Emergency Food security and livelihood support for the DPs and destitute vulnerable host communities’ in North Darfur, Central Darfur, East Darfur and South Kordofan States. This project aims to mitigate the imminent deterioration of food security and nutrition conditions among IDPs and destitute vulnerable returnees and host communities and to protect livelihood assets of at least 370,380 direct beneficiaries in Nertiti, Rokero, Yassein, Kalamendo, Dar Alsalam, Alkuma,  Umbaru, Algoz, Rashad and Alabasyia localities, Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur and South Kordofan States. Based on the post-harvest assessments (carried out by several of consortia partners and interagency assessments’ reports during the period between May 2016 and April 2017, the food security situation for the selected localities is expected to deteriorate to “Crisis” level (Level 3 of the 5-level Integrated Phase Classification scale), due to low agricultural production in 2015, high prices of staple food and poor pasture conditions. The most vulnerable households are already suffering from lack of food stocks due to reduced crops production (reduced land cultivated due to insecurity, low yield), diminishing food stocks and the ability to purchase food for destitute vulnerable households is progressively declining due to increased market prices, forcing them to sell productive assets, take loans, go for wild fruits and vegetable and reduce meals’ frequency and quality in order to cope with the prevailing food security situation. This was farther exacerbated by the occurrence of the El-Niño phenomenon that resulted in poor harvest, poor pasture resources, water scarcity and early pastoralist migration in search of pasture, the consortia NGO members proposes an intervention aimed at  strengthening community resilience, protecting and improving existing livelihood assets .The project will support 61,788 households (approximately260,208 people in Darfur and 110,520 people in South Kordofan) including newly displaced persons, returnees and extremely vulnerable host communities in Central, East and North Darfur and South Kordofan states through the provision of agriculture support services and supplies, livestock assets protection services including vaccination and treatment services and beneficiaries’ capacity building. Particular attention will be given to women-headed households and households with multiple children under the age of five, as well as orphans. People with disabilities and elderly people and pregnant and lactating women will be targeted as well. The main objective of the project is to reduce food and nutrition insecurity and save lives of the targeted population. However, the project also aims to improve the food and nutrition security of the returnees in Umbaru locality in North Darfur. The project will cover the localities of Yassin in East Darfur Rokoro in Central Darfur, Alkuma and Kalamindo, Darelsalam and Umbaru in North Darfur besides Algoz, Rashad and Alabasyia localities of South Kordofan state. Consortia of thirteen INGOs and NGOs will participate in the implementation of the project including COOPI, Oxfam, Practical Action (PA in North Darfur, ASSIST, ALmassar, and UPO in Yassin in East Darfur and VSF-G and Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) in Central Darfur, MCS, VCO, VSF-G, CARE, CAFOD and ASIST in South Kordofan state. The project will distribute 276.08 metric tons of crop and vegetable Quality Declared seeds and 2,251,250 doses of animal vaccines beside veterinary drugs provided by FAO from the core pipeline support in addition to various supplies that will be procured locally by the consortia partners that are area specific. 61,788 beneficiary households will be assisted and provided with necessary extension training. The nutritious food produced through this support will directly benefit a total of 152,928 people. The project will provide livestock assets protection of 907,500 animals (vaccination, treatment and equipment for the CAHWs) to 36,300  households ,the project will provide livelihood restoration packages to 1488 household  .