[{"bbox": [97, 178, 1135, 260], "category": "Text", "text": "The action will be part of the overall action of the European Union in Sudan for 2022, complementing the school feeding program activities of the Education intervention and the nutrition activities of the Health intervention. The agro value chain reinforcement will aim at increasing the availability of nutritious food on the local markets."}, {"bbox": [97, 284, 1135, 393], "category": "Text", "text": "The triple nexus humanitarian-development-peace has been embedded as a key component of this Action that has identified agri-food value chains as a key vector to food security and sustainable growth and jobs. Water and land are vital elements for promoting peace among central, regional and local parties and for determining inclusive socio-economic development. The Action will be based on an integrated territorial approach."}, {"bbox": [97, 417, 1135, 472], "category": "Text", "text": "The overall objective of the action is to contribute to sustainable livelihoods and food security in rural communities most affected by food insecurity, climate change and conflicts."}, {"bbox": [97, 496, 779, 524], "category": "Text", "text": "This objective will be reached through the following three main outcomes:"}, {"bbox": [134, 524, 1135, 603], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Productivity and profitability of smallholder agriculture and livestock nutritious short value chains increased sustainably using agro ecological practices (in North, Central and South Darfur, West and South Kordofan, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Kassala and Red Sea)."}, {"bbox": [134, 603, 1135, 682], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Sustainable and decent jobs for youth (women and men), including from internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugee populations and people with disabilities (PwD), created in rural and food insecure areas (in South Darfur, South Kordofan and Gedaref)."}, {"bbox": [134, 682, 1135, 762], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Equal and sustainable access to natural resources increased in order to contribute to food security and mitigate conflicts and allow the voluntary return of conflict-displaced people (in Darfur, South Kordofan, Northern State, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Kassala and Red Sea)."}, {"bbox": [97, 788, 1135, 896], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action, as part of the Team Europe Initiative, will build upon the achievements of previous/ongoing EU and Member States (MS) programmes or will complement EU and MS future budgeted programmes in order to consolidate or expand activities. So far, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden are participating in the TEI with parallel financing of more than EUR 100 000 000."}, {"bbox": [97, 920, 1124, 1188], "category": "Text", "text": "The Action will primarily contribute to SDG 1 (No poverty), but also to SDG 2 (Zero hunger), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 6 (Access to clean water and sanitation), SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth), SDG 10 (Reduced inequality within and among countries), SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production), SDG 13 (Climate action) and SDG 15 (Life on land). It directly contributes to pillar 1 of the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative accelerator and EU flagship programme supporting “Investment in small and medium-sized farms, promoting agro-ecological approaches resilient to climate change, and strengthening of value chains, local markets, organization of exports” and is aligned to its pillar 2 on “Land restoration and sustainable management of ecosystems, in order to improve livelihoods directly dependent on natural resources, increase stability and climate resilience” and pillar 3 promoting “Climate resilient infrastructures and access to renewable energy in order to alleviate rural poverty and youth unemployment, support prosperity and security”"}, {"bbox": [85, 1214, 322, 1248], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 1280, 263, 1309], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [97, 1327, 1135, 1567], "category": "Text", "text": "More than two years after the 2019 revolution and the signing of the Constitutional Document establishing a Transitional Government, Sudan remains politically fragile. Sudan's civilian led transitional government had made great strides in ambitious reforms and macroeconomic policies to rectify decades of economic mismanagement. They reduced unaffordable energy subsidies, transitioned to a market-determined exchange rate and implemented fiscal consolidation to put the economy back on a sustainable path. A gradual increase in social expenditure was also planned. The military coup of 25 October 2021 has put a sudden stop to the ongoing reform process of the transitional government which was dissolved and high-ranking officials arrested or replaced. The country lost an estimated USD 4.4 billion in foreign assistance which was frozen as a result of the military takeover, and processes to relief the country of its USD 60 billion debt were paused."}, {"bbox": [97, 1591, 1135, 1646], "category": "Text", "text": "The economic recovery following the most painful macroeconomic reforms did not materialize as expected. Political unrest, port closures, disruption of transport links and supply chains weighed on the economic activity."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 26"}]