Livelihood Restoration & Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province

The goal of the Project is to restore and protect the livelihoods and empower the poor and vulnerable peasants dependent on feudal and tribal landholding and farming systems and affected by droughts, floods and insecurity. The goal of the Project will be achieved through the following three objectives: 1. To improve the livelihoods and economic security of rural communities through in-kind support to restore and/or protect the farm production capacities and off-farm income generating activities of vulnerable peasant families and well-targeted progressive landlords – which, in turn, would have a positive impact on their disaster reliance. 2. To enhance the skills and knowledge base of men and women peasant farmers, landless people and unemployed youth through technical support in GAPs, post-harvest management and vocational skills. 3. To empower peasant organisations, farmers organisations, WUAs, farmers and women groups, etc and their constituent hari members to enhance their natural resource base (land, water, vegetation, etc) while strengthening their resilience to future shocks. The Project would benefit the human security of some 11,800 rural families of 120 target villages located in the command areas of the Daulat Pur, Minor-Jamrao and Gorki Minor-Mithrao Canal of Mirpurkhas District and “tail-end” of the command area of the Dadu “Rice Canal” of Dadu District, both in Sindh Province.

Project symbol

PAK/13/01/HSF

Admin unit

CO-Islamabad

Start date

01/02/2013

End date

30/06/2016

Total allocation

1056618

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1046888

Development Partners

United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

Country/Countries

Pakistan

Outcomes

More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects