Her Resilience Our Planet – Tanzania

Project: Her Resilience Our Planet (HROP)

Goal: To address both the inequalities within the population and the pressing environmental impacts of climate change that are disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities, especially women and young people

Target group(s): Women and youth small-scale farmers and pastoralists, farmers engaged in environmentally responsible businesses, community-based organizations and local governance structures, climate adaptation service providers and agricultural extension workers, male allies and community leaders, government institutions and policymakers.

Where: Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)

The situation
Tanzania is facing the impacts of climate change, with rising temperatures and extreme rainfall events becoming more frequent. Rainfall patterns have become unpredictable, posing significant challenges to water resources, agriculture and climate resilience, leading to water stress, flooding, bushfires, a rise in invasive species and the loss of biodiversity.

Socio-economic risks are further compounded by the environmental risks, particularly in the project locations in the Great Ruaha River (GRR) region. This area is crucial both economically and ecologically and is heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The region is facing significant vulnerabilities due to climate change, which threatens to undo decades of progress for people—affecting their health, food, economic well-being and life in general.

This intersection of socio-economic and environmental challenges highlights the need to address both the inequalities within the population and the pressing environmental risks that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities, particularly women and those living in rural areas.

What we are doing
The consortium, led by CARE, is adopting an approach that promotes climate-smart agriculture and nature-positive strategies to improve peoples’ livelihoods, while addressing the root causes of vulnerability, including addressing harmful gender norms—by engaging and strengthening communities, local governments, and key agricultural sector actors. The project will:

Support people, especially women and young people, to use farming methods that are environmentally responsible and can withstand climate change so they can grow more food, earn more income, and protect nature
Ensure more women, young people, and others who don’t have enough food have the knowledge, tools and support they need to build farms and businesses that are environmentally responsible
Advance gender equality and champion women and girls’ leadership so they have a say in decision-making and adopting solutions that protect the environment and address climate change in the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT).
Project targets
60,122 small scale farmers and 3,359 pastoralists with skills to adopt gender-responsive, climate smart agriculture practices
18,037 agricultural entrepreneurs, with knowledge and skills to utilize gender responsive, climate smart and nature positive agricultural business development resources and services
93,898 community members with gender dialogues on negative gender norms