 
 
  The deteriorating security situation is resulting in curtailing of project staff movement at the 
local level, on and off closure of offices (especi ally Peshawar and Quetta), and restriction on 
scope of international missions (i.e. inability to undertake field trips). Ensuring continuity of 
activities has been through use of Implementing Partners (NGOs) and realignment of TORs 
of international consultants. 
The provision of adequate safety and security for national and international project staff 
across the country has been addressed by en suring full MOSS comp liance for offices and 
vehicles, including purchase of B6/VR6 armoured vehicle and strict adherence to UNDSS 
measures. 
Financial follow-
up  Total delivery €2 508 779 (USD3 498 994) 
 
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 34.    PHILIPPINES 
Project International Fund for Agricultural Organisation (IFAD) 
The Rapid Food Production Enhancement Programme (RaFPEP) will support the 
Government of the Philippines’ (GOP) 2009-2013  Rice Self-Sufficiency Plan (RSSP) , 
which represents an effort to regain self-suf ficiency in rice produc tion and respond to the 
food crisis that emerged in 2008.   
It has two major sub-programmes, the Rapid S eed Supply Financing Project (RaSSFiP) and 
the Irrigated Rice Production Enhancement Proj ect (IRPEP). The RaSSFiP will focus on the 
acquisition and distribution of certified seeds in  2009-2010, while the IRPEP will work on 
improving the productivity and production of irrigated paddies in selected communal 
irrigation systems in focus RSSP provinces in 2010-2015. RaSSFiP will directly benefit 
around 1,116,319 households (or 5.6 million people) of poor paddy farmers in rice-growing areas in the country. Out of these some 6,477 farm families (or 32.000 people) will also 
benefit from IRPEP. 
The programme cost is US$42.24 million over seven years. It will be financed by an IFAD 
loan of US$15.90 million (about 37.7 per cent of the programme cost); European 
Commission grant of USD 13.15 million equivalent (31.1%); financier to be identified for 
US$0.5 million (1.2 per cent); a FAO technical assistance grant of US$0.50 million (1.2 per cent); a Government contribution of US$9.82 million (23.3 per cent); contributions from 
local government units of US$1.97 million (4.7 per cent); and an in-kind beneficiary 
contribution of US$0.40 million (0.9 per cent). 
State of Play  The RaFPEP financing agreement was signed by the GOP and IFAD on 2 September 2009, 
The required documents for the effectiveness of the financing agreement were submitted by 
the GOP through the Department of Finance (DoF) to IFAD on 3 November 2009. It is expected that RaFPEP will be declared effec tive within November 2009.As early as July 
2009, the Department of Agriculture (DA), the lead programme agency, started mobilizing 
and organizing resources for implementation start-up.  As of early November 2009, the following accomplishm ent are registered: 
• Completed the requirements for effect iveness of the RAFPEP Financing 
Agreement  – The four conditions for ef fectiveness as stated in Ar ticle 4, section 7.01 of 
the Financing agreement were complied by  the DA. The required documents were 
submitted to the Department of Finance for endorsement to IFAD. IFAD started 
reviewing this documents and shall decide by mid-November at the latest; 
• Established project structures – The Project Coordination Office (PCO) was 
established on 23 July 2009, and the National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) on 30 
September 2009; 
• Orientation of key programme implementers  – The PCO staff conducted the 
following: (i) programme briefing to regional rice coordinators in August 2009; and (ii) technical briefing to the National Food  Authority (NFA) regional and provincial 
quality control officers about seed production and certification in August 2009; 
• Preparation of the July 2009- June 2010 AWPB and Communication/Visibility 
Plan - The programme is finalizing its programme year 1 AWP&B and 
Communication/Visibility Plan so that they can be submitted to, and approved by, the 
NPSC not later than 24 November 2009; 
• Procurement of the Certified Inbred Seeds  – The DA has released to the NFA 
the amount of PHP 659,631,097.00 (appro ximately USD 13.89 million) for the 
procurement of certified inbred seeds in July and August 2009. In September 2009, the NFA advertised the bid for provision of certified inbred seeds in the national papers. The 
procurement is therefore ongoing now. 
• Promotion of RaFPEP in IFAD’s Third Knowledge and Learning Market 
(KLM3) on 20-21 October 2009 – Through the KLM3, which is a national gathering of 
 
