Strengthening food and nutrition security in the Matam region

Funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and implemented by the Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development (ACTED), the project helped strengthen access, availability and diversity of food in rural areas in the Matam region in northeast Senegal. The project closely linked agriculture and nutrition based on three focus areas: 1) increasing availability and improving access to food; 2) support for local village initiatives aimed at increasing the availability of nutritious food in the intervention area; and 3) diet diversification of very poor households. The contributed to developing knowledge and good nutrition practices. Women were the main beneficiaries in the development of household gardening and awareness-raising activities; their involvement was required in the selected village initiatives. The National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency (ANCAR) and the Regional Directorate of Rural Development (DRDR) were the main stakeholders at the institutional level.

Global objective

Contribute to improving the food and nutrition security of very poor households in the Matam region

Specific objectives

Strengthen access, availability and diversity to food in rural areas while developing knowledge and good nutrition practices of populations and stakeholders in the area

Expected results

Increased availability and access to food through increased agricultural and vegetable production for very poor households
Effective support for initiatives increasing the consumption of nutritious food by rural households
Increased dietary diversity through the development of market gardening and awareness-raising actions
A regional consultation framework, which is connected to the national level

Duration

3 years : 28/04/2016 - 28/04/2019

Localisation

The project was implemented in the Matam region in Senegal, in Diéri and Ferlo.

Beneficiaries

Vulnerable populations in the Matam reigon

Budget

EUR 1 100 000

Funding

European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa

Implementation

Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development (ACTED)

Partners

National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency (ANCAR)
Regional Directorate of Rural Development (DRDR)

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Country

Senegal

Topics

Agriculture & value chains
Employment & revenues
Fisheries & aquaculture
Food security & zero hunger
Gender
Governance & capacity-building
Livestock & pastoralism
Local actors & livelihoods
Nutrition
Poverty
Rural-urban issues
Social affairs & social protection
Water & sanitation
Youth

Targets

Children aged under 5 years
Institutions
Poor households
Pregnant and lactating women
Vulnerable small-scale farmers
Women
Youth

Agir Pillars

Pillar 1: Improve social protection for the most vulnerable communities and households in order to secure their livelihoods
Pillar 2: Strengthen the nutrition of vulnerable households
Pillar 3: Sustainably improve agricultural and food productivity and the incomes of the most vulnerable households and improve access to food
Pillar 4: Strengthen governance in food and nutrition security

Scales

Local
National