KEY DRIVERS
To support affected populations, especially those in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC Phase 4), it is recommended to:
• Provide immediate food assistance to support the most vulnerable segments of the population and help restore livelihoods;
• Set up programs that can provide support for emergency agricultural production and restore livelihoods, strengthen production systems, especially in areas affected by crop pests;
• Improve impacts on nutrition by facilitating access of to safe sources of drinking water, through the rehabilitation of boreholes in areas where access to drinking water is low; and by increasing awareness of hygiene and sanitation for households living in hard-to-reach areas;
• Put in place restrictive measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 in the most affected areas while ensuring households are able to maintain access to food and their livelihoods;
• Promote public-private partnerships to attract investors in the agricultural sector and promote local development;
• Set up an agricultural credit program to support producer organizations and youth entrepreneurship in agriculture ;
• Support initiatives to fight animal diseases and other crop pests in the most affected areas.
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