FOOD SECURITY

, LIVELIHOODS & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

NEWI’s livelihoods and environmental conservation sector initiates a wide range of activities aimed at reducing poverty by increasing opportunities and enhancing sustainable community development. Main thematic areas are;

• Food security and sustainable agriculture
• Environmental and water conservation
• Microfinance (community savings and internal lending).

Specific activities being implemented by NEWI include;

• Provision of various types of extension work and technology dissemination and diversification to support vulnerable farm households to participate in high margin production of food.
• Distribution of climate smart agricultural inputs for increased production and revenue.
• Improving food and nutrition security among the vulnerable households through crop, fruits and livestock value chains.
• Analyzing and supporting communities to integrate sustainable natural resource conservation and management practices in their routine activities
• Documenting and sharing successful practices in different coordination forums in in order to advocate for scale up of interventions.
• Promotion of local credit and finance facilitation as a way of empowering communities economically.