The project’s development goal is to reduce post-conflict poverty and food insecurity and to improve the livelihoods and living conditions of rural communities. This will be achieved through the support to short-term recovery of rural communities and farming activities development, while laying the basis for long-term rehabilitation and participatory development. The project will follow a phased approach where short-term and long-term interventions are carried out simultaneously, with actual interventions geared to local conditions. It will include activities that:
(i) support community-based institutions and participatory development, to empower local communities in restoring livelihood security and basic entitlements;
(ii) empower the poor and vulnerable by expanding their access to and control over fundamental assets, such as capital, knowledge and technologies; and
(iii) rehabilitate rural infrastructure to improve production conditions, access to market and living conditions.