Standards for Supporting Crop-related Livelihoods in Emergencies

Millions of people around the world who are vulnerable to crises rely heavily on crop production to support their livelihoods. Currently 40% of the global poor live in economies affected by fragility conflict and violence. That number is expected to rise to 67% in the next decade (World Bank 2021).SEADS is a set of international principles and minimum standards for crop-related crisis responses. The Handbook enables those responding to humanitarian crises to design implement and evaluate crop-related interventions to strengthen the livelihoods of farming communities support preparedness and post-emergency recovery and increase the resilience of households communities and systems.SEADS helps users to: determine if a crop-related response is appropriate necessary and feasible; prioritize which crop-related response area may achieve livelihood objectives given the context; track alignment of projects with standards; measure impact from crop-related crisis response.