EN 90   EN IFAD projects and partners in the Philippines held in Metro Manila, information about 
RaFPEP was publicised through an institutional booth and pamphlets and discussions 
with stakeholders;  
• Special auditing arrangements for RaFPEP : On 19 October, IFAD and the 
independent Commission on Audits signed the terms of reference for a special financial 
and management auditing of the RaSSFiP so that all the seed distribution activities from April/May 2009 to the end of 2010 will be  properly accounted for. This special 
assignment is over and above the audit that the Government of the Philippines agreed to 
undertake in the Financing Agreement for RaFPEP as negotiated and signed.  
Coordination & 
Alignment  The RaFPEP is a response to the GOP’s Rice Self-Sufficiency Programme which is aligned 
with the agricultural sector priorities in the Medium Term Philippines Development Plan. 
The Programme is implemented by the GOP th rough the DA and its attached agencies 
(NFA, NIA, BPI) using the country’s procurem ent system to the extent that these are 
consistent with IFAD’s procurement guide lines and the country’s public financial 
management system. The Programme’s financial and management audit shall be carried out 
by the GOP’s Commission on Audit (COA).There has so far not been any coordination with the activities of any other EC funded food facility project in the country, and IFAD is not 
aware of the starting of any of these activities. 
Issues There are two major issu es the project faces:  
(a) Delay in the procurement of certified in-bred seeds;  
(b) Major damages to seed production areas in Luzon island due to tropical storm 
Ketsana (local name Ondoy) and typhoon Parma (Pepeng).  
The bidding process of Republic Act (RA) 9184, otherwise known as Government 
Procurement Reform Act, is too elaborate that  seeds may not be procured on time. To fast 
track the procurement of seeds, NFA will decen tralize the procurement process through their 
regional Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) using the “alternative mode” as prescribed in 
RA 9184. 
Because of typhoons Ketsana and Parma which hit Regions 2, 3 and 4b, all regions that 
provide most of the paddy seeds of the coun try in normal circumstances, there may be 
shortage in the supply of certified inbred se eds. As an alternative, NFA shall source seeds 
from the Visayas and Mindanao.   
Financial follow 
up  RaFPEP has not yet withdrawn any funds from the IFAD loan account and EU grant 
account since the related financing agreement has not yet been declared effective. However, 
from the national budget appropriation the DA has released the following advances: 
(a) PhP 659,631,079.00 (US$ 13.92 million) to NFA for the procurement of certified 
inbred seeds; 
(b)  PhP 1,500.000.00 (US$ 32.000) for the establishment of the PCO office in Manila; 
(c) PhP 352,500.00(7,400) for conduct of technical briefing; 
(d) PhP 274,975 (US$ 5,800) for the conduct of meetings, consultations, and 
promotion. 
 
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35.    PHILIPPINES 
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
This project had a start date of 1 September 2009 and continues for 24 months. It aims to 
expand the food-for-assets activities in support of productive safety net activities in conflict-
affected areas of Mindanao and to establish VAM capacity at national level. 
Activities include food for work for agricultural infrastructure rehabilitation and peace 
advocacy, literacy and altern ate livelihood skills traini ng and support to Govt VAM 
capacity. 
State of Play Procurement 
• Following discussions with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of 
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) , the agreement was to procure rice 
locally from National Food Authority (NFA) on the condition that it is costs 
effective to do so. NFA is government owned and was created in 1972 with the mission of promoting the integrated growth and development of the grains industry 
covering rice, corn, etc., The price of rice is subsidized by the government and 
therefore at a lower cost than other suppliers.  
• However due to the ongoing response to the typhoon disasters WFP/Govt will need 
to review this arrangement since WFP has already procured rice from NFA for the 
response in Luzon (the region most hard-hit by the recent flooding).. 
• In the meantime WFP is going through the regional procurement for approximately 
2.000mt of rice regionally and beans and expect that rice will arrive starting December 2009. 
Distribution 
• WFP need approximately 3 months to costs effective procure commodities 
regionally and have them delivered in Mindanao. Since the project was approved 
effective September 2009, commodities are not available for distributions and the 
focus is more on planning and community ‘mobilization’ activities. 
Other activities 
• WFP, working with other stakeholders is; 
o  finalization of project guidelines, 
o Work-norms 
o Measurements 
o Target areas, including review of se lected Barangay development plans 
o Recruitment; an international consultant has been recruited and will be 
working on the project starting 01 November 2009. 
Coordination & 
Alignment Discussions are ongoing with the Government, FAO, the European Commission and other 
UN agencies to set up a steering committee both at national and Mindanao level.  However, 
some follow-up meetings were postponed following the natural disasters which hit northern 
Luzon. 
WFP met with the European Commission consultant in Manila. WFP field staff are also 
liaising with local authorities to explore partnerships. 
There are ongoing discussions w ith FAO and IFAD in terms of  linkages taking into account 
the geographical focus and timing of the proj ect. FAO is largely e xpected to provide 
technical support for this project in case th eir existing and or planned activities are outside 
 
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DSWD (WFP’s government counterpart) have indicated that they are keen to actively 
participate in the monitoring of project implementation.  
Visibility WFP is finalising the visibility plan with the EU Delegation. All commodities will clearly be 
marked with EU logos. There will be media opportunities during arrival of commodities and 
distributions. 
Issues The major challenge has been the natural disasters which hit the Philippines, in particular 
northen Luzon, hence refocusing the attention of government and other stakeholders to the ongoing response.  
Due to the ongoing response for Typhoon disasters, National Govt resources are now 
stretched which will negatively impact in their ability to provide complementary resources. Therefore WFP might have to provide add itional resources for procurement of some 
implements.  
Financial follow 
up The programming of the total amount of € 4.1 million for the first year budget (September 
2009-August 2010) is being finalized. 
The delay in the early procurement of food commodities was due to a request by the 
Secretary of Agriculture for th e explain CO to purchase locally from the National Food 
Authority (NFA).  Due to the increasing n eed of rice by NFA following the devastating 
effects of the successive Typhoons, WFP has just been advised by the DSWD to procure 
from the region. 
 
