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Africa
Mali
Mauritania
Local alternative food facility
in the Western Sahel (ALFASO)
Farmers leaving the fi elds
Improving the availability of and access to food
Brakna fl oods, AMAD, 2007
© Intermón Oxfam
Summary and objectives
• instituting a system to prevent and manage
Summary and objectives
Target groups
Following the Western Sahel locust crisis of
agricultural risks;
The population of Mauritania lives on less than $2 a
5 600 vulnerable farming households, 2 300 vulner-
2004/2005, agricultural prices rose, but the impact
• developing existing low lands and plains to
day. Around 70% of rural families live below the pov-
able women in market gardening, and 900 vulnerable
was made much worse by soaring world prices for
promote rice cultivation.
erty line. Food production in the country is largely
farmers.
food and agricultural inputs. The two areas targeted
by this project (Nara and Yélimané) face the same
Target groups
dependent on climatic factors. The country – largely
dependent on food imports, with 60% of cereal
Final beneficiaries
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problems, which have led to signifi cant transfers
of production to neighbouring countries such as
Mauritania and Senegal and to the weakened fi nancial
and organisational capabilities of local supplier
organisations (grain banks, general stores, cooperatives).
Both areas are also subject to structural food
insecurity characterised by (i) low agricultural output
by households, (ii) poor water management, (iii)
degradation of agricultural and pastoral resources,
(iv) limited access to credit, and (v) inadequate nutritional
education. The objective of the project is to
improve access to staple foods in Nara and Yélimané
Socio-professional organisations, growers, grain producers,
households subject to food insecurity.
Final beneficiaries
Household, populations in the two areas estimated
at 356 000 inhabitants.
Total estimated cost *
€ 1 120 000
Amount requested *
€ 1 008 000
consumption coming from outside – has suffered
considerably as a result of the food price crisis. The
project aims to reduce the vulnerability of rural populations
in 28 villages in Gorgol, Brakna, and Hodh
el Gharbi, by increasing local production and the
availability of basic foodstuffs. It will support crop production
on dry, wet and irrigated surfaces and boost
animal rearing so that households can provide more
of their own food and at the same time increase their
income and their ability to buy food on the market.
Main activities
33 852 individuals residing in 28 villages within the
ten targeted municipalities.
Total estimated cost *
€ 1 329 550
Amount requested *
€ 1 196 594
Partners
Association Mauritanienne pour l’Auto-Développement
(AMAD), Mauritania; Agency for Cooperation and
by providing support to producers, upgrading the
agricultural infrastructure and developing the organi-
Partners
• install safety fencing, provide inputs, ploughs and
husking machines/grain mills, technical support
Research in Development (LBG), United Kingdom.
sational dynamism of local organisations.
Association d’Appui aux Actions de Développement
and monitoring of food security and market
Main activities
Rural for Yélimané, Centre Sahélien de Prestation
d’Etude Eco développement et Démocratie Appliquée
prices;
• supply inputs, carts, crates for vegetables,
• building fi nancial and organisational capabilities of
for Nara, Mali.
training;
area grain banks and cooperatives;
• supplemental veterinary training and equipment,
• developing the fi nancial and operational
establish vaccination areas, supply cattle feed
capabilities of supplier networks;
and advise against raising prestige breeds.
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Germany
programme@welthungerhilfe.de
www.welthungerhilfe.de
DCI-FOOD/128608/109
Intermón Oxfam, Spain
info@intermonoxfam.org
www.intermonoxfam.org
DCI-FOOD/128608/375
40 * Actions and amounts can be discussed/negotiated among the parties