Employment Creation for Vulnerable Lebanese Citizens and Syrian Displaced Population in Livestock Value Chain

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This activity is part of a joint initiative between the World Bank, ILO and UNHCR under the PROSPECTS program. The initiative aims to safeguard and create decent employment along crops and livestock value chains in selected geographic areas of the country for vulnerable Lebanese farmers and displaced population communities, at the same time improving their food and nutrition security. The World Bank would support the development of livestock and fodder production value chains, whereas ILO would focus its activities on horticulture value chain development. UNHCR would expand its ongoing mitigation work at the field level related to social tensions between host communities and displaced, and there would be a specific focus on reducing tension due to competition of jobs to ensure a conflict sensitivity and do no harm approach. The project consists of three components: Component 1: Dairy value chains development enhanced for decent employment generation and increased incomesThis component would finance activities related to structuring and developing the dairy value chain through demand-driven partnerships between Lebanese farmers and off-takers and increasing access to finance by providing partial grants to eligible beneficiaries. Component 2: Climate resilient fodder and feed production: This would improve household incomes through new jobs openings in the livestock value chain aiming to enhance the availability of animal feed through sustainable and climate smart practices. TComponent 3: Project management: This component would finance overall project management, monitoring and implementation.