Implementing NAPA Priority Interventions to Build Resilience in the Agriculture and Water Sectors to the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change

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  • Project details

  • Program:
    Sudan - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (HCENR)
    Summary:

    To implement an urgent set of measures thatn Sudan, increasing at a rate of about 0.2% per year. These changes in temperature and rainfall patterns represent a priority threat to food security in Sudan’s agriculture-based economy.

    Project Components:
    • 1. Implementation of pilot adaptation measures in demonstration sites;
    • 2. Building national and local adaptive capacities;
    • 3. Knowledge management, codification of best practices and replication; and
    • 4. Project management.
    Expected Outputs:

    1. Innovative copying mechanisms and practices (rain water harvesting, improved irrigation techniques, climate-resilient cropping and grazing systems, livelihood diversification…) field- tested in 5 high-risks areas;

    2. Early warning and climate risk management systems designed and set up at central and local levels; Agriculture-related policies and practices revised and informed by EWS and climate information; Farmers, pastoralists and technical staff fully trained and equipped on CRM tools, strategies and practices;

    3. National menu of best practices available; Successful pilot mechanisms and measures institutionalized; and National budget allocated to support country-wide upscaling efforts.

    Contacts:

    Project Contact person

    • Keti Chachibaia
    • Regional Technical Advisor
    • Climate Change Adaptation and Capacity Development
    • Email: keti.chachibaia@undp.org
    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    small-scale farmers
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    Cofinancing Total:
    3,500,000
    Total Amounts:
    6,900,000

Promoting Climate Resilient Water Management and Agricultural Practices in Rural Cambodia (NAPA Follow-up project)

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  • Project details

  • Program:
    Cambodia - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Summary:

    The aim of the project is to make Cambodia’s agricultural sector less vulnerable to changes in the availability of water resources resulting from climate change. It will also contribute to the broader goal of enhancing adaptive capacity to prevent food insecurity in Cambodia induced by climate change. The project will work to increase awareness of climate change, demonstrate climate resilient practices in agriculture and water resource management and integrate responses into provincial and commune development plans.

    Project Components:

    The project goal is to “enhance food security and food production in the face of changed climate conditions”.

    MAIN ACTIVITIES

    • Pilot the integration of climate change responses into commune and provincial development plans in the two target districts in Kratie Province and Preah Vihear Province.
    • Develop and pilot technologies that improve access to water for household use and agriculture in a changing climate.
    • Develop and pilot farming methods that are suited to changing climates in the two target areas.
    • Bridge the gap between gender, agriculture and climate change at province, district and commune levels.
    • Promote public awareness of climate change and adaptation in relation to water resources management and agricultural practices.
    • Document case studies, best practices and lessons learned and share them through the UNDP Adaptation Learning Mechanism www.adaptationlearning.net This web-based global knowledge-sharing platform designed to capture and disseminate adaptation experiences.
    Expected Outputs:

    Towards this end, four outcomes will be achieved:

    • Outcome 1: Capacity for development planning under conditions of climate change improved
    • Outcome 2: Locally appropriate adaptation options adopted to reduce exposure to climate -induced risks
    • Outcome 3: Lessons learned in the pilot sites replicated in other vulnerable areas of Cambodia
    • Outcome 4: Experiences generated contribute to UNDP's Adaptation Learning Mechanism (UNDP-ALM)

    KEY RESULTS

    • Two target communes supported in mainstreaming climate change into Commune Investment Programs (CIP) 2011. Almost 100 provincial and district facilitation teams, line department staff and NGOs attended a project orientation workshop on climate change and its impact.
    • Two Farmer Water User Committees in Teuk Krahom, Preah Vihear were formed to manage future water-related conflicts.
    • Around 500 farmers, of which 250 were women, and commune councils were made aware of the impact of climate change on agricultural livelihoods through project knowledge sharing activities.
    • More than 100 farmers, of which approximately 50 were women, participated in 30 demonstrations of climate resilient rice varieties. Farmers expressed an interest for more trials to take place.
    • 120 farmers learnt improved farming techniques through Farmers’ Field Schools and Farmers’ Field Days.
    • Farmers in 13 target villages assessed their climate change vulnerability and their responses were incorporated into project activities.
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    National Communication Officer

