[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1135, 340], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will build upon the humanitarian response already run by the European Commission. The humanitarian response provided emergency fodder, vaccinations, multipurpose cash transfer, health and WASH and shelters in flooded areas. The current action will include strategic support to longer-term resilience strategy to adverse climatic shocks and longer-term changes, support the rehabilitation of the livestock sector value chain and enhance the early warning system to help prevent losses in respect to risks of the same magnitude. The action will also take into account the geographical indication of the IPC acute food insecurity report funded by the European Commission in selecting districts."}, {"bbox": [96, 365, 273, 390], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Other stakeholders"}, {"bbox": [96, 392, 1135, 552], "category": "Text", "text": "The EU engages with a range of actors across Pakistan and in Balochistan in particular. Civil society organisations (CSOs) including guilds, trade associations, chambers of commerce, and informal workers' associations¹⁹ are important actors of economic governance. They provide structures of support for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises - advocacy, promotion and policy support, coordinating resources and tools, providing apprenticeship and training, and governing competition. As such, they constitute important stakeholders in sustaining livelihoods and job creation and representing the interests of a diversity of women and men employed in agricultural sector."}, {"bbox": [86, 578, 604, 611], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 644, 508, 676], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [96, 690, 1134, 769], "category": "Text", "text": "This action results from a consultation of the Government of Pakistan and the Government of Balochistan to support the rehabilitation of the livestock value chain following the 2022 floods and the necessity to increase the resilience to climate shocks."}, {"bbox": [96, 797, 1134, 878], "category": "Text", "text": "The livestock project targets sustainable, natural resource-based, green and decent job creation by tapping into the potential of private sector in sustainable livestock value chains and will result in increased sustainable income and jobs for the most vulnerable populations."}, {"bbox": [96, 902, 1134, 983], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** of this action is to contribute to post 2022 floods climate-resilient socioeconomic recovery in the most affected and poorest districts of Balochistan province based on \"building back better\" to foster resilience to climate change and economic shocks."}, {"bbox": [96, 1008, 508, 1036], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specific Objectives** of this action are to"}, {"bbox": [172, 1036, 1134, 1089], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Improved sustainable production and productivity of husbandry enhancing climate-resilient, high value livestock products and creating new working opportunities with a focus on youth and women"}, {"bbox": [172, 1089, 1134, 1139], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Increased access to financial investment to strengthen value chains and market linkages in agriculture and livestock"}, {"bbox": [96, 1141, 1019, 1169], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective 1 are"}, {"bbox": [172, 1169, 1134, 1223], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.1 Livestock farmers skilled in improved climate resilient practices and supported with improved livestock inputs"}, {"bbox": [208, 1222, 1134, 1328], "category": "Text", "text": "This component aims to improve sustainable productivity and income of small-holder farmers through livestock development particularly for sheep and goats, tapping on the province's comparative advantage, improving genetic breeding and feed resources, supporting the one health approach, and investing in capacity building to expand the farmers' resilience capacity to climate shock."}, {"bbox": [172, 1328, 1134, 1380], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.2 Strengthened veterinary services through improved disease diagnostic capability, reproductive services, vaccination cold chain, food control systems, and human resource capacity"}, {"bbox": [208, 1380, 1134, 1485], "category": "Text", "text": "This component targets the public and private sector to strengthen their capacity to provide and access to an early warning system aiming to prevent climate and disease shock that undermine the productivity and economic capacities of men and women farmers and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises."}, {"bbox": [172, 1485, 1134, 1539], "category": "List-item", "text": "1.3 Enhanced skills of women farmers in livestock keeping, safe family nutrition and climate smart livestock production"}, {"bbox": [86, 1620, 102, 1636], "category": "Footnote", "text": "19"}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 29"}]