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36.    SENEGAL 
  
Project World Food Programme (WFP) 
The EU Food Facility in Senegal aims at preserving Senegalese households from 
vulnerability and food insecurity. The EU Fo od Facility will reinforce activities conducted 
under the current WFP Protracted Relief an d Recovery Operation (PRRO 2008/2010), 
which was revised in 2008 to better respond to the impact of high food prices on vulnerable populations in Senegal. Among the main activities within the PRRO, three were retained 
under the Food Facility: Food For Nutrition Awa reness (FFNA), Food for Assets (FFA) and 
Cash Voucher. The objectives are to improve nutritional status among vulnerable groups 
particularly women and children, reinforce agricultural production, preserve natural 
resources and facilitate access to f ood by vulnerable households.  
State of Play During the first six months of implementation, 8.000 metric tons (mt) of food commodities 
have been purchased and the procurement of 3,065 mt is in process. So far, 6,251 mt of food have been distributed to 844.000 benefici aries through FFA and FFNA activities. WFP 
partners have received appropriate material  and equipment to implement the planned 
activities in an effective manner. Cooperati ng partners, national counterparts and local 
management committees have been properly sensitized and trained on project objectives and 
food management.  
For the FFA and FFNA activities, targeting is undertaken geographically based on various 
assessments conducted by WFP and its partners  in collaboration with the government. The 
results of these assessments helped WFP and its partners to determine the level of vulnerability as well as the level of intervention required in the targeted areas. Based on 
these results, the actual targeted beneficiarie s in food insecure areas are receiving the 
commodities as planned. 
The set-up and planning of Cash Voucher activities are being finalized and the first Cash 
Voucher distributions ar e planned to take place in January 2010. Thus, partner agreements 
are being finalized, finance institutions selected  and appropriate human resources recruited, 
in order to ensure effective program implementation and monitoring. The targeting criteria 
and methodology have been developed in collaboration with partners. Contracts with 
implementing partners on targeting activities are currently being finalized. Targeting activities are supposed to start in November af ter the validation by Steering committee.    
Coordination & 
Alignment Coordination with the delegation:  The EC delegation has been co nsulted at the stages of the 
drafting of agreements, programme design, and elaboration of the visibility strategy. Several 
joint EU-WFP field missions are planned between October and November 2009.         
Steering committee update 
• FFNA:  The steering committee for managing the PRN is constituted under CLM 
(Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition) attached to the Prime Minister’s Office. 
Located at the central level it is composed  of different technical ministries and 
other national agencies involved in nutrition such as the Ministry of Family, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ministry of Health, Ministry 
of Education, and Ministry of Hydraulic, the Food Technology Institute, NGOs, 
Research institutions and Communities’ re presentatives.  WFP is discussing with 
CLM the possibility of convening a meeting of the technical partners related to 
nutrition, who will review the FFNA comp onent of the EU Food Facility and 
propose the way forward. 
• FFA
: At the central level, WFP is working with the MoA to put in place a steering 
committee. The committee will be chaired by the MoA and will be constituted of 
the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Family, the European Commission, 
 