    UNDP Cambodia Project Contacts

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Selected local communities in the Choam Khsan District (Preah Vihear Province) and Chit Borei District (Kratie Province)
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    UNDP
    Financing Amount:
    UNDP: US$1,240,350 Global Environmental Facility: US$1,850,000 (as of September 2011)
    Cofinancing Total:
    Parallel Funding Royal Government of Cambodia: US$180,000 (as of September 2011)
    Total Amounts:
    US$3,090,350 (as of September 2011)

Current challenges for soil and water conservation as well as micro-irrigation in Cape Verde

Submitted by Oliver on Wed, 2012-01-18 01:23
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Project:
Building Adaptive Capacity and Resilience to Climate Change in the Water Sector in Cape Verde
Summary:

The challenges for soil and water conservation and drip irrigation introduction are manifold, and the project first takes stock of the current situation before installing new systems while providing proper training for sustainability.

Adaptation Experience:

How to adapt micro-irrigation and soil and water conservation to local realities.

Results and Learning:

It is important to take stock of existing systems, why they are neglected and often not functional, then involve local partners in proper training measures.

Sustainability:

The local implementation committees will pursue these approaches on their own after training from the project, to replicate.

Refer to the attached document, Current challenges for soil and water conservation as well as micro-irrigation in Cape Verde, for further details.

Replication:

Extension to other villages is foreseen. The lessons learnt and experiences acquired under Project Outcomes 1 and 2 will be disseminated across Cape Verde and to other countries through actions foreseen under Outcome 3. The range of dissemination tools includes reports, films, documentaries, community radio shows, brochures, newsletters, articles, workshops and round tables etc, in order to share lessons throughout the country and in other countries with similar climate change challenges.Refer to the attached document, Current challenges for soil and water conservation as well as micro-irrigation in Cape Verde, for further details.

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GEF-LDCF

UNDP - GEF-LDCF Project in Niger

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2011-11-09 05:30
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Project:
Implementing NAPA Priority Interventions to Build Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of the Agriculture Sector to Climate Change
Video:
Body:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development in Niger, are working to implement urgent and priority interventions that will promote enhanced adaptive capacity of the agricultural sector to address the additional risks posed by climate change.

Source:
YouTube - AdaptationLearning Channel

Making Adaptation Count: Concepts and Options for Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation

Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2011-10-26 07:52
Author(s):
Margaret Spearman, Heather McGray
Year:
2011
City:
Eschborn
Publisher:
World Resources Institute
Summary:

Margaret Spearman and Heather McGray wrote this report to provide adaptation and development practitioners with a practical framework for developing monitoring and evaluation systems that can track the success and failure of adaptation initiatives in the development context.

Funding Source:
GIZ

Climate Change Adaptation Programme in the Coastal Zone of Mauritius

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Government of Mauritius
    Summary:

    As a Small Island Developing State, the Republic of Mauritius is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, especially in its coastal zones, where a convergence of accelerating sea level rise and increasing frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones results in considerable economic loss, humanitarian stresses, and environmental degradation.

    Project Components:

    Adaptation requires in situ changes in behaviour and site management, and appropriate technical interventions, as well as early warning systems to enable communities to move away from areas where the risk of storm surge and flooding is imminent. As coral reefs lose the race with sea level rise, the critical ecosystem function of wave attenuation must be replaced in some manner. Equally important is the need for a monitoring system that tracks the correlation between key ecosystem functions and weather events to continue to inform and fine-tune the design of appropriate interventions.

