Locally led adaptation · Ongoing project

LCAR+

Locally Led Climate Adaptation and Resilience for Food Security

Community activities in the North Rift.

Status: Ongoing
Project period: October 2026 – September 2029
Coverage: Six North Rift counties

Project goal

Food security through locally led climate adaptation

LCAR+ aims to strengthen food and nutrition security for 20,000 vulnerable households through locally led climate adaptation, resilient livelihoods and accountable food systems across six North Rift counties.

The project responds to persistent food insecurity and livelihood vulnerability driven by recurrent droughts, erratic rainfall, floods, environmental degradation, declining agricultural productivity and limited access to resources and adaptation services.

Its work connects agroecology, natural resource management, livelihood diversification and community capacity building so communities can better anticipate, withstand and recover from climate-related shocks.

Community members gathered around a demonstration garden in an ADS North Rift programme — Farmer learning at an ADS North Rift demonstration garden.

Planned reach

Who the project aims to reach

Vulnerable households targeted: 20,000+
People in those households, approximately: 100,000+
Community groups (CIGs) targeted: 1,000+

People and participation

Participant groups include smallholder farmers, pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, women, young people, female-headed households, persons with disabilities and other marginalised households.

The project targets 20,000 household representatives: 12,000 women and 8,000 men. An estimated 80,000 other household members are included in the approximately 100,000 people in participating households.

The 360 Community Resource Persons are part of the household representatives and community groups, rather than an additional population.

Community group mix

Women’s groups: 600
Youth groups: 100
Settled farmer groups: 150
Agro-pastoralist groups: 150

LCAR+ also plans to engage 90 intermediaries and decision-makers, including county and national government representatives, civil society, private sector actors, churches, religious leaders and media representatives.

Community members taking part in an outdoor learning session with notebooks — Community members learning together in the North Rift.

By September 2029

Project objectives

Strengthen food security and income stability for 20,000 vulnerable households across the six counties by September 2029.
Support 20,000 households to restore degraded ecosystems and transition to climate-resilient and agroecological food production systems by September 2029.
Strengthen communities’ ability to lobby for their interests by September 2029.

Explore our community-led approach

Where the project works