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• Cash Voucher:  WFP will work in close collaboration with the Ministry of Family 
and National Solidarity under its Pove rty Reduction Programme (P.R.P). A 
steering committee was formed in  order to ensure that the pilot project is coherent 
with ongoing cash-based programmes in Senegal implemented by other 
stakeholders and to benefit from experiences as well as lessons learnt and good practices from other cash-based program mes. This steering committee will be 
composed of Ministry of Family, Ministry of Trade, the European Commission, 
implementing NGOs and other organisations currently working in the field of cash-based interventions such as CLM, the World Bank and UNICEF. The first 
meeting of the steering committee was held  at WFP offices on 29 October 2009. 
Visibility The EU Food Facility launching ceremony and press conference was held on 6 October 
2009. Over 15 local, national and internationa l press agencies were represented at the 
ceremony. Interviews, TV and radio reports, as  well as press articles, have also been 
published in the different media. Several visi bility materials, e.g. banners, press kits, 
leaflets, commemorative plaques, were created.  
Information packs on the project to be distributed to the journalists at information meetings, 
field visits and other events have been created. Distribution of these started during the 
launch press conference. In addition, a press re lease was circulated and the country director 
performed a variety of interviews to raise awareness and understanding regarding the 
project’s activities.  
Draft visibility strategies for all three compone nts have been sheared and discussed with the 
EU Delegation. 
Issues Delay in food delivery to some FFA and FFNA beneficiary locations due to the late signing 
of the agreement between the European Co mmission and WFP. In order to accelerate the 
process of food delivery, WFP Senegal requested an advance from the WFP Working 
Capital Financing; food was also delivered from existing in-house stocks. However, this 
required re-bagging which caused further delays as new bags had to be printed with EU markings. 
Certain areas and distributions sites are inaccessi ble due to heavy rainfalls as of July have 
hampered the access to certain areas.  
Financial follow 
up  The total budget for the first year (May 2009-April 2010), amounting to € 3.6 million, has 
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37.    SIERRA  LEONE 
Project 
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO): Support to the Implementation of the 
“National Agriculture Resp onse Programme” (NARP) 
Budget Total budget €10 263 748 (USD14 314 850) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  This two-year project, launched in May 2009, is designed to help the Government of Sierra 
Leone boost small farmers’ pr oductivity and improve their access to agricultural support 
services (input markets, post-h arvest conditioning, extension se rvices and technical advice) 
and rural markets.  
Funds are being used to support the development of 105 agricultural business centres 
(ABCs), which will be owned and managed by  existing farmer-based organisations.  
On average, each centre will deliver services to around 400 smallholder farmers, including 
micro-credit, the sale of inputs, the rental of labour-saving equipment, the storage of seeds 
and food to reduce post-harvest losses and th e transport of harvests to markets. These 
activities aim to improve the food security status of 42 000 households.  
The project contributes to the National Agri cultural Response Programme (NARP), drafted 
by the government’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security in close 
collaboration with FAO, the World Food Pr ogramme, the African Development Bank and 
the International Fund for Agricultural Developm ent in response to the food price crisis.  
The project’s activities are also building on ongoing community programmes in the 
government’s national food security programme, “Operation Feed the Nation”. 
The FAO-implemented project is to be rolled out in seven districts where ongoing NARP 
projects are not providing a full package for Agricultural Business Centre (ABC) start-ups. 
Managers, shopkeepers and equipment operators are also to be trained at regional sites. 
Support will be given to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security throughout 
the country to help it assist and monitor the entire network of 195 agricultural business centres. 
State of Play 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 • The Project Management Team: International Emergency Coordinator reported on duty 
on 11 August. Interviews currently going on for National consultants and District teams 
being identified by Government. Start up of recruitment of national staff was slow, but 
interviews have been conducted and the regional officers have already been identified 
and will all be on board by Oct-Nov. MAFFS c ounterparts are also being identified (but 
the capacity [numbers] on ground is limited). 
• The Procurement Plan is complete. Procur ement of major equi pment and machinery 
(both locally and internationally) has been initiated and already some machinery has arrived in the country. 
• The first meeting of the Project Steering Committee was held during the 2nd week of 
October. 
• Implementing partners: Discussions have initiated with potential implementing partners 
who will facilitate business training and other capacity building support services to 
ABCs, Farmer Based Organizations (FBOs) and district networks. The results of the on-
going data collection on FBOs will provide specific LOA activities to be undertaken. 
Identification of the potential sites for ABC establishment within areas where the FBOs 
are located is currently going on. 
• Criteria for beneficiary selection: an exerci se to conduct detailed profiles for all the 
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 • Support is provided to Agricultural Business Centres. No free distribution of inputs. The 
support will be provided as a package including training, machine procurement, 
installation, maintenance and capacity for farmers to meet the costs of maintaining the centre resources. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EC Delegation and other partners. A pre-project baseline is currently underway covering 390 
FBOs in the country as part of start up activities to establish baseline benchmarks for 
most project indicators.  
• A dual purpose workshop took place 6-8 Octobe r for: i. logframe harmonization and ii. 
communication & visibility. All partners:  the European Commission, FAO, WFP and 
MAFFS were present, including a mission fr om HQ (TCIS and TCEO). FAO Liberia is 
also joined to facilitate sharing of lessons learned. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
 
 
 
 In Sierra Leone, the EUFF is implemented within the overall context of the Small Holder 
Commercialization Scheme (SHCS), which brings together partners, donors and 
Government departments that work on small holder commercialization programmes in 
Sierra Leone.  The EUFF project is the secretariat to the SHCS.  
The project contributes to the National Agricultural Response Programme (NARP) and also 
builds on ongoing community programmes in the government’s national food security 
programme, “Operation Feed the Nation”. 
The EUFF is coordinating, together with the EU Delegation and MAFFS, the development 
of a common communication and visibility strategy that harmonizes the different 
communication messages that are geared towards reducing dependency and creating 
opportunities for increased household food production and value addition.  
Issues 
 
 The process of identification of FBOs and s ites for ABCs requires increased presence of 
MAFFS staff in the field to facilitate commun ity dialogue. However because of the limited 
capacity of MAFFS there is some delay in concluding this important activity.  To resolve 
this problem a request has been made to the MAFFS Director of Extension to second more 
field staff to the project. Also intensified traini ng is being carried out to ensure good quality 
staff are prepared to support  project implementation.  
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €1 330 201 (USD1 855 232) 
 
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38.    SIERRA LEONE 
  
Project 
 
 
  