    The programme will implement appropriate coastal protection measures and deliver improvements in the resilience of communities in three coastal zones of the island of Mauritius: Mon Choisy, Riviere des Galets and QuatreSoeurs. The overall approach is to work from the level of technical solutions at specific coastal sites to the policy and regulatory level, such that future replication of coastal adaptation measures will be catalysed, supported by new policies, guidelines, and economic incentives. Coastal communities will be increasingly climate resilient and able to protect livelihoods that are tied directly to the integrity of the coastal zone on the island of Mauritius.

    Expected Outputs:

    Objective: Increase climate resilience of communities and livelihoods in coastal areas in Mauritius (all islands)

    • Provide direct benefits to up to 3,150 people whose jobs, houses, and families are currently threatened by coastal erosion, storm surges, and tidal flooding.

    Outcome 1: Current climate change risks at three coastal sites resolved through the design and application of coastal protection measures, using proven technologies (addressing beach erosion and flood risk from storm surges)

    • By 2014, current climate change risks at three coastal sites (Mon Choisy, Riviere des Galets, QuatreSoeurs) resolved through design and application of coastal protection measures, using proven technologies (addressing beach erosion and flood risk from storm surges).
    • Coastal degradation and vulnerabilities at each of the three sites arrested, meaning: no further erosion at Mon Choisy (beach accretion of 2 metres over 3 years); no surge flooding and no further shore erosion at Riviere des Galets; and, no flooding of coastal public buildings at QuatreSoeurs.
    • The target for numbers of beneficiaries is as follows: Mon Choisy: 1,500-2000 people; Riviere des Galets: 100-150 –people; QuatreSoeurs: 1000 people.

    Outcome 2: Early warning on incoming storm communicated to coastal communities, indicating the time of incidence and height of storm surges, through the design and activation of an early warning system

    • By 2012, more than 3,400 people in current surge zones are able to safely evacuate prior to future storm surge events (there are no people left in the surge zone when the surge hits).

    Outcome 3: Increase capacity of public agencies, private sector entities, NGOs and CBOs, and individuals to develop infrastructure and conduct livelihoods in the coastal zone with minimal risk of loss due to future climate change effects.

    • By 2015, increased capacity of public agencies, private sector entities, and individuals to develop infrastructure and conduct livelihoods in the coastal zone of ROM with minimal risk of loss due to future climate change effects.

    Outcome 4: Clear and practical alignment of Mauritanian policy strategies, plans and regulations with the most appropriate best practices for adaptation in the coastal zone, taking into account the expected risks to coastal processes and infrastructure in ROM over the next 50 years.

    • By 2015, clear and practical alignment of Mauritian policy, strategies, plans, and regulations with the most appropriate best practices for adaptation in the coastal zone, taking into account the expected risks to coastal processes and infrastructure in ROM over the next 20 years.

    Outcome 5: Effective capturing and dissemination of lessons from the applied activities in the programme

    • By 2015, effective capturing and dissemination of lessons from the applied activities in the programme.
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    Project Status:
    Start of the project: February 2012
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Mauritian communities in coastal zones with tourism-based livelihoods, specifically in three coastal zones of the island of Mauritius: Mon Choisy, Riviere des Galets and Quatre Soeurs
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Adaptation Fund
    Financing Amount:
    Adaptation Fund Project Grant: US$9,119, 240
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a

Adaptation in the coastal zones of Mozambique

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry for the Coordination of the Environment (MICOA)
    Summary:

    The coastal zone of Mozambique is likely to experience significant impacts as a result of climate change during the course of this century. Mean sea levels will rise, wave patterns will alter, and the frequency and intensity of storms will change. More than 60% of the population of Mozambique lives in coastal areas, placing significant pressure on coastal resources and natural capital.

    Project Components:

    Objective: To develop the capacity of communities living in the coastal zone to manage climate change risks.

    • Outcome 1: Climate change risks to coastal zones integrated into key decision-making process and managed at community level as well as sub-national and national government level.
    • Outcome 2: Adaptive capacity of coastal communities improved and coastal zone resilience to climate change enhanced.

