Adaptive Agriculture and Rangeland Rehabilitation Project (A2R2)

A GEF-financed, IFAD-implemented project executed by Somalia's Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation with the Sadar Development and Resilience Institute, approved in January 2023 to improve water and rangeland management, climate-adapted farming, and forest and habitat rehabilitation for poor rural households nationally.

Somalia (federal, multi-region)Rangeland and water resource rehabilitationNone
Image credit
Somalia farmers2. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.Location context · SGT. G.D. ROBINSON · Public domain · 1993 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), executed by Somalia's Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation with SADAR
EcosystemRangeland and water resource rehabilitation
StandardNone
StatusActive
LocationSomalia (federal, multi-region)
Overview

Inside the project

The project works across multiple levels: improved water resources and rangelands management, eco-agriculture and climate-proof livelihoods, forest and habitat rehabilitation, and improved governance and information systems for land degradation and biodiversity.

It combines a GEF grant of USD 17,039,450 with USD 23,730,000 in co-financing.

17,039,450 USD
GEF grant
23,730,000 USD
Co-financing

Objectives

  • Improve rangeland and water resources management for poor rural households
  • Support climate-adapted farming and forest and habitat rehabilitation

Approach

  • Improved rangeland and water resources management is combined with climate-adapted farming, forest and habitat rehabilitation, and improved land-degradation monitoring and governance systems.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. thegef.org ↗https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/10792
  2. a2r2.org ↗https://a2r2.org/

Documented by one public source so far.

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