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3.4.
Recovery and rehabilitation interventions for rebuilding livelihoods
The following proposed interventions are directly linked to the floods’ effects. Their
implementation will help addressing the needs of the affected population in order to re-
establish their livelihoods and rehabilitate the damages endured.
Picture 4: Flooded household
3.4.1.
Short terms interventions (up to 6 months)
Short term intervention aims at quickly restoring the capacities of the affected population to
produce food and income. This will avoid further deterioration of the food security / nutrition
situation as well as guarantee the reduction of animal destocking and the depletion of
additional productive assets. In this regards the main interventions should focus on:
•
Provision of crops or vegetable seeds packages, especially fast growing and improved
varieties, as well as hand tools to support the reactivation of the agricultural
production.
•
Restocking of poultry together with provision of vaccines against Newcastle disease
and animal feed, mainly to women headed households.
•
Distribution of fodder seeds for specific fodder production (i.e. alfalfa and green
sorghum).
•
Delivery of food assistance to the most affected households through in-kind, voucher
or cash mechanisms.
•
Establishment of Food or Cash for Work activities in order to rehabilitating local
agricultural
infrastructures, mainly roads and irrigation schemes.
•
Provision of storage bags / bins to reduce post-harvest losses and enhance quality and
conservation of food commodities.
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3.4.2.
Medium term interventions (up to 12 months)
Medium term interventions should be designed towards the enhancement of crops and
livestock production in order to guarantee full recovery of those affected communities with
the final aim of increasing their capacity to produce food and income. As such these
interventions should focus on:
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Support the implementation of vaccination campaigns for bigger animals (cattle),
especially against Rift Valley Fever and Foot and Mouth diseases.
•
Establish community seed banks to ensure higher conservation and diminished losses.
•
Improve the provision of extension and veterinary services and assist larger
proportion of the population.
•
Provide training sessions on improved crop production as well as marketing in order
to increase crop diversification, adoption of short cycle and more resistant varieties,
storage and transport of food commodities.
•
Deliver trainings on animal production including introduction of improved cattle
breeds, chicken rearing, as well as identification and control of animal disease.
•
Provide training sessions on post-harvest processing techniques for both crops and
animal products.
3.4.3.
Long term interventions (up to 18 months)
Long term interventions requiring more time for their implementation should also be taken
into account and specifically focus on:
•
Construction of animal dips to facilitate veterinary treatment thus reducing the
formation and spreading of animal diseases.
•
Construction of metal silos for food and seeds storage to enhance their preservation
and ensure some quality standards.
•
Provision of improved breeds of cattle to enhance production of milk and meat.
•
Provision of farm machineries and post-harvest processing equipment to increase
production and income as well as reduce losses.
•
Improve market linkages and accessibility through construction of roads, introduction
of regulations for the
transport of commodities, etc.
•
Construction and rehabilitation of drainage systems and irrigation schemes as well as
levelling of agricultural land to avoid water logging and allow the continuation of
crop production and the enhancement of crop productivity.
•
Promote a fully-fledged watershed management in order to reduce the associated risks
of flooding of the agricultural land through - tree planting, land use management
plans, riverbank maintenance, construction of dams, etc.
3.4.4.
Development oriented interventions
In order to mitigate the effect of future similar disaster and ensure proper response to these
events it is of imperative importance to:
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Establish a proper early warning system at all level (national, regional, district /
municipality).
•
Create awareness at community level on early warning and disaster risk reduction,
management and mitigation.
•
Develop an integrated and standardized methodology and guidelines to conduct post-
disaster needs assessments with special emphasis on the agriculture sector, which is
usually one of the most affected sector.