     

    Expected Outputs:
    • 1. Coastal climate change risks integrated into key decision making processes at the local,  subnational and national levels.
    • 2. Adaptive capacity of coastal communities improved and coastal zone resilience to climate change enhanced.
    • 3.Best practices documented and disseminated

    Target

    Objective: At the end of the project 50% of men and women have declared ownership of adaptation processes (disaggregated by gender).

    Outcome 1:

    • Capacity Assessment score: 3.83/5
    • At the end of the project 10 local government institutions have been trained in CC adaptation and SLR and coastal erosion risk management and; at least one decision-maker from the key institutions made use of improved climate and vulnerability information in their coastal adaptation policies.

    Outcome 2:

    • At the end of the project 50% of men and women have declared ownership of adaptation processes (disaggregated by gender).
    • By the end of the project 50% of households increase their income by 50%.
    • 50% of households have improved flood and drought management.
    Contacts:

    UNDP Regional Technical Advisor

    Ministry of Environment, Mozambique

    UNDP CO, Mozambique

    Project Status:
    2012-2016
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Communities in seven pilot sites in three coastal Provinces in Mozambique, Local Government and national policy-makers.
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-LDCF
    Financing Amount:
    GEF Project Grant (LDCF): US$4,433,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    9,677,000 (as of December 2011)
    Total Amounts:
    14,110,000 (as of December 2011)

Integrating Climate Change into the Management of Priority Health Risks

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency:
    United Nations Development Programme
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Ministry Of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana
    Summary:

    Ghana’s physical location renders the country especially vulnerable to climate change impacts on the human population. Expected impacts, as identified in the Initial National Communication , focus on across three resource sectors: water, coastal, and agricultural.

    Project Components:
    1. Strengthen technical capacities to manage  climate change-related health risks.
    2. Climate change health risk mainstreamed into decision-making at local and national health policy levels.
    3. Information management and effective dissemination of climate change health risk knowledge base.
    Expected Outputs:

    1.1 National health control programme staff of the malaria and Guinea worm control programmes and the national disease surveillance unit trained to anticipate and have an action plan for climate change impacts on disease burdens in Ghana.

    1.2 Information and analytical systems established under the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service, which will be integrated with regional, district and sub-district systems for diagnosing climate change implications on disease burdens at sub-national level.
    1.3 Sub-national level climate change health risks maps developed depicting areas vulnerable to climate change health risks.
    1.4 Cost-effective strategies and measures that reduce the long-term risk of climate change impacts on diseases such as malaria developed and cost.
    2.1 Gaps, opportunities and a national strategy for mainstreaming climate change risks into health sector policies identified and developed in collaboration with WHO, Ministry of  Health, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Environment and donors in the Health and environment sector.
    2.2  Inter-Ministerial Committee (led by the Ministry of Health and appropriate representatives from the National Climate Change Committee) established to coordinate responses to manage climate change induced health risks.
    2.3 The Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service together with Environmental Protection Agency to review and recommend to district and parliament policy makers adjustments to existing health regulations to factor in climate change risks.
    2.4 Under the guidance of National Development and Planning Commission and the Ministry of Environment  and Local Government,  the  MOH and Ghana Health Service will set up legal instruments  to clarify jurisdictions and roles between different tiers of government to manage climate change related health risks.
    2.5 Collaborated efforts from the Ministry of Health’s malaria control programme and Ministry of Environment (EPA) to take into account climate change risks within the existing Roll Back Malaria programme, the Global Malaria Programme and other relevant campaigns  mount a nation-wide campaign to improve environmental sanitation.
    2.6 Review and field test of participatory climate change sensitive health risk reduction interventions (including nation-wide campaigns) in additional pilot districts (to be identified during the preparatory phase).
    3.1. Costing tool(s) for climate change sensitive health risk reduction measures developed for use by relevant Ministries (Agriculture, Water, Environment, Health, etc).
    3.2. Best practices and ‘lessons learned’ from adaptation to climate change health risk are collected, codified and disseminated at the local, national and international level using appropriate modalities (e.g. Adaptation Learning Mechanism).