 World Food Programme (WFP) 
The project seeks to mitigate the short-term impact of rising food prices on consumption 
levels and nutritional status among food insecure households in rural communities. The 
project will also contribute to enhancing long -term recovery prospects of vulnerable people 
who suffered as a result of the war and th e long-term presence of refugees from 
neighbouring countries.  
Expected outcome of the project  is increased ability to meet  food needs within targeted 
households through rehabilitation of productive assets, training of small holder farmers and 
linking farmers to markets.  
State of Play The implementation of the agreement started in June 2009, after the agreement was signed 
on 26 May 2009. So, far, WFP has programmed around 40% of the EU Food Facility funds 
and procured food items accordingly. The arriva l of the first food co mmodities is expected 
in October. The following food commodities are being procured: 
International purchase  
2300 MT of cereals from Turkey 
460 MT of pulses from Denmark 
Local purchase  
150 MT of fortified vegetable oil is being procur ed locally. This is the first time WFP does 
local procurement of vegetabl e oil in Sierra Leone.  
No distribution has taken place in the period as food has not arrived. 
A series of bilateral and joint planning and coordination meetings have been held between 
MAFFS, FAO and WFP. A technical coordination committee at central level has been set up for coordination of the EU food facility implementation. 
Planning of new projects under the EU food facility framework is going on between WFP 
country office and sub-offices and existing implementing NGO-partners and new potential partners including GTZ. Targeting and planning of new projects will prioritize food insecure 
communities and farmer-based organizations se lected by FAO/MAFFS for the set-up of 
Agricultural Business Centers.  
 
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Alignment Contact with the EC delegation  
Meetings have been held to plan for the workshop on harmonization of the log frames and 
communication/visibility plan. The workshop will be held 6-8 October, with the purpose of 1) developing an over-arching food security sector logical framework that the food security 
programmes and projects of government and development partners should be aligned with, 
and 2) developing a communications and visibility strategy to promote shared vision, strategy, consistency, recognition and mutual accountability. This work shop will include all 
UN and NGO contractual partners under the EU food facility and food security thematic 
programmes in Sierra Leone 
Food Facility Steering committee
 
It has been agreed to let the existing national coordinating body, the National Agricultural 
Response Programme (NARP) Committee be the steering committee for the EU Food Facility. The NARP committee is chaired by MAFFS, and has representation from FAO, 
WFP, the EC, and other donors. 
Visibility WFP Sierra Leone’s visibility/communication plan will be developed based on the common 
framework which will be developed during the workshop 6-8 October to be held by the EU Delegation and MAFFS. The third day of the workshop will be devoted to developing a 
common framework for communication and visibility plan among all agencies with 
contracts under the EU Food Facility or the f ood security thematic programme in Sierra 
Leone. Based on the common framework each ag ency will develop its own, specific plan.  
Issues There has been a delay beyond the three months deadline of development of a 
communication and visibility plan. This is mainly caused by the summer season when staffs 
of the various agencies have been out of the office, and the EU Delegation is in agreement 
of an extension of this deadline. The European Commission with MAFFS are holding a 
workshop on harmonization of log frames and development of a joint communication/visibility platform for all EU’s co ntractual partners on food security projects 
form 6 to 8 October. 
Financial follow 
up 40 % of the Food Facility funds have been programmed and 2,910 metric tons of mixed 
food commodities are being purchased. In terms of financial commitments, Sierra Leone has so far committed 25% (€ 982,115) of the planned budget for year 1 of the Food Facility. 
 
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39.    SOMALIA 
Project 
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO): In tegrated support for rural livelihood in 
Somalia 
Budget Total budget €9 975 934 (USD14 011 143) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  This two-year project, launched in June 2009, aims to boost the food security and incomes 
of impoverished Somalis struggling to cope with high food prices and debt. The project is 
getting under way in the densely-populated Lower Shabelle and Juba regions and is 
designed to benefit around  
78 100 households.  
The objectives are three-fold: enhance agricultural production and productivity of small 
farmers; improve market access for agricu lture products; and in crease incomes and 
employment opportunities for the c ountry’s rural and urban poor.  
Around 60 000 farming households are expect ed to receive cash crop seeds (sesame) and 
quality maize and sorghum seeds, accompanied by  farming tools and fe rtilizers, to help 
boost yields. They will also receive trai ning on improved farming techniques.  
FAO-Somalia will work to ensure seed quality control through regular testing and sampling.  
Much of the country’s infrastructure is in ruin s after years of conflict, neglect and drought. 
By rehabilitating canals and roads, the project  hopes to increase the amount of land under 
irrigation, thereby boosting agricultural productivity.  
Better roads will also make it easier for farmers to get their produce to markets. To cut down 
on post-harvest losses, farmers will receive tr aining on improved harvesting, transport and 
storage practices.  
The rehabilitation of roads and small irrigation canals will be done partly through cash-for-
work activities, giving poor food-insecure households (about 13 000 people) much needed 
income.  
FAO is working closely with a well-established network of local and international NGOs to 
carry out the project, which is in line with the framework of the United Nations Transitional 
Plan (UNTP) for Somalia. This is a plan used by the UN to implement peace-keeping 
initiatives and capacity-building activities while facilitating longer-term development in 
transition countries.  
State of Play 
  
