The investment’s goal is to improve the productivity of the livestock value chain for over 1.4 million people to mitigate key drivers of farmer-herder conflicts in selected states in Nigeria. The project will achieve these outcomes by increasing livestock productivity, improving food and nutrition security, encouraging income growth, and building social cohesion among communal groups. These measures will help ensure greater livestock resilience and minimize environmental degradation and emissions from the sector.

GCA is providing technical assistance to ensure the investment incorporates climate risk considerations and digital adaptation solutions in the livestock chain in Nigeria. GCA will conduct climate risk assessments to promote an understanding of the enabling environment and its capacity for adaptation so that interventions are well-targeted and contribute to the overall resilience and food security of the population. GCA will use the AAAP Smallholder Adaptation Accelerator, an analytical tool to help influence decision-making around adaptation, to integrate digital climate services into the investment project.