Block farming is a collective agricultural approach where smallholder farmers from refugee and host communities come together and pool labour to cultivate crops collectively on designated blocks of land.
The intention is to support both collective and individual production by optimizing land use to enhance food security and livelihoods for host and refugee participants and is intended to serve as a case study to understand how block farming for refugees can be implemented and replicated in other areas. Block farms and block gardens increase the capacity of resources available for production, access to inputs, land area, encourages hard work and technical advice.
The brief describes NRC’s role in supporting block farming in Bidibidi settlement and key achievements and opportunities.
