AVACLIM : Agro-ecology, Ensuring Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods while Mitigating Climate Change and Restoring Land in Dryland Regions

Policy-makers and stakeholders are able to prioritise and implement agroecological systems in drylands as a means to sustain productivity of agro-ecosystems in support of food security, agricultural livelihoods, and reduce environmental degradation and GHG emissions.<br>
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Indicators: i) Number of project proposals and draft policy documents (strategies, laws, financial plans) integrating agroecology and its principles<br>
ii) Number of countries who have agroecology in their government agenda for discussions on agricultural development planning<br>
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Targets: i) At least three countries out of seven have developed a project proposal or a draft updated policy document promoting agroecology<br>
ii) Seven countries have agroecology in their agenda for discussions on agricultural development planning

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
Managing organisations
CARI
Implementing organisations
FAO
Project ID
9993
GEF project type
Medium size
GEF project phase
GEF - 6
GEF Cofinancing
$8.148.245
GEF project grant
$1.137.215
Executing Agencies
CARI