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BURUNDI

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table II: List of Projects – By Sector

Table III: List of Projects – By Appealing Organisation

PROJECTS SUMMARIES

AGRICULTURE

COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

EDUCATION

FOOD

HEALTH

MINE ACTION

MULTI-SECTOR

SHELTER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS

PROTECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS/ RULE OF LAW

WATER AND SANITATION

ANNEX I. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

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Table II: List of Projects – By Sector






Table III: List of Projects – By Appealing Organisation





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BURUNDI

PROJECTS SUMMARIES

AGRICULTURE

Appealing Agency / ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM (ACF)
Project Title / Food Economy Support to Vulnerable Households in Ruyigi, Ngozi, Kayanza and Bubanza
Project Code / BDI-07/A01
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / Durably reinforce food security of the most vulnerable households
Implementing Partners / Direction Provinciale de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage (DPAE), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Ministry of Agriculture
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Total Project Budget / $[1]1,120,000
Funds Requested / $963,000

Activities

Support the agricultural production and reliance on small livestock, storage infrastructure, education on principles of nutrition, setting up of agricultural supply shops, income generating activities, multiplication and distribution of vegetable seeds and education sessions on health and balanced nutrition.

Indicators

  • Economic situation of households is improved;
  • Availability of seeds and tools is improved;
  • Optimisation of harvest conservation methods and their commercialisation;
  • Access to land and to agricultural supplies is improved for the most vulnerable households targeted by this project;
  • Support towards self-sufficiency of groups is provided and their financial situation is improved;
  • Health and nutrition sensitisation sessions are provided to targeted households by the project.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget items / $
Total Project Budget / 1,120,000
Available Resources / 157,000
Total / 963,000
Appealing Agency / ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM (ACF)
Project Title / Cash for Work in the provinces of Kayanza and Ngozi
Project Code / BDI-07/A02
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / Provide support to household revenue for the most vulnerable households
Beneficiaries / Total: 6,000 households
Other vulnerable groups: food insecure households with few manpower, few access to land, to cattle, to cash crops (as coffee or tea), with family member sick (including child coming from Therapeutic Feeding Centre (TFC) or Supplementary Feeding Centre (SFC) recently) or disabled.
Project Duration / February - November 2007
Funds Requested / $280,000

Summary

In the provinces of Ngozi and Kayanza, the majority of the population lives in rural areas and its revenues come practically exclusively from agriculture. Availability of products on the market varies in accordance with the agricultural season and the production level of the last harvest. The prices for the basic staple foodstuffs constantly rise since the needs for financial liquidity of the household is such that (without any other sources of revenue besides agriculture) they push for a rapid monetarisation of their production, which leads to inflation. Consequently, access to food is weak due to lack of sufficient revenues outside the sector of agriculture.

Activities

Anti-erosion measures, rehabilitation of marshland and of infrastructure, catchments of rainwater.

Indicators

The common activities which serve the entire community (identified based on needs) are realised and the amounts distributed to households, which participate in works, are used for the purchase of foodstuff and for the reimbursement of debts. Revenue sources are diversified for the most vulnerable households targeted by the project.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget items / $
Total Project Budget / 280,000
Total / 280,000
Appealing Agency / AIDE AU DÉVELOPPEMENT DE GEMBLOUX (ADG)
Project Title / Securing riverside lands against drought in the arid region of Bugesera and diversification of economic opportunities
Project Code / BDI-07/A03
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / Mitigate the impact of climatic disturbances in Bugesera
Beneficiaries / Total:
Children:1,200 Women: 400
Other vulnerable groups (specify):100 families living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus/ Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
Implementing Partners / Fédération des Caféiculteurs de Kirundo-Muyinga, DPAE
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Total Project Budget / $220,000
Funds Requested / $200,000

Summary

The project aims to secure land against lack of water in extending technologies such as micro-irrigation. The diversification of biological material on the basis of cereals and vegetables able to sustain droughts also are part of the priorities of the project.

Aviculture, apiculture and capacity building (notably on conservation and transformation) are also part of the project. Food security in this fragile region is part of the government’s preoccupations. The beneficiary households will be protected against hunger and displacement and will see their revenues increase by 30%.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget items / $
Staff costs / 20,000
Operational Costs / 190,000
Administrative Costs / 10,000
Total Project Budget / 220,000
Available Resources / 20,000
Funds Requested / 200,000
Appealing Agency / CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS)
Project Title / Seed & Livelihood Fairs
Project Code / BDI-07/A04
Theme / Improved access to seeds thru market-based voucher system
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / To improve the access to higher quality and/or more diverse seed varieties for vulnerable households in rural Burundi
Targeted Beneficiaries / 100,000 families with a focus on returnees, displaced, and other highly vulnerable households
Implementing Partners / Bureaux du Développement, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Ministry of Agriculture, local administration
Project Duration / Agricultural Seasons 2007-B and 2008-A
Funds Requested / $2,250,000

Summary

This program aims at improving Burundian communities’ food and livelihood security through improved access to seeds and other essential household items (tools, etc.) through the implementation of market-based seed fairs in which local vendors of seeds and other items are invited, to make their wares available to identified vulnerable families using a voucher payment system in lieu of cash.

