FP023

Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)

Climate Resilient Agriculture in three of the Vulnerable Extreme northern crop growing regions (CRAVE)

  • Status Under implementation
  • Date approved 14 Oct 2016 at B.14
  • Est. completion 14 Mar 2024
  • ESS Category Category C

Increasing the climate-resilience and reducing the food insecurity of subsistence farmers in Namibia.

Namibia’s northern small-scale subsistence farming communities are vulnerable to climate-related challenges as incidents of drought and high temperatures increase. The communities in Zambezi, Kavango East and West are dependent on primary production and natural resources, rely on rain-fed (dry land crop production) agriculture, and have limited livelihood options and employment opportunities. These communities experience high levels of poverty, and climate change is expected to lead to reduced crop yields, loss of ecosystems services (such as water purification and biomass energy) and ecosystem degradation.

CRAVE will reduce food insecurity by allowing beneficiaries to acquire abilities to adopt conservation agriculture and climate-resilient agricultural practices to produce food, as well as providing them with access to renewable energy.

The project will scale up the adoption of adaptive measures such as conservation agriculture and micro drip irrigation. A centre of excellence, the Mashare Climate Resilient Agriculture Centre of Excellence (MCRACE) will also be established, which will carry out demonstration pilots including a fertilizer mixing plant, organic manure and guano trials. Farmers will be provided with sustainable access to off-grid solar energy technologies including water pumping for small-scale micro horticultural systems, and refrigeration for harvested food, reducing the dependency on imported fuels.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 5 years.

Total project value

 

Beneficiaries

 

Direct
8,000
Indirect
13,000
Theme

Adaptation

Result areas

Project timeline

Pipeline

19 Apr 2016 - 179 days

Cleared by GCF Secretariat

19 Apr 2016

Funding proposal received

22 Apr 2016

Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

01 Sep 2016

Approved

14 Oct 2016 - 152 days

Approved by GCF Board

14 Oct 2016

Cleared by iTAP

14 Oct 2016

FAA executed

15 Dec 2016

Under implementation

14 Mar 2017 - 2,813 days so far

FAA effective

14 Mar 2017

Disbursement - USD 3,085,000

21 Jun 2017

Annual Performance Report

01 Mar 2018

Annual Performance Report

01 Mar 2019

Disbursement - USD 3,670,000

18 Apr 2019

Disbursement - USD 1,240,000

24 Nov 2020

Disbursement - USD 1,505,000

07 Mar 2022

To be completed

14 Mar 2024 - -255 days to go

One region

  • Africa

One country

One priority group

  • African States
USD  
  • Financing
    • Private sector
    • Public sector
  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large

GCF financing100% disbursed

InstrumentAmount
GrantUSD 9,500,000
Total GCF Financing
USD 9,500,000

Co-financing

Co-financerInstrumentAmount
Co-FinancingGrantUSD 500,000
Total Co-Financing
USD 500,000

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Entity

Environmental Investment Fund
Mr. More-Blessings Bendict Libanda
Primary

Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 28157, Auas Valley, Windhoek, Namibia
Phone +264 61 431 7702
Phone +264 81 149 1944
BLibanda@EIF.ORG.NA
libandab@gmail.com
Mr. Karl Mutani Aribeb
Secondary

Chief Operations Officer
P.O. Box 28157, Auas Valley, Windhoek, Namibia
Phone +264 61 431 7701
Phone +264 81 148 5578
KAribeb@EIF.ORG.NA
karibeb@yahoo.co.uk
More contacts

National Designated Authority

Namibia
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Mr. Timoteus Mufeti Primary
Environmental Commissioner
Phone +264612842701
timoteus.mufeti@meft.gov.na
Mr Petrus Muteyauli Primary
Deputy Director, Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Department of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
Phone +264 61 284 2701
Phone +264 61 240 339
petrus.muteyauli@meft.gov.na
pmuteyauli@yahoo.co.uk
Ms. Josefina Kakololo Primary
Chief Conservation Scientist

News + Stories

From seed to shelf

19 Nov 2024 / In the heat of the day, on a hundred-hectare farm in Namibia, a group of people are huddled together. They are observing a crop of large cabbages, arranged in neat rows. Nearby a mosquito net hangs from a tree, creating a protected area for seedlings to grow.  The farmers here are gathering skills and knowledge on how to grow climate-resilient crops. They will take this knowledge back to their small-scale farms and communities, where they will plant the seeds of a sustainable future for generations to come.