Reducing food insecurity and saving lives of newly  IDPs and extremely vulnerable host communities in North Darfur, East Darfur, Central Darfur and South Kordofan states. The main objective of the project is to reduce food and nutrition insecurity and save lives of the newly displaced persons and extremely vulnerable host communities. In addition, the project will also improve the food and livelihood security of the returnees in Umbaru locality in North Darfur. In order to achieve these objectives FAO will procure agricultural and livestock core pipeline inputs and deliver them to the NGOs consortium and other SHF recipient Organizations. The types and quantities of the FSL Core Pipe Line inputs were determined by FAO and NGOs Consortium. It includes certified crop and vegetable seeds, mainly, sorghum, ground nuts, okra, watermelon and tomato while the livestock inputs include veterinary vaccines, mainly Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS), Sheep Pox, Black Quarter (BQ) and Peste des Petit Ruminants (PPR), and drug kits. The drug kits include long acting antibiotics and anthelmintic. About 254 tonnes of crops and vegetables Quality Declared seeds will be procured and delivered to the implementing partners to assist 27,000 beneficiary households. The nutritious food produced through this support will benefit a total of 162,000 women, girls, men, and boys. On the other hand, the project will procure two million doses of vaccines and 250 veterinary drug kits to cover around one million animals against epidemic and endemic diseases. The increased milk and meat produced through this support will benefit 242,000 people including women, girls, men, and boys. FAO will deliver the inputs to eight INGOs and five NNGOs participating in the FSL consortium led by VSF-Germany and to one International NGO (DRC) and one NNGO (DDRA) outside the NGOs consortium led by VSF-G. Targeted INGOs in the consortium include COOPI, Practical Action, Oxfam, ZOA, Mercy Corps-Scotland, Care International- Switzerland, VSF-G, and COFAD while the NNGOs include the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, Al Massar, United Peace Organization (UPO), ASSIST, and Vet Care Organization. Outside the consortium there is DRC as INGO and Darfur Development and Rehabilitation Agency (DDRA) as NNGOs. The core pipeline inputs will be distributed to 67,000 households (402,000 people) including newly displaced persons, extremely vulnerable host communities and returnees in Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur and South Kordofan states. About 38 percent of the total beneficiaries are vulnerable host communities, 55 percent newly IDPs and 7 percent returnees. The project will cover the localities of Yassin in East Darfur, Nertiti and Rokoro in Central Darfur Alkuma,  Mellit, Kutum, Kalamindo, Darelsalam and Umbaru in North Darfur and Alqoz, Abbasyia and Rashad in South Kordofan states. It is important for the FSL sector to procure and preposition bulky, certified and quality declared inputs such as seeds for the summer season, and livestock vaccines and drugs in the targeted states early enough to ensure timely distribution to the needy population. Value for money will be ensured by procuring bulky inputs from certified input suppliers. The added advantage of this project will be procurement and timely delivery of good quality and technically assured inputs all the inputs’ items procured through this core pipeline will be delivered eligible FSL partners in the targeted states. FAO will conduct field visits to the targeted States to confirm delivery of the procured agricultural and livestock inputs to the eligible FSL partners and then beneficiaries.