Project Context
Comprehensive framework for tackling food insecurity and building resilience in Somaliland
Project Context
Somaliland Food Systems Resilience Project (SL-FSRP) - A World Bank Regional Initiative
Project Overview
The Somaliland Food Systems Resilience Project (SL-FSRP) is part of a regional initiative by the World Bank to provide a comprehensive framework aimed at tackling the underlying structural challenges of food insecurity and reduce beneficiaries' vulnerability to unpredictable climate, crisis, and conflict events.
Project Development Objective
The project development objective (PDO) of the FSRP is to increase the resilience of food systems and the Somaliland's preparedness for food insecurity in project target areas. Progress toward the PDO will be measured using five PDO indicators and intermediate indicators. All relevant indicators will be disaggregated by gender (men and women) and age (youth and adult).
Implementation Framework
The project will support investments across the '5Is' - Infrastructure, Institutional Capacity, Innovation, Inclusion, and Integration to address food systems resilience comprehensively. The investments will integrate and build on existing or completed investments that support resilience building.
Project Components
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. This component is organized around three subcomponents. The first sub component focuses on build the capacity of Somaliland's research, extension, and seed systems. The second sub component focuses Community Engagement and Technology Transfer and the third sub component supporting investments in Digital Agriculture and Rangeland Solutions and Data Systems.
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. This component comprises three sub components namely: Developing market facing institutions; Market Infrastructure and Enterprise Development; and Improve Creditworthiness of farmers.
Component 4: Promoting a Greater Focus on Food Systems Resilience in National and Regional 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 Component
This component will finance eligible expenditures in the event of an emergency precipitated by a disaster. The activation of CERC, by request of the government, will allow funds to be disbursed rapidly to reduce damage to productive infrastructure, ensure business continuity, and speed up recovery.
Component 6: Project Management
This component will support two sub components; Project Coordination and Management and Monitoring and Evaluation.
Project Beneficiaries
The project will directly benefit an estimated 65,000 small farmers, agro-pastoralists, and nomadic pastoralists, at least 30 percent of whom will be women. In addition, the project will support value chain stakeholders, including women-owned agribusiness enterprises, financial services providers, disruptive Agriculture Technology start-ups, and agricultural research and extension institutions.