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Supporting the vulnerable: Increasing the adaptive capacity of agro-pastoralists to climatic change in West and Southern Africa using a transdisciplinary research approach (CLIMATE CHANGE)

Project


Project code: 81102850
Contract period: 01.05.2008 - 30.04.2011
Budget: 870,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Basic research

Goal: To increase the adaptive capacity of agro-pastoralists, who are one of the most vulnerable groups in Africa, to climate variability and the expected effects of future climate change Purpose: To co-generate methods, information and solutions between local communities, local and international scientists, policy makers and other actors involved in climate change and adaptation programmes, for coping mechanisms and adapting strategies to climate change and variability in West and Southern Africa, and more particularly in Mali and Mozambique

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Subjects

  • Animal Husbandry
  • Agricultural hydrology
  • Agricultural Meteorology
  • Agroecology
  • Agricultural Sociology
  • Resource management
  • Climate Change
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