Improving resilient small holder produce This project is a joint intitiatieve of three partnerorganisations supported by ONL for years.  In the process of designing a program for pastoralist and small farmers in East Sudan, it was decided to join forces and expertise and form a consortium between SECS,Maan, and SOS Sahe lto implement a program in East Sudan, Gedarif region.


3 domains of change are  addressed with  the followinglong term outcomes:
-	Small-scale producers livelihood become resilient improved, and sustainable
-	policies and regulations related to access to livelihood assets, power relations and gender
            mainstreaming are conducive and contributing to enabling environment.
-	Community bodies and related governmental and nongovernmental partners are capacitated and empowered  in relation to incommunity development process

Project Area and Beneficiaries
The geographically targeted area is two localities in Gedaref state(Elfashga and central Elgedaref). The two localities are recognized as important grazing areas with resting place for the livestock owners crossing from the summer grazing areas to rainy seasondomains. Two of the main livestock routes are crossing the area. 80% of the farmers in this area is considered small farmers.

The project-targeted group are mainly small farmers and traditional livestock raisers who are either(nomads, semi-nomads, agro-pastoralists or villagerspracticing farming and keeping small number of village-based animals). The Projectl focus on already organised small farmers and pastoralists.

Specific objectives of the project:
Objective I:
Improving of resilient and environment friendly farming and livestock production for 3,000 HHs of small farmers and 2,000 HHs of pastoralists in Elfashaga and central Elgadaref localities.
Objective II:
Enhancing and empowering of conducive  policies and related bodies and frameworks to perform their roles.

Activities related to objective I:
Orientation of farmers groups,  demonstration farms and provision of farming packages inputs, orientation sessions for farmers, provision of improved sedes,  Farmers extension sessions, revising and mapping livestock routes, provision of rangeland plant sedes, reseeding of degraded rangeland areas around villages sanctuaries, supporting of two animal vaccination campaign, provision of improved intermediate cheese making equipment, trainingon financing and marketing skills, small business development and self-employment skills training

Activities related to outputs ofobjective II:
National policy and regulation promotion workshop for decision makers, training of partners on advocacy skills, training for community leaders on community organization and advocacy skills, production of policy promoting materials, policy and 2 regulations promotion workshop at state level, pastoralism policy training workshops (2 at state level + 3 at national level), pastoralism forums.

Additionally capacity building and cross cutting activities as training farmers and herders groups leader on managerial and administrative skills, training workshop (ecosystem based natural resources management) for partners, general health and HIV/Aids awareness raising sessions, Illiteracy clases, women right (awareness) sessions, environmental awareness raising.