Project Details

Project Number P009883001
Project Name RAPID COVID-19 RESPONSE THROUGH AN INTEGRATED FOOD SYSTEMS APPROACH TO NUTRITION SECURITY/RAPID COVID-19 RESPONSE THROUGH AN INTEGRATED FOOD SYSTEMS A
Sector/Thematic Area Health
Financing Agency Canada
Modality C01
Description In response to the COVID-19 crisis, HarvestPlus has taken multiple measures to ensure that beneficiaries continue to receive the nutrition, health, and livelihood benefits of biofortified crops. HarvestPlus is proposing a program to expand access to biofortified foods, especially for the most vulnerable populations who have the greatest need for nutrition and health in these times and for whom nutritious foods, rich in zinc, vitamin A and iron will act as a first line of defense in against viruses and diseases. The project will be an 18-month $3-million COVID-19 emergency response in 6 countries, including Bangladesh, DRC, Pakistan, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The ultimate outcome is to protect the food security and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19 in six countries through rapidly increasing the production and consumption of biofortified staple crops by vulnerable smallholder farming households. Expected results include: 1. To increase access to affordable biofortified seed by vulnerable farming households. 2. To increase access to markets for smallholder farming household and rural/semi-urban SMEs along the value chains to biofortified seed, crops/grain, and food. 3. To strengthen the capacity of and economic returns to SMEs along the crop value chains by providing them with a stimulus package to enable them switch to biofortified products to assists them to respond better to shocks (such as COVID-19 induced disruptions). / In response to the COVID-19 crisis, HarvestPlus has taken multiple measures to ensure that beneficiaries continue to receive the nutrition, health, and livelihood benefits of biofortified crops. HarvestPlus is proposing a program to expand access to biofortified foods, especially for the most vulnerable populations who have the greatest need for nutrition and health in these times and for whom nutritious foods, rich in zinc, vitamin A and iron will act as a first line of defense in against viruses and diseases. The project will be an 18-month $3-million COVID-19 emergency response in 6 countries, including Bangladesh, DRC, Pakistan, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The ultimate outcome is to protect the food security and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations impacted by COVID-19 in six countries through rapidly increasing the production and consumption of biofortified staple crops by vulnerable smallholder farming households. Expected results include: 1. To increase access to affordable biofortified seed by vulnerable farming households. 2. To increase access to markets for smallholder farming household and rural/semi-urban SMEs along the value chains to biofortified seed, crops/grain, and food. 3. To strengthen the capacity of and economic returns to SMEs along the crop value chains by providing them with a stimulus package to enable them switch to biofortified products to assists them to respond better to shocks (such as COVID-19 induced disruptions).
Adaptation Finance (thousand USD) 223.680286310766
Mitigation Finance (thousand USD) 0.0
Total Project Climate Financing Amount (thousand USD) 223.680286310766
Mitigation Objective Not targeted/Not screened
Adaptation Objective Significant
Region South & Central Asia