Strengthening the resilience capacities of mauritanian agro pastoral communities to cope with environmental risks and conflicts - RECAP

About this project

According to the estimates of the harmonized framework on the state of food insecurity in the country, in the last quarter of 2022 there were over 440,765 people in a situation of severe food insecurity in a country of less than 5 million people. In this rather difficult context, it is urgent to support the populations to strengthen food security and the resilience capacities of Mauritanian agro-pastoral communities as to cope with environmental risks and conflicts. This project will aim to strengthen the communities' capacities to better manage natural resources and improve their resilience to environmental risks through the adoption of sustainable and healthy production and consumption methods contributing to the consolidation of peace. Over three years, the project will intervene in two regions (wilaya) on the border with Mali, namely Hodh El Gharbi, Hodh El Chargui, with an integrated approach that holistically supports Mauritania's challenges through the threefold humanitarian-development nexus and peace. Overall, the project is divided into 4 main components, including: i) improving food and nutrition security with a preventive approach based on strengthening agricultural production sensitive to nutritional issues; ii) reduction of pressure on ecosystems through the promotion of fodder crops for better animal production; iii) strengthen the resilience of agro-pastoral communities on the Mauritanian-Malian border through an approach based on the humanitarian development…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Mauritania

Sectors

Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolutionAgricultural developmentAgricultural land resourcesLivestock

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Main focusBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDesertification · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

FAO - ORGANIZZAZIONE DELLE NAZIONI UNITE PER L'ALIMENTAZIONE E L'AGRICOLTURA

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-012812-01-0.

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