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Afghanistan Community Resilience Programme (ACRP) Project
Overview
The Afghanistan Community Resilience Programme (ACRP) aims to restore livelihoods through income-generating activities, vocational training, community-based light infrastructure development, and disaster preparedness, thereby helping communities with sustainable economic activities. ACRP aims to address the most critical needs in three provinces of western (Badghis) and southern (Helmand and Kandahar) Afghanistan through a comprehensive, three-pronged approach to promote community resilience, focusing on sustainable diversified livelihoods, water management, and disaster risk reduction. ACRP is a three-year initiative (September 2024 – September 2027) being implemented under the lead of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with the generous support of the European Union (EU).
Objectives
- Increased economic resilience of targeted communities and households
- Enhanced water resources and ecosystem management
- Enhanced community resilience to climate-related shocks and disasters
- Enhanced Monitoring of Opium Poppy Cultivation and Production
Year One Achievements
- 1,603 farmers (797M, 805F) received maize kits
- 45 (male) farmers received agriculture input kits for grape vineyards
- 30 commercial greenhouses constructed for use by 50 households (150 people – 70M, 80F)
- 240 women-headed households (1,886 people – 928M, 958F) received poultry packages
- 6 strategic business plans developed for 6 Kandahar-based agrobusinesses
- 238 farmers (168M, 70F) participated in FFS for experiential learning of pre-harvest and post-harvest skills
- 29 traders and farmers (17M, 12F) sponsored to attend 3 agriculture business exhibitions
- 4 community-based water resource management plans prepared
- 525 farmers (412M, 113F) trained on improved water resource use techniques
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