Project objectives

Seed and livelihood fairs will be organised to improve access for 100,000 households to high quality and more diverse seeds, as well as farming tools and other household needs at the beginning of agricultural seasons 2007B and 2008A. These fairs place Burundian subsistence farming households at the centre of the process through offering them choices to meet their seed and household needs. Seed vouchers and fairs also strengthen local seed systems, stimulate local agricultural markets, and support social community development.

This project proposes to respond to the need to restore the productive capacities of the most affected households in Burundi. The interventions outlined in this proposal will complement the on-going FAO, World Food Programme (WFP), CRS and other NGOs activities throughout the country. The cumulative results of the combined efforts of all actors in the agricultural sector will ease the restoration of impoverished populations’ agricultural production capacities.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget Items / $
Staff costs / 175,000
Operating costs / 1,900,000
Administrative costs / 175,000
Total / 2,250,000
Appealing Agency / CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS)
Project Title / Cash for Work
Project Code / BDI-07/A05
Theme / Cash injection to rural poor households through cash for work activities
Sector / Agriculture
Objectives /
  • To provide short-term employment to 50,000 to 75,000 vulnerable families;
  • To implement soil conservation measures;
  • To multiply mosaic-resistant cassava.

Targeted Beneficiaries / 50,000 to 75,000 families with a focus on returnees, displaced and other highly vulnerable households
Implementing Partners / CRS, Bureaux du Développement, NGOs, Ministry of Agriculture, local administration
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Funds Requested / $1,500,000

Summary

This program aims at improving selected Burundian communities’ livelihood security during the traditional hunger months of March-May and October-December 2007 through the infusion of earned income via cash for work activities such as improving soil conservation and multiplying mosaic-resistant cassava, amongst others.

Activities

  • Approximately 50,000 to 75,000 households will be employed in targeted communities to carry out soil conservation and/or cassava multiplication or other efforts in various regions of the country in order to help them earn cash to pay for food, health care, and other essential livelihood needs during the traditional hunger months of March to May and October to December 2007;
  • In addition, the Cash for Work activities will have secondary objectives by helping improve soil conservation measures, helping the country recover from the devastation of cassava mosaic disease, or other such activities that will benefit the local community where the activities will take place.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget Items / $
Staff costs / 150,000
Implementing and Operating costs / 1,250,000
Administrative costs / 100,000
Total / 1,500,000
Appealing Agency / FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Project Title / Agricultural support to vulnerable populations with limited land access (small livestock and vegetable seeds)
Project Code / BDI-07/A06
Sector / Agriculture
Objectives / Improve the diet of families in terms of quantity and quality and expand household income by supporting small livestock production
Beneficiaries / 18,000 households with limited land access living in suburban areas of Kayanza, Ngozi, Gitega and Bujumbura Provinces
Implementing Partners / WFP, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), NGOs, Ministry of Agriculture
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Funds Requested / $770,000

Summary

68% of total households in Burundi are at high risk of food insecurity in Burundi due to high population density and the decline in soil fertility. This situation is aggravated by the lack of livestock following years of conflict, in particularly in provinces of Kayanza, Ngozi, Gitega and Bujumbura Provinces where the average arable family land plot has dwindled to less than 20 acres.

The project aims to support the above populations and those affected by HIV/AIDS through small livestock breeding and market gardening.

Activities

  • This project will provide vegetable seeds; fertilisers, pesticides and basic tools to 15,000 households with limited land access will get vegetable seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and basic tools. In addition 15,000 people will directly benefit from livestock activities;
  • Training on nutrition, agriculture and livestock breeding practices will be provided during the project. Associations of farmers will be favoured and supported so as to obtain lasting results;

Main indicators

Number of households supported, percentage of food needs covered, quantity of inputs distributed, and number of persons trained.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget Items / $
Agriculture inputs (600kg vegetable seeds, 72 MTs fertilisers, 9,000 goats and other small livestock, pesticides, veterinary products, and basic tools) / 470,000
Staff costs (1 coordinator/3 months, 2 national consultants/11 and 5 months / 95,000
Training and publications of training materials / 20,000
Contracts with implementing partners / 30,000
General operational costs (storage, handling, distribution and transport) / 60,000
Missions in the concerned provinces / 25,000
Direct operational costs / 70,000
Total / 770,000
Appealing Agency / FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Project Title / Emergency agricultural assistance to most vulnerable and disaster affected populations and to specific chronically vulnerable groups
Project Code / BDI-07/A07
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / Provide agricultural inputs to the most vulnerable and disaster affected populations and to specific chronically vulnerable groups during the three forthcoming agricultural seasons
Beneficiaries / 340,000 households: returning refugees. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) during their initial reinstallation and other specific groups (40,000 households for season 2007C, 150,000 for season 2008A and 150,000 for season 2008B)
Implementing Partners / FAO, WFP, UNICEF, NGOs, MoA, Comité National de Coordination des Aides (CNCA)
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Funds Requested / $4,400,000

Summary

A high number of households either affected by the conflict, erratic climate or plant diseases are unable to restart or maintain agricultural production activities, leadingto food scarcity, exclusion from society and inactivity.

