This component seeks to improve agro-climatic resilience at the community level in targeted micro watersheds. It will support the following sub-components:
B1: Community Strengthening: This sub-component will provide support to “local project implementation committees”, or their local equivalent. Building on the outcomes of the higher-level strategic watershed planning (Subcomponent A1), micro-watershed planning will be supported to prioritize investments. Social cohesion and peace building will be strengthened by addressing gender inequalities, the needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups, and by improving conflict resolution capacities at the local level, all through joint planning and implementation across stakeholder groups to foster mutual understanding. Activities such as participatory planning processes, capacity building, and establishment of community revolving fund (CRF) management committees will be implemented in a gender-inclusive manner to help improve women’s voice and agency in participating communities.
B2: Community Investments: This subcomponent will finance physical investments as prioritized through the micro-watershed planning process. Although the menu of potential investments will vary from community to community based on their priorities. The three main activities identified here are:
- Landscape restoration in community-selected degraded areas which will promote hybrid agroforestry models on communal lands, using plant species chosen by the communities.
- Climate-smart rainfed agriculture that will support farmers at the household level to optimize climate smart rainfed agriculture practices, particularly relating to crops.
iii. Farmer-led irrigation development (FLID) intended to support farmers at the household level to increase irrigation, including small-scale solar-powered irrigation.
