Timbuktu Food Security Initiative (TFSI)

The goal of the $ 11 million "Timbuktu Food Security Initiative (TFSI)" is to increase food security by strengthening the capacity of target communities to manage risks and cope with shocks, improve household access to food, and improve health and nutritional status of vulnerable populations.

The program aims at aiding an estimated population of 91,000 people in the Cercles of Dir, Goundoum, and Niafunk in the Timbuktu Region.

These are areas with similar livelihood systems based on recessional agriculture, rice farming, pastoral livestock, and fishing. They are characterized by large pockets of food insecurity and a strong potential for development.