Enhancing resilience and food security for vulnerable farmers and herders who live in Area C communities in Nablus and Tubas (North Jordan Valley) governorates The proposed project is urgently needed to mitigate the loss of livelihoods of the farmers and herders in Area C communities adjacent to settlements, who are directly affected by the ever-increasing settler violence, and movement restrictions in the West Bank and are at high protection risk of having their land and structures confiscated/demolished, in addition to experiencing prolonged effects of the COVID-19 crisis that has had a profound negative impact on the Palestinian economy pushing many community members below the poverty line. In alignment with the Food Security (FS) Cluster Strategic Objective (1) outlined in the 2022 HRP (The resilience of vulnerable households is enhanced, and their agriculture-based livelihoods and income-generating opportunities are restored and protected [SO3]), and the Priority (1) outlined in the Second Strategy Allocation to ‘Support and improve the resilience of the most vulnerable people and communities in the oPt (especially in Area C of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip), CARE and Applied Research Institute -Jerusalem (ARIJ) will target the most urgently needed food security and livelihoods needs of the most vulnerable communities affected by protection risks in Area C of the West Bank (Tubas and Nablus). The proposed project will help contribute to protecting these communities from the risk of evacuation/forcible transfer by improving their food production through the rehabilitation of agricultural infrastructure (roads, water, greenhouses, livestock shelter/barns), agricultural inputs (milk powder) and income-generating opportunities. In doing so, the project will benefit community members at the individual household level (inputs) and at the community level, by improving access to resources, water, and land (rehabilitation of roads and water tanks). All activities have been informed by direct consultation with community members in the targeted areas to ensure the active participation of women, men and youth in the design process, and in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) centrally, and in Nablus and Tubas directorates, including the technical teams of MoA. CARE/ARIJ will continue to work closely with communities, as part of a long-term participatory approach, and will ensure they are involved in all stages of the project, including focus group discussions. The project ensures protection mainstreaming to maximize the impact of assistance and is guided by protection principles that promote safety and dignity, as well as accountability to affected populations, in addition to participation and empowerment. 
CARE/ARIJ will help enhance resilience and protective living conditions of the most indigent and vulnerable groups (farmers and herders), including women and men, boys and girls by enhancing their access to inputs and utilization of natural resources for their sheep and goats, as well as their communities’ access to agricultural resources through the following activities:

--Rehabilitate of 3 km agricultural roads: benefiting 60 farmers in Jurish and Aqraba (Khirbet Al Taweel)
 
--Rehabilitate Animal sheds: benefiting 30 herding HHs from six vulnerable communities in Nablus area / governorate (Jalud, Qosara, Qaryout, Duma, Jurish and Khirbit Al Taweel) through provision of inputs for barn rehabilitation.