Maize, wheat and a first rice pilot: the second season of 2022
Refugee and host community cooperatives grew 720 hectares of maize, beans, sesame and lowland wheat, and Wa-PYDO piloted rice at Buramino camp.
- Season Second planting season of 2022
- Cultivated 420 ha maize, 100 ha beans, 100 ha sesame, 100 ha lowland wheat
- Pilot 3 ha of rice at Buramino refugee camp
- Funded by IKEA Foundation, through UNHCR, with RRS
For the second planting season of 2022, Wa-PYDO provided agricultural inputs, seed, fuel and fertiliser, to cooperatives in the Dollo Ado refugee operation, in partnership with UNHCR and the Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) and with funding from the IKEA Foundation.
With these inputs, 420 hectares of maize, 100 hectares of beans and 100 hectares of sesame were cultivated for local consumption. Cooperative members from the refugee and host communities benefited equally.
As a new initiative, and in line with the government’s strategy for lowland wheat production, Wa-PYDO supported 100 hectares of wheat across the nine irrigation schemes with technical advice and inputs. Refugees and the communities hosting them are growing food locally, together.
For the first time, Wa-PYDO also piloted three hectares of rice at Buramino refugee camp, to demonstrate that refugees can grow rice in their camps when they have land and inputs. Read more about the Integrated Livelihoods Programme.
In pictures
First shared on Wa-PYDO’s Facebook page.
