Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa

About this project

The development objective of Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa Project is to increase the resilience of food systems and preparedness for food insecurity in the participating countries. The MPA is built around five pillars. It also includes contingent emergency response and project management components. Pillar 1: Responding to a Deteriorating Food Security Situation, will provide short-term support to farmers and households to restore basic productive capacity following climate-related shocks. It will also provide support to participating countries in mitigating the impact of crises and price spikes in food, feed, and fertilizers on the most vulnerable populations. Pillar 2: (Re-)Building Resilient Agricultural Production Capacity, aims to strengthen the resilience of food supply to climate change and other shocks and stressors with a focus on agricultural production and related supporting services. Pillar 3: Supporting the Sustainable Development of Natural Resources for Resilient Agricultural Landscapes, will adopt a watershed or landscape approach to enhance the sustainable and resilient use of natural resources for food systems and livelihoods within priority areas, consistent with the spatial, ecological, and socioeconomic contexts of the participating countries and responding to changing climatic conditions. Pillar 4: Getting to Market, aims to improve physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food by improving agri…

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World Bank · Multilateral

Sectors

Food security policy and administrative managementLivestockAgricultural policy and administrative managementAgricultural water resourcesMulti-hazard response preparedness

Places

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Republic of Madagascar

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Agriculture, Ethiopia

Accountable

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Republic of Madagascar, Center for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA)

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P178566.

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