UNODC's alternative development programmes centre on helping small farmers with reducing their dependency on income from opium and coca cultivation by developing alternative livelihoods that can help them in licit income generation. Efforts are also focused on health, education, basic infrastructure, community development and food security. Special attention is given to environmental protection and improved markets for alternative development products. UNODC- supported alternative development also empowers communities while ensuring that both men and women equally benefit from development interventions.
Understanding the interconnections between illicit crop cultivation in rural areas and the flow of drugs and criminal activity in cities is key to comprehensively address urban safety and governance challenges. Providing alternative livelihoods to those engaged in illicit crop cultivation therefore uproots the problems at their point of origin. Furthermore, these alternative livelihoods initiatives can be adapted to urban settings in order to reduce local vulnerabilities that lead to dependence on criminal activity in cities.
Guidelines for Gender Mainstreaming in Alternative Development
A Manual on Monitoring and Evaluation for Alternative Development Projects
The Role of Alternative Development in Drug Control and Development Cooperation
The Report on the Urban Safety Governance Assessment in Mathare, Nairobi City - The assessment aimed to identify local challenges and opportunities related to urban safety and good governance and develop appropriate strategies and policies... read more
COVID-19 Response & Complex Emergencies - UNODC co-convened the thematic session: 'Bolstering local action to control the pandemic and accelerate implementation' ahead of the High Level Political Forum 2020. read more
Urban Safety Governance Assessments in Chilanzar - UNODC’s Urban Safety Governance Assessment is currently underway and results of the Assessment are expected in the third quarter of 2020... read more
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