Southwest Ethiopia Peoples

Harari People

Sidama

Dire Dawa

Tigrai

Afar

Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples

Gambela Peoples

Amara

Somali

Benshangul-Gumaz

Addis Ababa

Oromia

Ethiopia

Sub-Saharan Africa faces unprecedented opportunities and challenges for agricultural transformation, driven by the demands of a rapidly growing population and a changing climate. The effects of climate change are already severe in Africa, exacerbating the continent’s food insecurity and climate vulnerability challenges. 

To address these challenges, RE-GAIN aims to strengthen smallholder farmers' climate resilience and adaptive capacity by promoting the wide-scale adoption of food loss reduction solutions (FL-RS). This involves engaging both the demand and supply sides, with a strong emphasis on market creation and enhancement and active participation from the private sector.

Key activities will include increasing the demand for and encouraging the adoption of FL-RS by farmers in seven countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), enhancing the supply and affordability of FL-RS, and fostering an enabling environment for its large-scale adoption.

As GCF’s first project targeting food loss reduction, this initiative holds significant potential for transformative change in Africa. It was brought under the Project-Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA), an initiative to streamline and broaden access to GCF finance for new partners, countries, and technologies.

GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project.

Worldwide, vulnerable communities face increasing risks due to the growing intensity, geographic extent and frequency of climate-related hazards, exacerbated by rising temperatures associated with climate change. Hazards like heatwaves, floods, landslides and droughts cause devastating loss of lives and assets, socio-economic instability and inequality. It is essential to enhance the ability of these communities to anticipate, prepare for and respond.

This project aims to strengthen the resilience of communities in seven countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Chad, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, and Somalia) by improving the production, dissemination and effective use of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS).   It will accelerate access to global and regional technical and operational support for these countries to develop comprehensive MHEWS, address policy gaps, inter-agency coordination and strategies, build technical and scientific capacities, and promote effective local action.

Implemented through the national governments of the seven countries with support from UNDP and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and other relevant partner agencies, this project will accelerate Early Warnings for All (EW4All) through coordinated global support involving all the key actors across the climate information and early warnings value chain.

GCF's Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was deployed to help develop the project.

Local CSOs and CBOs in landscapes-seascapes around the world access grant financing and technical assistance, including capacity development and knowledge sharing to maintain and enhance their socio-ecological resilience, well-being and socio-economic conditions for global environmental benefits.

Ethiopia’s drought-prone regions, particularly the Kobo-Girana Valley and the Borena Zone, face mounting challenges due to climate change. Increasing temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and prolonged droughts significantly impact agricultural productivity and water availability, leaving rural communities highly vulnerable. Dependent on rain-fed agriculture and livestock, these areas are experiencing severe food and water insecurity, exacerbating poverty and hampering climate-resilient sustainable development.

The project will implement solar-powered water pumping systems alongside efficient irrigation techniques to address these issues. It will also empower smallholder farmers and pastoralists to adopt sustainable agricultural practices. Recoverable grants will enhance access to finance, improve water security and boost agricultural and livestock productivity.

The initiative aims to foster sustainable water usage practices nationwide, demonstrate a community-led water management model that integrates traditional techniques, and strengthen local institutional capacity to scale the deployment of clean energy solutions. This will ensure long-lasting, transformative benefits for some of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable communities.

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