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FAO Taking the Lead
in Livelihoods
FAO, through its technical assistance
and supporting role is continuing to assist ERRA’s
Livelihood Rehabilitation Programme in the following ways:
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Livelihood
Working Group Meetings: Assisting in the coordination
of the Working Group (LWG) Meetings held fortnightly in
Mansehra and Muzaffarabad. These meetings provide a forum
for coordination and communication between ERRA and NGOs,
UN agencies and Government line departments working in
livelihood based sectors.
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Livelihood
Core Group Meetings: FAO is also providing support
to ERRA’s Core Group Meetings which meets on a needs-basis.
The Core Group’s prime role is to focus on policy
issues. It gives guidance to ERRA on taking policy decisions
based on the feedback from LWG, and makes corrections,
identifies gaps and suggests ways to address these gaps.
It is also mandated to propose and encourage some partner
organizations to take innovative actions in the livelihood
based sector. FAO also contributed to the Livelihood component
of the second quarterly progress report of the UN Early
Recovery Plan (ERP).
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Who
is doing What Where (W3 Matrix):
Who is doing what and where has been an important issue
in all sectors for emergency assistance and program planning
since October 2005. The initial response was uncoordinated
as NGOs took on areas on the basis of need and availability.
FAO has focused on livelihoods as part of its strategic
technical assistance to ERRA, and has formulated an extensive
matrix in this regard. The W3 matrix has been handed over
to ERRA.
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Seed
& Fruit Plants Certification Assessments/Livestock
Infrastructure: Following a request from ERRA,
FAO carried out a study on seeds and fruit plants certification
with the aim of expanding orchard plantation as a means
of generating income in the earthquake affected areas.
FAO also assisted ERRA in preparing a detailed cost estimate
of animal health facilities e.g. tehsil and civil veterinary
hospitals and civil veterinary dispensaries required for
repair or reconstruction. FAO has since prepared a concept
note to present to donors on Livestock Infrastructure.
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FAO/WFP
Household Survey: The main objective of the FAO/WFP-led
household food security and market assessment to be initiated
in January 2007, is to follow up on the WFP/UNICEF joint
Rapid Emergency Food Security (REFS) and Nutrition Assessment
(NA), Pakistan Market Assessment and FAO initial assessments.
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EC/UNDP
Funded Community Based Livelihood Recovery Programme:
FAO is one of the several executing agents of the EC/UNDP-funded-community
based livelihood recovery programme and is responsible
for the implementation of agriculture and rural infrastructure
components. The programme is implemented in Balakot
and Muzaffarabad tehsils. FAO has already completed
the 2006 rabi wheat seed and fertilizer campaign (see
page 2 for details). FAO is now recruiting national
specialists and finalizing memorandum of understanding
with relevant government line departments for the implementation
of community and farm forestry, rehabilitation of rural
infrastructure (irrigation schemes, soil and water conservation
structures and landslip stabilization measures) and
the establishment of tillage pools, fish farms and fruit
plant nurseries
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