Food Security and Rural Development - DRC Smallholders have increased income and access to markets. Providing the necessary knowledge to the target group on how to increase their productivity in a sustainable way; diversifying smallholders’ sources of income; supporting seed multiplication and selection; training and promoting sustainable environmental practices and climate-smart agriculture; strengthening farmer’s groups /associations/cooperatives; entrepreneurial skills training; linking farmers to more profitable markets and driving value-addition; developing community-based early warning and response systems for climate resilience. Participants are vulnerable rural smallholder households (men and women), with a special focus on women, youth and people with disabilities.