    Contacts:

    Tom Twining-Ward, Regional Technical Advisor for CC-A, West Africa; tom.twining-ward@undp.org

    Project Status:
    CEO Endorsed
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-SCCF
    Cofinancing Total:
    3,750,000 US$
    Total Amounts:
    5,568,182 US$

ALM Case Study - Coping with Drought and Climate Change in Mozambique

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2011-02-21 08:40
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Project:
Mozambique - Coping with Drought and Climate Change
Summary:

The Government of Mozambique recognizes that the country is vulnerable to catastrophes and that the hazards resulting from climate change are exacerbating the persistence of absolute poverty in Mozambique. Of all of the natural hazards affecting the country, drought is the most common and the most devastating. In light of this challenge, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its partners are implementing the Coping with Drought and Climate Change (CwDCC) project in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The projects are scheduled to run for five years with the goal of enhancing the capacity of agricultural systems in dryland areas to adapt to climate variability and change. For Mozambique, the implementation of this project will enhance food security and the capacity to adapt to climate change in agricultural and pastoral systems. More specifically, the project will reduce drought vulnerability in farming and pastoral communities by guaranteeing water supply and through training the local communities to grow drought-resistant crops, like sweet potato, cassava or sorghum. The project will also help improve the communication lines to make weather forecast and climate information available to communities. Key lessons learned from the project to date indicate that it is valuable to design a pragmatic and achievable work plan, and be aware of logistical constraints. Cooperation with similar initiatives is another important factor and critical component of ensuring project success.

Adaptation Experience:

Background

Results and Learning:

Key lessons learned: 

  1. Design a pragmatic and achievable work plan (preferably during inception stage): Projects need to remain focused and be cognizant of their logistical and practical parameters. An achievable project work plan should be decided early in the inception phase to ensure timely and effective implementation. Stakeholders at the project inception workshop, held on the 23 and 24 February 2009, agreed that the project needed to be narrowed down, and the number of activities prioritised and reduced. The project currently contains 9 outputs and 38 separate activities and an achievable project work plan is being finalised.
  2. Be aware of logistical constraints (e.g. staffing capacity) and respond accordingly: The UNDP CO has recruited an administrative assistant to ensure that the programme manager can concentrate into the implementation of activities. An international consultant has also been hired to assist the programme manager in developing managerial tools, prioritizing the activities in the project document and producing a baseline study to inform activities' implementation and allow for M&E in the future. This extra support is invaluable in ensuring that the activities are implemented according to schedule.
  3. Consider external factors when designing project timeframes: In October 2009 there were national elections in Mozambique that influenced some Government paralysis and difficulties in implementing project activities. Being cognizant of these external factors that may influence project outcomes, allows project staff to plan and operate accordingly.
  4. Coordinate efforts and cooperate with similar initiatives: It is imperative to coordinate efforts and cooperate with other initiatives involved in climate change in order to increase benefits and feedback for on-going activities. It was also recommended for the programme manager to align the activities plans with the Guijá District Development Plan (covering 2010 to 2012) to tap potential for synergies and to re-engage partners of the project (line Ministries, and local NGOs) already present in the field.
Sustainability:

The proposed project is expected to be sustainable based on a high level of government, institutional and local level community commitment, and through the involvement of local NGOs. In this regard, formal commitment letters from the implementing agencies (government institutions) guarantees project continuity beyond the end of the project. Local community commitment will be ensured by cultivating community ownership through the implementation of community-based activities, which is an important part of the project. Finally, the involvement of local NGOs as partners in the implementation phase is contributing to the sustainability of the project and has sought to establish complementary and meaningful partnerships.

