Arid Lands Resource Management Project

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The objectives of the Arid Lands Project are to strengthen and support community driven initiatives to: 1) reduce the widespread poverty and enhance food security in the arid districts of Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Tana River, Isiolo, Samburu, and the arid divisions of Baringo District; and 2) conserve the natural resource base in the arid lands (ALs) through: (a) improving crop and livestock resilience to drought; (b) increasing economic linkages with the rest of the economy; and (c) improving basic health services, water supply and other social services. The project will have the following components: 1) drought management, which includes preparedness (drought monitoring), mitigation (drought contingency planning and rapid reaction) and recovery (continued drought relief activities); 2) marketing and infrastructure, which will address the bottlenecks that impede livestock market linkages between the ALs and the rest of the national economy; and 3) economy development, which will be instrumental in assisting line ministries and collaborating agencies to adapt their organization and delivery systems to the specific conditions of the ALs.