Support for Resilient Livelihoods in the South of Madagascar - MIONJO Project

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The project delivers through the following 5 components. The components remain unchanged under the second Additional Financing (AF2) for project scale-up. Three principles will drive this scale-up: (i) expansion of well-performing activities with proven development impacts to new areas within the original geographic scope of the project, (ii) a focus on improving the sustainability and resilience of investments achieved under the original project and first AF, and (iii) continuing to support innovative good practice by bringing those initiatives more clearly into government-led management and planning processes. Component 1: Strengthening decentralized local governments, participatory planning, and social resilience. Sub-Component 1A: Strengthening the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities on Community-based Planning, and the Delivery of Services . This sub-component seeks to improve the organizational capacity of local development committees and Local Development Agents and commune office facilities. The AF2 will finance the rehabilitation of 51 further commune offices, creation of 101 PDLII in new target communes including identification of actions for local climate adaptation, reassessment of IGL score of all 235 target communes and capacity-building targeted at improving score, continued training and support for all existing early warning officers, update of 60 PDLII including identification of actions for local climate adaptation, drafting of PLOF and SAC in targeted communes, support for regional and district resource centers, pilot of integration into PDLII of community-based assessment of climate adaptation risks and mitigation measures.Sub-Component 1B: Strengthening social resilience, citizen engagement, and conflict prevention. It supports commune disaster risk management structures to implement early warning systems and organize social cohesion activities. The AF2 will extend the DRM structures to 101 additional communes. Component 2: Resiliency infrastructure. Sub-Component 2A: Commune Resiliency Grants. At commune level, the project provides grants for Communes to improve access to basic services and infrastructure via a fund flow mechanism under the Local Development Fund (FDL) within the Ministry of Decentralization (MDAT). For the AF2, fund transfer will finance commune-level infrastructure in 101 further target communes within the original geographic area of the project. Sub-Component 2B: Regional water resiliency infrastructure. The project is supplying water infrastructure with support to the rehabilitation of the Mandrare-Sampona pipeline. Under the AF2, there will be an extension of the Ampotaka-Tsihombe water distribution pipeline. Sub-component 2C. The project funds the construction and/or rehabilitation of 400 upgraded multi-use water points (MUS). For AF2, it will also support the construction of solar energy power units for project infrastructure clusters via RRT model used by WFP. Component 3: Supporting Resilient livelihoods. Sub-Component 3A: Support for livelihood self help groups and and local value chains. This component finances community-based groups though livelihoods grants with capacity-building. The AF2 will support 500 new groups. Sub-component 3B: Irrigation schemes for resilient livelihoods. This component includes rehabilitation of irrigation systems. The AF2 will finance 5 further irrigation schemes covering 6000 ha. Sub-component 3C: Restoring food production capacity and strengthening resilience of food and livelihoods systems. The project supports one-time cash transfers bundled with technical packages for immediate post-drought needs, rehabilitates seeds stock and systems, catalyzes the diversification and enhanced resilience of livelihoods through new agricultural value chains such as sweet potatoes. Under the AF2 a further 2000 households will be supported into sweet potato value chain activities.Sub-component 3D - Developing green infrastructure and resilient landscapes. The project provides supports to protect crop fields and limiting desertification through dune restoration, wind break installation, and reforestation activities. The AF2 includes dune stabilization activities covering 600 hectares. Component 4: Implementation support and knowledge learning. Sub-component 4A. Project implementation and geospatial knowledge platform. This component supports project management and development of a geo-spatial monitoring platform. Sub-component 4B. Studies and preparatory analysis, finances studies and assessments. Component 4C. Institutional Support and Capacity Building for the crisis response. It provides resources for BNGRC to manage the national crisis response and strengthen community engagement for disaster risk preparedness. The AF2 will support local land registration offices. Component 5: Contingency Emergency Response Component (CERC). This component was first activated in June 2021 to finance rapid response and early recovery measures during the drought in the South. It supported emergency water supplies and replenishment of household agricultural stocks, such as seeds. The CERC may be activated again should eligible crisis conditions arise.