Livelihoods & Resilience
Restoring Livelihoods and Building Resilient Farming Communities in Tonj North County
Emergency agricultural and fisheries assistance for vulnerable households
- Tonj North County, Warrap State
- January – November 2023
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Project overview
I-WIN partnered with FAO to implement the South Sudan Emergency Livelihoods Response Programme in Tonj North County. The work supported communities affected by conflict and displacement to strengthen food security and rebuild productive livelihoods.
Support included crop and vegetable production kits, fishing equipment, agricultural tools, practical training and community demonstration farms. Priority groups included displaced people, returnees, refugees, host communities, women-headed households, youth and persons with disabilities.
Key achievements
The programme established demonstration farms and accountability committees while equipping farmers and fisherfolk with practical skills in crop production, vegetable farming, water conservation, post-harvest handling and fish preservation.
- 6,000
- Households reached
- 6
- Demonstration farms
- 200
- Farmers and fisherfolk trained
- 73
- People with disabilities reached
Growing resilience
Practical support for stronger livelihoods
Beneficiary support reached communities across Akop, Alabek, Aliek, Kirik, Rual-bet and Marial-Lou payams. Three thousand households were registered and supported across the six payams through assistance and agricultural recovery activities.
Two hundred community members—120 women and 80 men—received practical training in crop and vegetable production, nursery establishment, water conservation, pest management, fish preservation and net-making. Six demonstration farms made improved practices available for hands-on learning and sharing.
Six Accountability to Affected Populations committees supported registration, distribution oversight, protection monitoring and complaints. The project also made arrangements to reduce barriers for participants with disabilities.
Angau Ariik Akoon of Adiny-dou Boma used seeds from the programme to grow vegetables for household meals and income. Her community later selected her as deputy chairperson of a demonstration farm committee, where she supports other farmers.
Project partners
Implemented by Invisible Women Inclusion Network (I-WIN) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the South Sudan Emergency Livelihoods Response Programme.
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