 
  
 • The Project Management Team: The recruitment of the International Project Manager is 
being finalized.  
• The Procurement Plan is complete. All item s (sesame seeds, vegetable kits, leaflets, 
bags) for the first round of activities have been delivered to recipient organizations. Tools 
to implement cash for work under the second round of activities are being procured. 
• The Project Steering Committee:  the first meeting with the Minister of Livestock and 
acting Minister of Agriculture took place on 7 October 2009. The first meeting of the 
Steering Committee should take place once the Minister of Agriculture has been 
officially appointed which is expected in mid/end November 2009. 
• Selection of implementing partners: an expression of interest was launched for a second 
round of project activities (cash for work) to support floods mitigation intervention in 
Middle and Lower Shabelle. 4 Letters of Agr eement are expected to be signed within 
next 10 days. 
 
 
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  • Criteria for beneficiary selection: for the firs t round of activities the project will reach at 
least 35 000 beneficiaries. For the second ro und 6 000 beneficiaries are expected. Criteria 
have been developed in consultation with the EU Delegation and taking account of information available from the Food Secu rity and Nutrition An alysis Unit (FSNAU). 
• Distribution of inputs: first distribution of inputs (sesame, vegetable kits, tools) is taking 
place. 3 500 people for cash for work activitie s; 1 000/1 200 micro/small farmers for 
rehabilitation of tertiary canals; 3 500 poor farmers/women/bantu minorities for 
vegetable kits distribution; 25 000 small/medium farmers for sesame distribution; 
approximately 13 000 medium sized farms will benefit from the rehabilitation of 5.5. km of primary canal. There may be some overlapping of beneficiaries from clans 
rehabilitation and sesame distribution or beneficiaries of cash for work activities, sesame 
distribution and canal rehabilitation.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The project visibility/communication plan has been developed. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
 
  
 
  The EU Food Facility is entrenched in th e emergency coordination mechanism as FAO 
chairs the Agriculture and Livelihoods Cluste r for Somalia of the Inter Agency Standing 
Committee (IASC). In addition, the project will benefit from the sectoral system of 
coordination of the Somali Support Secretariat ( SSS). In fact the Project Management Unit 
(PMU) will participate in the Sector Committ ee for Food security and Rural Development 
.The coordination meetings are particularly relevant in order to utilize principles and 
standards of implementation that are shared by all development partners operating under the 
SSS coordination umbrella.  
The project is in line with the framework of the United Nation Transitional Plan (UNTP) for 
Somalia. FAO is leading UNTP Outcome 5 (Vulnerable and marginalized groups have 
improved sustainable food security and economic opportunity). The project objectives and achievement will be incorporated in the next revision of the UN Transitional Plan foreseen 
to take place before the end of the 2009. 
Project activities have been oriented to support and reinforce achievement of FAO on-going 
rehabilitation and recovery interventions as well as emergency response initiatives funded 
by the European Commission, World Bank and the Sweden Government. 
Issues 
 
 The most challenging aspect is represented by the need to interact with the existing 
Government (TFG) and the existing insurgent extremists in control of all the Regions 
targeted by the intervention. The utilization of local NGO’s as recipient partners in some 
strategic areas should allow negotiating acce ss at field level while engaging TFG 
representatives at macro level (Minister of Ag riculture is part of the Steering Committee). 
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €248 690 (USD349 260) 
 
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40.    SRI  LANKA 
Project 
 Food and Agriculture Orga nisation: Enhancing food security among the most 
vulnerable farm families 
Budget Total budget €5 127 252 (USD7 201 197) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  Some 20 000 families in Sri Lanka’s conflict-scarred districts of Batticaloa and Trincomalee 
are expected to receive supp ort in clearing their farmland and rehabilitating small-scale 
irrigation tanks and channels so they can begin growing crops again.  
Farmers will receive much-needed inputs includ ing improved seed varieties for rice – an 
important staple. They will also receive seeds fo r other field crops and vegetable gardens, as 
well as appropriate fertilizers, fencin g materials and agriculture tools.  
Around 5 000 families will receive fruit trees  while another 2 000 families will receive 
chickens in an effort to diversify production and boost families’ nutritional intake.  
Funds will be used to develop and strengthen farmers’ organizations to help them improve 
their cooperative decision making and business and marketing skills.  
Farmers will also benefit from the reinforcement of the national agricultural extension 
system through technical assistance and training. These trainings will focus on 
environmentally-friendly farmi ng techniques, conservation agri culture, pest control, post-
harvest loss reduction, food-processing, marketing and sound nutritional practices.  
While 20 000 families will benefit directly, the project is also expected to improve the food 
security of some 100 000 rural families th rough the increased availability of locally-
produced food.  
FAO will work closely with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Agricultural Development and 
Agrarian Services, non-governmental organi sations, UN agencies and community-based 
organizations to implement this project, which is in line with the government’s broader 
strategy on food and nutrition security.  
State of Play 
 
 
 
