Emergency Livestock and Crop Intervention (ELACI) in five districts of Afar region In response to the call for the second round Ethiopian Humanitarian Fund (EHF) allocation for 2019, VSF-Germany submitted expression of interest (EOI) and selected for the proposal development to the livelihood-based interventions in agriculture sector in Afar region. The proposal is designed to respond to the critical humanitarian response priorities of the need assessments made at the different levels including Mid-Year Review of the Humanitarian Response Plan of 2019 and the recent Early Warning and Food Security Bulletin monthly report as of October 2019 and the Regional report of Sugum-2019 Seasonal Assessment. Furthermore, discussions were made with the regional and woreda level sectors office to substantiate the information gathered from the needy communities and secondary data. Prioritization of impact woredas were made in consultation with regional Bureau of livestock Agriculture and natural resources development with emphasis given to major to severely affected woredas as listed by the agricultural cluster. In connection with this, this project is proposed to be implemented in five woredas of Afar region namely Aysaita, Chifra, Mille, Dubti  and Megalle. Similarly, as per ATF prioritization note of Afar region as well as 2019 HRP agriculture cluster response plans, livestock health is prioritized interventions in these selected target woredas. Moreover, there is also a need to intervene in the agricultural livelihoods in connection with the shocks happened due to invasion of the Desert locust and FAW in the selected agro-pastoralists areas of the Woredas with the overall objective of contributing to the resilience building initiatives to households affected with recurrent shocks in Aysaita, Chifra, Dubti, Mille and Megalle Woredas of Afar Regional State. The proposed activities are in line with strategic objective 1 –‘Lives are saved and sustained “ under 2019 Second Round Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund Standard Allocation and cluster objective 1 and 2 of the revised HRP for 2019 for the Agriculture sector targeting both the host communities and IDPs. The project targeted 500,000 heads of livestock owned by14,286 HHs through strategic vaccination, 3,520 household through voucher-based animal treatment (70,400 livestock) and concentrate animal feeding service (for a total of 14,500 small ruminants belonged to 2900hh) with the objective of improving milk access for children and also contributing to protection of productive animal of vulnerable household.  Each of 14,500 animal  will receive concentrated animal feed at a rate of 0.3kg per day for a period of 100 days to avail milk as well as the core breeds protected from the effect of long dry season.  Further to these, the project will distribute  50 kg of improved seeds as well as farm tools for 800 agro-pastoralists household affected by the invasion of the desert locust and FAW.  Overall the project  targeted 17, 986 HH (107,916 people ) which includes 55,198 men, 26, 230 women, 18,960 boys and 6,745Girls. Out of this targeted beneficiaries also included 500HH (3000 people) IDPs from Asayita and Mille districts.