XM-DAC-41114-OUTPUT-00099475 United Nations Development Programme Strengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in Agro-Ecological Regions I and II in Zambia GREEN CLIMATE FUND Ministry of Health of Ukraine Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations office at Geneva and specialized institutions in Switzerland UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME United Nations Development Programme registry.zm@undp.org https://www.undp.org/zambia Zambia Sioma populated place -16.666670 23.533330 Siavonga populated place -16.538180 28.708760 Sesheke populated place -17.475930 24.296840 Senanga populated place -16.116670 23.266670 Rufunsa populated place -15.081230 29.635790 Nyimba populated place -14.556560 30.814900 Namwala populated place -15.750420 26.438390 Mulobezi populated place -16.777130 25.176220 Mambwe populated place -13.183330 31.900000 Lusaka District second-order administrative division -15.430700 28.344190 Luangwa populated place -15.616670 30.416670 Kazungula populated place -17.793560 25.274730 Gwembe populated place -16.497550 27.606910 Chongwe populated place -15.329160 28.682040 Chirundu populated place -16.035770 28.843110 Chama populated place -11.213030 33.152100 Healthy planet 3840133 5926825 7297509 6529742 5792857 5557226 1801753 5262817 3176064 United Nations Development Programme 3828341 United Nations Development Programme 3735368 United Nations Development Programme 5812149 United Nations Development Programme 24443 United Nations Development Programme 26854 United Nations Development Programme 63792 United Nations Development Programme 283718 United Nations Development Programme 376685 United Nations Development Programme 347900 United Nations Development Programme 142409 United Nations Development Programme 1218025 United Nations Development Programme 186910 United Nations Development Programme 674768 United Nations Development Programme 276929 United Nations Development Programme 512549 United Nations Development Programme 115351 United Nations Development Programme 135884 United Nations Development Programme 605610 United Nations Development Programme 145754 United Nations Development Programme 114115 United Nations Development Programme 289983 United Nations Development Programme 120265 United Nations Development Programme 144116 United Nations Development Programme 751080 United Nations Development Programme 426098 United Nations Development Programme 758811 United Nations Development Programme 148702 United Nations Development Programme 71795 United Nations Development Programme 248413 United Nations Development Programme 534941 United Nations Development Programme 293325 United Nations Development Programme 108670 United Nations Development Programme 379801 United Nations Development Programme 51756 United Nations Development Programme 119197 United Nations Development Programme 171515 United Nations Development Programme 23252 United Nations Development Programme 656279 United Nations Development Programme 98059 United Nations Development Programme 58035 United Nations Development Programme 779859 United Nations Development Programme 89795 United Nations Development Programme 94185 United Nations Development Programme 261273 United Nations Development Programme 285403 United Nations Development Programme 190038 United Nations Development Programme 83458 United Nations Development Programme 58907 United Nations Development Programme 32459476 United Nations Development Programme Social and environmental sustainability will be enhanced through application of the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (http://www.undp.org/ses) and related Accountability Mechanism (http://www.undp.org/secu-srm). UNDP as the Implementing Partner will comply with the policies, procedures and practices of the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS.) Output 1: Percentage of smallholder farmers demonstrating knowledge to plan for and manage climate risk to support resilient agricultural production dis aggregated by gender Output 2: Number adopting new agricultural practices and alternative livelihoods Output 3: Percentage of resilient commodities produced by target farmers that are sold on the markets Output 1: TBA Output 2: TBA Output 3. TBA Output 1. 90% Smallholder Farmers are able to plan for and manage water resources to support resilient agricultural production. output 2: 10,000 small scale farmers adopting new agricultural practices and alternative livelihood; 16,000 farmers Increased access to agricultural inputs (e.g. seeds, soil kits, tools) for resilient crops; 30,000 farmers Introduced of new resilient agricultural production practices to strengthen production and diversify crops amidst climate variability and change; 7.055 farmers Introduced to alternative livelihoods to strengthen resilience in target communities:; Establish 80 farmer field schools and learning centres of excellence to further document and scale up successful practices. Output 3: Increasing access to markets and commercialization of resilient agricultural products for 90,615 farmers; Strengthen processing of resilient products targeting 5 technologies; Strengthen storage, aggregation and transportation of resilient products to enhance commercialization and linkages to market and SMEs of 30,000 farmers; 1. Farmers in 16 districts have enhanced use weather and agricultural advisories for risk informed livelihoods planning and implementation through regular daily and seasonal forecasts. 2. At least 1600 farmers participating in alternative livelihoods i.e. goat rearing and bee keeping; at least 80,000 farmers have accessed farming inputs under co financing through FISP; at least 40 farmer field schools have been established for enhanced farmer experiential learning in Nyimba and Mambwe districts. 3. Two centres of excellency have been established; 262 CEOs acquired post-harvest loss solutions; 3,551 trained on improved PHL solutions and commodity bulking centers identified in 3 districts; 262 key government staff trained on the agricultural commodity aggregation model, agricultural marketing and the Warehouse Receipt System from 14 of the 16 targeted districts. 1. Strengthen generation and interpretation of climate information and data collection to ensure timely and detailed weather, climate, crop and hydrological forecast to small scale farmers by installing 20 automatic weather station and 500 rain gauges in 220 agricultural camps. 2. Introduce 70,000 small scale farmers to new agricultural practices and 5,000 to alternative livelihood; 16,000 farmers Increased access to agricultural inputs (e.g. seeds, soil kits, tools) for resilient crops; Establish 100 farmer field schools and learning centres of excellence to further document and scale up successful practices. 3. Scale up provision of agricultural credit training and awareness raising on financial education programmes for farmers. 1. Farmers in 16 districts have enhanced use weather and agricultural advisories for risk informed livelihoods planning and implementation through regular daily and seasonal forecasts. 2. At least 4900 farmers participating in alternative livelihoods i.e. goat rearing and bee keeping; at least 80,000 farmers have accessed farming inputs under co financing through FISP; 70,000 farmers practicing conservation agriculture practices, experiential learning from the established 100 farmer field schools. 3. 14,000 farmers introduced to financial literacy and savings group for change; 320 savings group introduced to formal financial institutions; 1. Strengthen the interpretation and dissemination of climate information at camp level through training of 150 agricultural camp extension officers in Agro- meteorology. 2. Construction of 10 solar powered drip irrigation schemes to increase access to water for agriculture and livestock production 550 the small scale farmers. 3. Construction of 6 aggregation centres for grain bulking to increase access to the market for small scale farmers and link 20 aggregators to financial service providers. Percentage increase in agricultural incomes in the project sites Percentage of households accessing financial education programmes related to credit and insurance schemes Percentage of population with access to improved climate information, weather and agricultural advisories (disaggregated by gender) Percentage of resilient commodities produced by target farmers that are sold on the markets Percentage of smallholder farmers demonstrating knowledge to plan for and manage climate risk to support resilient agricultural production disaggregated by gender