  
 • The project was signed by the Government on 30 September. 
• The Project Management Team is in the process of being recruited.   
• The Procurement Plan is being finalized.   
• The Project Steering Committee is under discussion with the EC Delegation. 
• Implementing partners are in the process of being identified.  
• Selection of beneficiaries will be revised upon inception mission in coordination with 
Ministry of Agriculture. Simultaneously discussion is on-going with the EU delegation at 
Country level. 
• Distribution of inputs to bene ficiaries will take place duri ng the 2010 planting seasons: 
Jala starting in April and Maha in September.  
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The communication/visibility project plan has been developed. 
Coordination & 
Alignment The project is still at a very initial stage and has not so far contributed to any coordination 
mechanisms.  However, it is anticipated that it would participate in the Food Security and 
Agriculture cluster led by FAO, which is the main coordination mechanism for food security activities. 
 
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  Though it is not a major problem, the EU Delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives 
considers that this project is  included in the EU-ACAP (E uropean Union Assistance to 
Conflict Affected Populations) which addresses the rehabilitation and reintegration needs of the communities in the North and East of the country. The reason for this is that this project 
proposes similar activities to the other ones, although the final objective is different.  While 
it is clearly understood that this project has to  coordinate activities with the other ones, FAO 
is concerned to ensure that the focus remains on the EU Food Facility objective of achieving 
food security. 
Financial follow-
up No expenditure to date 
 
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41.    TOGO 
Project                    Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 
Budget Total budget €2 498 823 (USD3 509 583) 
Brief Description 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 This 18-month project, launched in June 2009, aims to help the Togolese government scale 
up food production by improving the supply of quality inputs and technical assistance to vulnerable farming families. These interventions are expected to improve the food security 
of around 160 000 people.  
Through this project, 15 000 small cereal-gro wing farmers are receiving improved seed 
varieties, fertilizers and insecticides for th e 2009 and 2010 cropping seasons. Boosting the 
production of maize, sorghum and rice will help bolster the country’s cereal supplies and 
lessen its dependence on expensive imports.  
Around 5 000 farmers are receiving inputs to grow market gardens during the off-season to 
improve their incomes and food and nutrition security.  
To ensure small farmers in Togo have access to certified seeds in the long  run, the project is 
working to put in place an efficient seed pr oduction and distribution system. Farmers will 
also benefit from follow-up and technical supervision.  
The project aims to create conditions that will encourage greater competitiveness in grain 
production in the country.  
FAO is working closely with Togo’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and 
various national and international NGOs to implement this project, which is in line with 
national food security and poverty reduction strategies.  
State of Plan 
  
 
 • The project was signed by the Government on 25 August.  
• The Project Management Team is complete.  
• The Procurement Plan is complete. 
• Selection of implementing partners: negotiations underway at field level. 
• Criteria for beneficiary selection still to be identified. 
• Distribution of inputs to beneficiaries still to be identified. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EC 
Delegation and other partners. 
• The project communication/visibility plan has been developed. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 The explain EUFF project is working with the “Institut Togolais de Recherche 
Agronomique” for the  production of seeds and quality control and with the private 
company INADES-Formation for capacity bu ilding and assistance to farmers in 
marketing. In this way, the EUFF project is providing a model for future public-private 
sector partnership in the agricultural sector.  
Issues No issues reported. 
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €210 823 (USD295 322) 
 
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42.    ZAMBIA 
Project 
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO): Fa rmer Input Support Response Initiative 
(FISRI) to rising prices of agri cultural commodities in Zambia 
Budget Total budget €7 472 053 (USD10 494 456) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 In order to safeguard against future price shocks and ensure food security, the Zambian 
government is working to enhance the productivity and production of its agricultural sector.  
One way of achieving this goal is by ensuring that the country’s smallholder farmers – who 
produce roughly 80 percent of the nation’s food requirement – engage in environmentally-sound and sustainable farming practices, such as conservation agriculture. 
Conservation agriculture involves three main principles for hand-based and draught animal 
powered cropping systems. These include: minimal soil disturbance; keeping soil covered, as much as possible, with crop residues, other organic materials or a specially grown cover 
crop; and rotating crops, including legumes.  
In June 2009, FAO launched a two-year project to help the Zambian government boost 
small farmers’ food production through im proved access to agricultural inputs and the 
promotion of conservation agriculture principles.  
Funds are being used to support Zambia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 
(MACO) in implementing this project. 
Improved cropping practices will not only help to increase a farm’s productivity and 
profitability, but also help minimize exposure to soil erosion.  
The MACO extension system, which will be stre ngthened through specialized trainings, will 
train 3920 smallholder farmers in conservati on agriculture during the project’s first year. 
Farmers will receive an input package to enab le them to implemen t the training they 
received.  
During the project’s second year, the original group of farmers will ea ch train 15 farmers 
from their respective regions (about 58 800 pe ople), who in turn will receive an input 
subsidy from the project enabling them to pr actice conservation agriculture on their own 
farms. 
State of Play 
 
  
 
