Standards for Supporting Agricultural Livelihoods in Emergencies Project

Wheat field — Stunted and replanted wheat in Fadis Woreda, East Hararghe, Ethiopia. Photo Credit: Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

The SEADS Project is an inclusive, consultative process to develop the SEADS Standards, evidence-based standards for supporting agricultural livelihoods in emergencies. The SEADS Standards will enable those responding to humanitarian crises to design, implement, and evaluate agricultural interventions to maintain and strengthen the livelihoods of farming communities, support preparedness and post-emergency recovery, and increase their resiliency.

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Help Develop the SEADS Standards for Agricultural Interventions in Emergencies! Share Your Evidence.

Have you worked on a project that had a positive impact on agricultural livelihoods in an emergency? Learn how to share your evidence to inform the development of international standards...

Standards for Supporting Agricultural Livelihoods in Emergencies Project

Oct 02, 2020

Farmer surveys land after typhoon in Philippines

Improving Agricultural Interventions in Emergencies

Practitioners, policymakers, and communities have a wealth of experience about which approaches for agricultural assistance are effective (or not) in emergencies. To date, this evidence has not been reviewed.

Standards for Supporting Agricultural Livelihoods in Emergencies Project

May 15, 2020

Agricultural Productivity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Resilience

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Visit the SEADS website for more information.

Approximately 2 billion rural people live in small farm households. Each year, emergencies compromise many of their livelihoods. Practitioners, policymakers, and communities have a wealth of experience about which approaches for agricultural assistance are effective (or not) in emergencies. To date, this evidence has not been systematically reviewed.

The SEADS Project will review this evidence and experience to develop standards through an inclusive, and consultative process. The SEADS Standards will enable those responding to humanitarian crises to design, implement, and evaluate agricultural interventions to maintain and strengthen the livelihoods of farming communities, support preparedness and post-emergency recovery, and increase their resiliency.

The project has three main phases:

Launch and promote the SEADS project to raise awareness
Review the evidence, draft and test the standards
Release and roll-out the SEADS standards to begin the adoption process

Throughout the project, we will invite humanitarians and agricultural experts from across the globe to help develop, test, revise, and roll out the standards. Opportunities to get involved are detailed on our website here.

The SEADS Project is supported in part by USAID.

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