Senegal Drought Response Cost Replica Insurance Policy

This project has been developed in response to evidence anticipating food insecurity in farming communities in Northern Senegal, following a lack of rainfall during the 2019 rainy season. This is expected to severely impact animal grazing and harvests. Cash-based interventions will support the most vulnerable households to meet basic food needs, without resorting to unsustainable survival strategies that might negatively impact their long-term subsistence (e.g. selling livestock and agricultural tools, migration). At the same time, the distribution of enriched flour, and awareness raising activities will improve nutrition across the region, and help to prevent malnutrition in children under 5, and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers (often the first victims of food insecurity in impacted families).