Project Overview
The Sustainable Resilience Project is an 8-month initiative (May–December 2025) implemented by FAPAD Uganda in partnership with VI Agroforestry. The project supports 480 smallholder farmer families across Akwon and Agikdak Subcounties in Amolatar District to build resilience against climate-related challenges through sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and gender-transformative approaches.
Overall Objective
To enhance the resilience of smallholder farmer families in Akwon and Agikdak Subcounties to climate-related disaster risks through climate change mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity conservation.
Specific Objectives
Climate Resilience
Increase smallholder farmer families’ resilience to climate change through sustainable farming and adaptation practices.
Agroecosystem Health
Enhance biodiversity, environmental resilience, and sustainable land use in targeted communities.
Agroforestry Policy
Support implementation of Sustainable Agricultural Land Management (SALM) and agroforestry policies.
Project Approaches
Integrated Climate Risk Management
Integrated Farm Planning
Human Rights-Based Approach
Gender Transformative Approaches
Target Beneficiaries
The project directly supports 480 smallholder farmer families (120 youth-headed, 288 women-headed, and 72 men-headed households) across 8 villages. Indirectly, it reaches over 6,699 people through school clubs, local government engagement, and media sensitization.