Somaliland Food Systems Resilience Project

Increasing the resilience of food systems and the Somaliland’s preparedness for food insecurity in project target areas

Project Details

Project Background

The Somaliland Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) is implementing the Food Systems Resilience Project financed by the World Bank. The project aims to tackle the underlying structural challenges of food insecurity and reduce beneficiaries’ vulnerability to unpredictable climate, crisis, and conflict events. It seeks to achieve this by rejuvenating Somaliland’s Agri-livestock research institutions, seed systems, and extension services and developing community institutions that can anchor adaptation of climate smart Agri-livestock practices; strengthening the availability of water and improved rangelands management for resilient agriculture and livestock production; strengthen animal health services, enhancing the integration of the production systems to domestic and regional markets, with appropriate investments in food safety and value addition, and establishing an enabling policy and institutional framework capable of supporting food systems resilience for Somaliland at national and regional levels

Component 1: (Re-) Building Resilient Agricultural Production Capacity

This component is focused on strengthening the foundations of resilient agricultural production by building the capacity of Somaliland’s crop and livestock research institutions, its seed and breeding systems, and its extension and advisory services to better cater to small farmers on a large scale.

Component 2. Supporting the Sustainable Development of Natural Resources for Resilient Agricultural Landscapes

This component aims to enhance water availability for crop and livestock value chains and support rangeland rejuvenation and management. It will be implemented in coordination with ongoing World Bank-financed projects that share these objectives. For example, the Project will complement activities carried out under other projects in water infrastructure development, mainly through its investments in energy efficient water pumping, and promotion of climate-smart crop and livestock farming practices around farmer fields near already established water points

Component 3. Getting to Market

This component will strengthen the agriculture and livestock sector’s market orientation, helping it cater to both domestic and regional markets. It will do this by supporting existing and new farmer producer organizations (FPOs) and agrifood enterprises, the development and upgrading of market infrastructure and export-oriented testing and certification capacity, and rural producers’ access to savings and credit services

Component 4. Promoting a Greater Focus on Food Systems Resilience in Policymaking

This component will build food systems resilience at the national and regional levels by focusing on building the capacity of public institutions and identifying relevant policy reform opportunities within the implementing three ministries. In the crops, livestock and environment sectors it will: (a) build the capacity of government institutions; and (b) carry out comprehensive assessments of agrifood policies

Component 5. Contingent Emergency Response

Provision of immediate response to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, as needed.

Component 6. Project Management

Support for Project coordination and management, including establishing and strengthening project coordination and management structures in Somaliland, payment of Project staff salaries in Somaliland, purchase of office infrastructure, transportation, and Operating Costs of the GoSL Project Coordination Unit (PCU), and engaging of third-party implementing agency.