Food Security and Agriculture Program Goal
To maintain food security and support the agriculture sector in crisis-affected regions, Bonyan has launched its Food Security and Agriculture (FSA) Program. This program focuses on emergency response and sustainable activities to address immediate needs while building long-term resilience.
Main objectives
- Ensure Minimum Food Consumption: Provide life-saving and life-sustaining food assistance to meet essential nutritional needs.
- Promote Self-Reliance: Support affected households by protecting and building productive assets, and restoring or creating income-generating opportunities to help them save and sustain their livelihoods.
List of Food Security and Agriculture activities conducted
Sustain Minimum Food Consumption Needs
- Distribution of ready-to-eat (RTE) meals to newly displaced individuals.
- Provision of meat portions during significant festivals.
- Distribution of food kits.
- Rehabilitation and establishment of food security facilities and furnaces.
- Supply of flour to bakeries.
- Distribution of bread to the most vulnerable families.
Support Self-Reliance of Affected Households
- Distribution of seeds and seedlings.
- Provision of pesticides, fertilizers, and agricultural advice.
Future Strategy and Areas of Focus
Building on its experience in implementing emergency response and livelihood activities, Bonyan’s future projects will:
- Leverage Local Resources: Utilize the fertile lands and skilled labor available in the region to reactivate the agricultural sector, targeting both farmers and non-farmers to maximize impact.
- Expand Sustainable Projects: Develop projects that focus on manufacturing agricultural products and securing income for beneficiaries, promoting self-sufficiency.
- Address Climate Change: Implement environmentally friendly methods to tackle climate change challenges, which affect soil quality, crop yields, and irrigation water.
Key Achievements
- Provided food kits to a large number of beneficiaries.
- Reached remote areas often overlooked by other humanitarian organizations through effective coordination.
- Re-farmed neglected agricultural lands and supported vulnerable displaced individuals with bread during displacement waves.
- Played a significant role in emergency food distribution during evacuation crises.