Project Overview

Target Population: Women and girls in 1,200 target households, including women of reproductive age.

Location: Oodweyne, Hargeisa, and Gabiley districts, Somaliland.

Duration: Multi-year.

Donor / Partner: WHH/BMZ.

Primary Goal: Improve household food security, nutrition, dietary diversity, and economic resilience through female-led kitchen gardening.

Rationale & Context

With WHH/BMZ support, ACRIF implemented a multi-year initiative centered on female-led kitchen gardening. The project trained households in sustainable home gardening and provided selected households with tools and seeds so they could begin food production, diversify diets, reduce reliance on external food sources, and potentially sell surplus produce.

Key Project Components

1. Kitchen Gardening Training

• Train women and target households in sustainable home gardening and food production practices.

2. Tools and Seed Support

• Provide selected households with kitchen-gardening kits containing tools and seeds.

3. Household Nutrition and Dietary Diversity

• Use household food production to increase access to diverse foods and strengthen nutrition.

4. Women’s Economic Resilience

• Support women to use surplus production as a potential source of household income and greater self-reliance.

Expected Outcomes

• Women and households have stronger skills for sustainable food production.
• Target households increase access to diverse foods.
• Female-led gardens contribute to household self-reliance and resilience.
• Surplus production creates opportunities for household income.