Replication:

The medium and long term vision is to be able to replicate the succesful actions in other drought prone areas. Successful approaches in Guijá, a drought prone district, should have generated interest to replicate in other parts with similar problems. Replication will entail packaging information on lessons of this project for other drought prone areas. Among other districts, suggested districts by the stakeholders in workshop group discussions include, Chibuto, Chigubo, Mabalane, Chicualacuala, Massingir and Massangena in Gaza province and Funhalouro, Mabote and Panda in Inhambane province. Other districts are located in other drought prone areas such as southern Tete province, Northern and southern Manica province, southern Sofala province and parts of Nampula and Cabo Delgado province. Ideally, the experience gained in Guijá will be used by the implementing agencies to draw better strategies in those districts.

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GEF-SCCF

ALM Case Study 2010 - Coping with Drought and Climate Change in Ethiopia

Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2011-02-21 08:16
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Project:
Coping with Drought and Climate Change in Ethiopia
Summary:

Vulnerability analyses for Ethiopia suggest that environmental changes over the coming decades present a serious threat to economic and social sectors. Water is a specifically fragile resource with the frequency and intensity of drought projected to increase. Addressing long-term climate change is thus required to reduce the impacts on livelihoods and bolster major economic sectors such as agriculture, which is the mainstay of the country. In response, and as part of a set of three other Coping with Drought and Climate Change projects in Kenya, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, this project is working to improve the livelihood strategies and resilience of farmers. Through enhanced farming practices and improvement of community-based natural resource management, rural communities are adapting to water scarcity and drought. This project is also establishing the use of early warning systems to bolster resilience in the agricultural sector.

Adaptation Experience:

Background

Results and Learning:

Key lessons learned: 

  • Introduced early maturing and high yielding new varieties of Teff, Rice, Sorghum and Chickpea as good coping mechanisms for climate change and drought compared to local varieties. The introduced drought resistant and early maturing Chickpea and Teff varieties have received farmers’ appreciation due to the demonstrated high productivity early maturity/fast growing, its tolerance to water logging and canopy/tiller formation. Participant farmers have got good lessons from each crops compare to their local varieties. 
  • Inter and intra (outside and inside the project pilot sites) experience sharing visits of community members on best practices are a means to  knowledge sharing  especially on homestead agricultural practices, water management ( geomembrane utilization  techniques), high yielding and early mature crop varieties and gully crossing for irrigation, marketing approaches and spring developments.
  • Farmers access to safe and dependable water as a result of the spring development. This activity benefits especially women by saving time to fetch water at least 40 mints to one hour to their homes. Furthermore, women were forced to dig sand to get water in the Borkena River. Women were also gone to river to fetch water in the night starting from 3 am by struggling with Hayna’s.  As a result of the spring development and the possibility of saving time, women can cook their family meal on time early in the morning and the husbands are able go to their farm activities on time.  The health of the community members are also becomes improved. 
  • The forage and tree plants and gully rehabilitation by gabions and sacks on the selected watershed have good performance. Pigeon pea, Acacia Policanta, Jatrofa, Sasibania and lablab are found on the selected watershed on a good performance on hill side tracing and eyebrow basin. 
  • The adoption trail on NERICA (rice variety) has found in a good stand and farmers appreciated the rice plant performance, water logging tolerance and early maturity. Especially farmers who have water logged lands are interested on this crop for the future agricultural season because any lands that are waterlogged were not suitable to any crop. 
  • Increasing irrigable lands by gully crossings, ponds and wing pumps/drips are a means to adapt climate change and drought by increasing productivity and income of vulnerable farmers and farmers appreciated it 
  • Sheep, goat, honey bee and forage productions are also a means to adapt climate change and drought by increasing productivity and  diversified income sources of vulnerable farmers
  • A regular and systematic data collection, analysis, feedback, dissemination modality at woreda and site level between office of Agriculture, Metrology and communities/DA’s are a good means to strengthen early warning information communication and decision (drought and climate change) at all levels to increase agricultural production systems.
Sustainability:

To be determined.

Replication:

To be determined.

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GEF-SCCF