Provision of lifesaving emergency food security and livelihood support to the IDPs and destitute vulnerable host communities’ in Kordofan and Blue Nile States (PSC sharing consortium) This proposed project aims to mitigate the imminent deterioration of food security and nutrition conditions among IDPs and vulnerable host communities and to protect livelihood assets of an estimated 67,620 direct beneficiaries in Abu Kershola and Kadugli localities of South Kordofan State (SK), Abu Zabad and Babanusa localities of West Kordofan State (WK), El Roseires and Al Kurmuk localities of Blue Nile State (BN). Based on the post-harvest needs assessments (carried out by all three consortium partners) during October to December 2016, the food security situation for the targeted localities is expected to deteriorate to ‘Crisis level’ (Level 3 of the 5 level IPC) during the lean period. This is due to the delayed and uneven rainfall and dry spells with reduced harvest, high prices of staple food and poor pasture conditions in these localities. 
The most vulnerable households in these targeted localities 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 a decreased ability to purchase food due to increased market prices. This is forcing households to sell productive assets, take loans, collect wild fruits and vegetables and reduce meal frequency and quality in order to cope with the prevailing food security situation. This is further exacerbated by the influx of new displacements (IDPs) forced to flee the intermittent fighting in neighboring areas. 
Hence, MCS, Vet-Care Organization (VCO) and Practical Action (PA) formed a consortium under the lead of MCS, and propose FSL interventions aimed at providing emergency lifesaving food security assistance with an early recovery approach to strengthening the targeted communities’ resilience and protecting and improving their existing livelihood assets. 
The project will support an estimated 67,620 individuals (25,620 – SK 13,200 – WK 28,800 – BN) including newly displaced persons, IDPs facing long-term displacement and extremely vulnerable host communities through the provision of agriculture support services and supplies (including staple crops and vegetable seeds and hand tools), livestock assets protection services (including vaccination and treatment services and refresher training of community animal health workers - CAHW) and targeted beneficiaries’ capacity building on post-harvest conservation and supporting community-based seed production through farmer infield sessions, to pave the way forward for the early recovery of these communities.
Within these extremely vulnerable communities, particular attention will be given to the following households (HH): headed by women as the only breadwinner for the family, HH with pregnant women and lactating mothers, HH with children under the age of five, HH with malnourished children, HH with disabled men, and HH with people with disabilities and elderly people. 
This consortium is designed to provide cost-effective coverage to all the six prioritized localities in SK, WK, and BN where each partner will implement one of the FSL prioritized activities providing coverage to the respective localities of the state. Therefore, there will only one partner per each state, which will avoid overlaps and/or duplication of activities and beneficiaries thus ensuring the best value for money. This approach will provide 100% coverage as well as reach 100% of the newly displaced IDPs in these areas. 
The project will distribute 99.45 metric tons of staple and cash crop and vegetable quality declared seeds and 747,200 doses of animal vaccines and drugs (sourced under the core pipeline arrangement) train 300 farmers as trainers through infield trainings on post-harvest conservation and supporting community-based seeds’ production. The nutritious food produced through the above-mentioned support will directly benefit a total of 67,620 individuals and provide livestock asset protection for 373,600 animals.