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Case studies

Improving agricultural productivity through the use of solar-powered water pumping systems

Pintadas, in the Bahia State of Brazil, is suffering increasingly severe drought impacts linked to climate change. There is a high demand for legumes from local and national markets, so this project seeks to improve agricultural productivity in this increasingly drought-prone region through a sustainable system of irrigation which uses a photo-voltaic (solar) energy system.

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Using cost-benefit analysis to analyse community based disaster risk management projects: ( D. Willenbocke (ed) / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group] , 2011); This study provides a systematic cost-benefit analysis of a community-based disaster risk management project led by Practical Action in two districts of Nepal over the period 2007 to 2010. The objecti...
Survivors?: Pastoralists in a changing climate: ( Arid Lands Information Network , 2011); Pastoralism is a free-range livestock production system. It is practised in all of Africa’s dryland regions, and in some communities it is the main source of food security and income. But will p...
Impacts of climate change on health: focus on Africa: ( M., J. Chimbari (ed) / Arid Lands Information Network , 2010); The interactions between health and climate change are clearly recognised; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change includes a chapter on health issues in all its publications. But we still need ...
Linking disaster risk management and climate adaptation strategies: ( A., A. Rahman (ed);F. Rajabali (ed);M. Alam (ed) / Development Research Network , 2010); This brief focuses on how disaster risk management approaches are taking longer term climate change perspectives. The intention is to highlight, through a series of case studies and research summaries...
Will climate justice be achieved at Copenhagen?: ( Christian Aid , 2009); This paper gives suggestions of how a successful deal can be made at the Copenhagen Conference in December 2009. It argues that during the conference world leaders must agree on a global response to c...
Case studies on community participation in building climate change resilience: ( S. Moss / ProVention Consortium , 2009); Local Voices Global Choices is an interagency initiative supported by Action aid, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), International federation o...
Grassroots action-research project: reducing farmers' vulnerability and improve food security: ( International Development Research Centre , 2008); In rural Benin, adapting to climate change will depend on improving farmers' access to information and actively involving them in decision-making. How can farmers access information that would enable ...
Impact of climate change in South Africa: farmers' perceptions: ( G. Gbetibouo (ed) / , 2009); This report outlines how climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts in South Africa. It states that rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of na...
Piloting the community component of the GEF Strategic Priority on Adaptation: ( United Nations Development Programme , 2008); ...
Strengthening local capacity for disaster risk reduction: a Red Cross pilot project in Nicaragua: ( International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , 2008); This two-page briefing describes a pilot initiative on climate change and disaster risk reduction supported by the Netherlands Red Cross in Nicaragua. The project aims at strengthening the Nic...