Maximizing the new edition of the livestock emergency guidelines and standards handbook through enhanced training and dissemination of good practice guidance for the design, implementation, and…

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $699,964 project grant to Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (Legs), a non-profit organization, to update training resources, provide support for training programs and trainers, and continue institutionalizing the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Handbook globally, with a focus on Kenya. This grant is funded through USAID's Foreign Assistance Program (CFDA 98.001), which supports economic growth, agriculture, trade, global health, and humanitarian initiatives. Legs also has a sub-award from Tufts University to support the Standards for Emergency Agriculture Design and Standards initiative. In total, Legs has received $2,271,639 in federal grant funding to develop and disseminate best practices for livestock-based livelihoods assistance in emergency response situations worldwide.

Maximizing the new edition of the livestock emergency guidelines and standards handbook through enhanced training and dissemination of good practice guidance for the design, implementation, and evaluation of livestock-based livelihoods responses in emergencies through: updating the livestock emergency guidelines and standards training resources to bring them into line with the 3RD edition of the handbook, providing support to the training program and trainers, and continued support to the institutionalization and localization of the three target countries and globally.