This $5,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program is intended to restore agricultural production, support production of quality seeds, diversify food and income sources, and improve early warning actions for drought-affected communities in southern Madagascar. The grant recipient is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which will execute the project over an 18-month period from May 2024 to October 2025. Key project components include providing emergency humanitarian assistance, coordinating food security monitoring, supporting agricultural livelihood development, strengthening resilience to climate and biological threats, and enhancing data systems for analyzing risks to food systems. FAO will likely partner with local NGOs and leverage technical expertise from academic institutions to deliver these services and build local capacity in Madagascar.