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)
Description:
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
Executive Institute:
International Livestock Research Institute - Kenia (ILRI) Details of International Livestock Research Institute - Kenia
Contract period:
01. 05. 2008 - 30. 04. 2011
Project budget:
870,000 €
Participating Institutions:
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Details of PIK
- German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Details of DITSL
Funding Programme:
- BMZ - BEAF Project funding Details of BMZ - BEAF Project funding
Subject:
- Animal Husbandry
- Agricultural hydrology
- Agricultural Meteorology
- Agroecology
- Agricultural Sociology
- Resource management
- Climate Change
Purpose of research:
Basic research
Funding Institutions:
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Details of (BMZ)
Project Management Agency:
- Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development (BEAF - GIZ) Details of BEAF - GIZ