  
 • The Project Management Team is almost complete. A seed expert will be engaged by end 
November. 
• Project Steering Committee has been establishe d under the leadership of the Director of 
Field Services in Ministry of Agriculture and has met twice. 
• The inception workshop took place from 24 to  25 September 2009. The project launch 
was covered by the National media.  
• Agro dealers taking part in the programme were visited and briefed by the project staff. 
• Implementing partners have been selected an d Letters of Agreement are being prepared. 
• Input trade fairs are in their penultimate week in the lowland districts of the country. 54 
of the intended 67 fairs have been conducted in the 10 districts so far. An interim data 
analysis (undertaken halfway through the fairs) indicated that  10,650 farmers (48% of whom are women) had obtained: 
o 354 tonnes of seed (99t maize, 16t peas, 51 t bean, 28t wheat, 1t sorghum, 158t 
potatoes and 1t vegetabl e seed) have been accessed by (48% of who are 
female).  
o 5,237 mega litres of liquid organic and 75 tonnes of inorganic fertiliser have 
 
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 been purchased.  
o 5,862 pieces of agricultura l hardware (tools and pl ough parts) have been 
purchased. 
• Procurement of basic seed production inputs is underway to produce basic maize, bean 
and sorghum seed from 4 ha of land. 
• Criteria for beneficiary selection have been established with stakeholders including the 
EU Delegation. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and 
development of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU Delegation and other partners  
• Project visibility/communication plan developed. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
 
  
 
 Contacts have been established with some of the NGOs that will receive funds from the EU 
Food Facility to work in concert, especially for 2010/2011 season when the NGOs will have 
their funding from the EU.  
One of these NGOs will be co-opted into the Project Steering Committee to ensure that 
synergies are promoted. This will be done as so on as the NGOs have been clearly identified 
by the European Commission.  
Further, the project will invite a wide range of stakeholders (NGO – beneficiary and non-
beneficiaries of the EU Food Facility, Govt , farmer representatives, Project Steering 
Committee members, research organisations & UN agencies) to a review meeting at the end 
of the season to jointly assess the impact of  the project and promote synergies with other 
interventions. 
Issues No issues reported.  
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €317 129 (USD445 376) 
 
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43.    ZIMBABWE 
 Project  
 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO ): Agricultural Input Assistance to 
Vulnerable Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe  and the Co-ordinat ion and Monitoring 
of Agricultural Emergency Interventions 
Budget Total budget €15 185 378 (USD21 179 047) 
Brief Description 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  This 18-month project, launched in May 2009, aims to provide agricultural inputs to 
Zimbabwe’s small-scale communal farmers to help them boost their cereal production and 
livelihood prospects. 
Some 176 000 vulnerable rural farmers – about 10-15 percent of the country’s communal 
farmers –are expected to receive seeds and fe rtilizer packs in October and November this 
year, in time for the planting season.  
Through extension services, farmers will be trained in the timely planting of crops, proper 
spacing and weeding techniques an d application of fertilizers.  
By cultivating 0.5 hectares of land, each household is expected to produce between 300-600 
kg of cereal grain, which is the equivalent of about five to ten months of food for a family of six.  
FAO will continue to play a coordinating role among other stakeholders engaged in 
agricultural relief projects in Zimbabwe to ensure a harmonized  approach and effective use 
of resources. 
FAO will also scale up monitoring activities to provide crop status and crop estimate 
information in order to gain a better understanding of the country’s food security situation. 
State of Play 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 • The project document was signed by the Government on 1 July 2009. 
• The Project Management Team is complete and operational.  
• The Project Steering Committee wa s established in early July. 
• The inception workshop was held on 8 October. Implementing partners identified, and 
most LOAs have been signed. 
• Beneficiary selection and registration have been  completed in all the districts, except for 
Chegutu (95% complete). The exercise of veri fication of selected beneficiaries is taking 
place in almost all the districts. 
• Distribution to beneficiaries started on 19 October, and should be fully completed by 
7 November. 
• Monitoring and assessment arrangements (including logframe revision and development 
of monitoring plan) are being finalized through extensive consultation with the EU 
Delegation and other partners  
• The communication/visibility national plan has been developed. Short photography 
inception workshops have been organized for FAO and NGO staff on 9 and 12 October. 
The second session (for IPs) will be done in November. An EU Food Facility Factsheet 
has been produced and shared with headquarters. 
Coordination & 
Alignment 
  Overall, about USD 70 million have been committed to support 700.000 households in 
receiving input support for the Zimbabwe 2009/2020 agricultural campaign. The EUFF 
project has boosted FAO’s role as the Chair of the Agricultural Coordination Working Group (ACWG). The ACWG brings together key players in the agriculture sector in 
Zimbabwe to share information and plans and learn about new developments. This includes 
Government representatives, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Early Warning Unit, farmers’ unions, non-governmental organizations, United Nations (UN) 
agencies, research institutes, private sector and others.  
 
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 On average, well over 100 people attend these monthly meetings. 
Issues No major issues reported. 
Financial follow-
up Total delivery €10 634 309 (USD14 831 671)