FAO’s estimate of the most vulnerable households can be divided in to five categories:

1)40,000 returning refugees or expelled migrants;

2)20,000 IDPs with access to their land;

3)90,000 chronically vulnerable due to climatic shocks and crop diseases;

4)60,000 structurally vulnerable with limited access to land (among them Batwa community);

5)30,000 with ‘inherited’ vulnerability from the conflict (single headed households, widows, isolated elderly and chronically ill persons, etc).

Activities

  • Identification of beneficiaries according to criteria established by the Food security technical group;
  • Purchase of agricultural inputs in local or regional markets;
  • Distribution of inputs for agricultural season 2007C, 2008A and 2008B in close cooperation with partners.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget Items / $
Agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilisers and hoes) / 3,500,000
Staff costs (2 agronomists, 1 logistician, 1 secretary, drivers) / 150,000
General operational costs (storage, handling, distribution, monitoring and evaluation) / 350,000
Direct operational costs / 400,000
Total / 4,400,000
Appealing Agency / FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Project Title / Rehabilitation of areas with high agricultural production potential for populations recently reinstalled
Project Code / BDI-07/A08
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / Improve agricultural production by rehabilitating agro-hydraulic infrastructures
Beneficiaries / Rural communities: 8,000 households
Implementing Partners / Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, WFP and the private sector
Project Duration / January - December 2007
Funds Requested / $1,265,000

Summary

Repeated climatic shocks (draught) in Bugesera, Buragane and Moso regions have resulted in poor harvests since 2004, particularly for the first agricultural season A. Moreover, a high population density (over 400 inhabitants per square kilometre) in Ngozi, Kayanza and Gitega provinces has gradually resulted in family plots of less than 2,000 square metres. This situation is further complicated by land issues, conflicts and the ongoing return of refugees and IDPs.

Therefore, it is crucial to expand cultivable land where it is still possible, in particular in areas with high agricultural production potential for populations recently resettled or returned and in zones bordering lakes in areas prone to prolonged draught. Planned rehabilitation work will be completed in a short time to ensure a quick impact for returning populations. These populations should be able to restart production in less than three months in order to increase their income.

Activities

  • Rehabilitation of 700 hectares of swamps in the provinces of Cankuzo, Kirundo, Makamba, Muyinga, Rutana and Ruyigi for 8,000 households;
  • Support to the expansion of irrigation schemes by providing manual water pumps in areas bordering lakes and rivers (in particular Bugesera, which is often affected by draught).

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget Items / $
Staff costs / 50,000
Agriculture inputs, water pumps, tools / 230,000
Contracts with partners (rehabilitation of swamps) / 720,000
Training / 50,000
Equipment / 100,000
Direct operation cost / 115,000
Total / 1,265,000
Appealing Agency / FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Project Title / Agricultural and food security early warning and control system (SAP-SSA) and coordination
Project Code / BDI-07/A09
Sector / Agriculture
Objective / Technical support to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and to partners to ensure the coordination of emergency agricultural activities, food security and an early warning and control system.
Beneficiaries / Ministry of Agriculture, NGOs, communities and producers
Implementing Partners / FAO, Ministry of Agriculture, OCHA, WFP, UNICEF and NGOs
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Funds requested / $880,000

Summary

In 2007, food security early warning and control will remain a key element to prevent food crises despite a progressive return to peace throughout the country. The nutritional situation remains extremely fragile and such a warning system is essential in order to mitigate different potential perturbations affecting farmers and the rural population as a whole.

Specific objectives

  • Maintain and support coordination of emergency agricultural activities;
  • Strengthen the SAP-SSA;
  • Optimise inter-agency coordination on food security and nutrition;
  • Support the integration of food security monitoring within a sub-regional system;
  • Provide technical support to field organisations and partners.

Indicators

Number of partners active in the rehabilitation of agricultural production; effective involvement in the follow-up committee; frequency and quality of the SAP-SSA bulletin; quality of data collected; timely and adequate operational response.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Budget Items / $
Staff (Programme Coordinator, Deputy Programme Coordinator, Food Security Expert,
2 national agronomists, 1 national logistician, 1 SAP-SSA database manager,
1 administration/data operator assistant) / 555,000
Training / 30,000
Office equipment and supplies / 40,000
Contract with partners (field monitoring, communications and contribution to the United Nations (UN) food security system in Burundi) / 130,000
General operational costs / 45,000
Direct operational cost / 80,000
Total / 880,000
Appealing Agency / FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Project Title / Rehabilitation of traditional production and trade mechanisms for seeds and high-yield plants through the strengthening of producers associations.
Project Code / BDI-07/A10
Sector / Agriculture
Objectives / Support the socio-economic reintegration of returning refugees and returning IDPs through improving agriculture and market gardening production capacity within the host communities
Beneficiaries / 200,000 households: returning refugees and IDPs, unemployed young rural population, demobilised combatants and vulnerable persons
Implementing Partners / FAO, WFP, MoA, CNCA, DPAE, NGOs and private and community sectors
Project Duration / January – December 2007
Funds Requested / $2,090,000

Summary