Program to Build Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in the Horn of Africa (BREFONS)

Background

The Program to Build Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in the Horn of Africa (BREFONS) is a continuation of the Multinational Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP)—a long-term partnership between IGAD and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The DRSLP aims to strengthen resilience against drought and climate change, improve community livelihoods, and promote regional integration across the Horn of Africa.

BREFONS is a regional investment program implemented in Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan. The program is guided by a Global Appraisal Report, a Regional Component Report, and four Country Component Reports.

Project Objective 

BREFONS is designed to:

  1. Increase the productivity of agropastoral production systems.
  2. Enhance incomes along agropastoral value chains.
  3. Strengthen adaptive capacity to better prepare for and manage climate change risks and variability.

By adopting a regional approach, BREFONS integrates targeted interventions to enhance resilience in communities across the four participating countries.

Role of ICPALD

The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) will implement key regional actions, including:

  1. Operationalizing the IGAD Rangelands Management Strategic Framework to support sustainable land use.
  2. Implementing the cross-border Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Ministers to improve control of transboundary animal diseases (TADs) and zoonotic diseases.
  3. Enhancing the competitiveness of livestock value chains through compliance with Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards.
  4. Disseminating improved livestock, rangeland, and forage/feed technologies to increase the supply of marketable animals.

Project Duration: BREFONS project spans five years (2022–2027).

Budget, Donor and Implementing Partners

BREFONS is funded by the African Development Fund (AfDB) Regional Operations (RO) Grant, with contributions from participating member countries. The regional component is executed by IGAD IDDRSI, with a dedicated budget for ICPALD amounting to USD 841,817.

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Contact:

Kennedy Mayende

Coordinator, BREFONS – ICPALD

IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development

Tel: +254 737 777742

Mobile: +254 704 655665

Email: [email protected]

Kabete Vetlabs, Kapenguria Road, Off Waiyaki Way, 

P.O. Box 47824-00100, Nairobi, Kenya