The Lives and Livelihoods Fund is promoting sustainable livestock development in Sahel region of West Africa by improving the pastoralists production and marketing systems, the incomes and livelihoods of their families, and building resiliency to climate change.

The project aims at sustainably increasing the productivity and competitiveness of livestock products through improving the production infrastructure and better management of the natural resources, value chains development for cattle and small ruminants, and to create opportunities for jobs for the youth and women.

The project will have vital contribution in alleviating poverty and reducing economic disparities in rural communities.