Key CBA websites

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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Briefing paper presenting lessons learned from working with women smallholders on food security: R. Tripathi;K. Deering;N. Saracini / 2012; This briefing paper is the result of a collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture. Desp...
Getting the right synergy: Managing climate change and desertification in Malawi: L., C Stringer;D., D Mkwambisi;A., J Dougill / Leeds University, 2010; This paper explores the ways in which the interlinked challenges of climate change and desertification are managed in Malawi. ...
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation in Mozambique: A multi-level framework for analysing institutional barriers and opportunities: D Sietz;M Boschütz;R., J., T Klein / Science Direct, 2011; This paper explores the opportunities and barriers inherent in mainstreaming climate adaptation as part of current developmental projects already underway in Mozambique. The paper offers a multi-level...
Climate change, communities and the Congo Basin: Can markets facilitate adaptation?: J. Nkema;F. B. Kalame;M. Idinoba / Science Direct, 2010; This paper explores the role of markets for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in facilitating climate change adaptation of local communities in the Congo Basin. ...
Linking adaptation and mitigation projects to better tackle climate change: B Locatelli;V Evans;A Wardell / Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2011; This paper examines opportunities for linking climate change adaptation and mitigation in tropical forests, and understanding the influence exerted by adaptation activities on the mitigation potential...
Lessons from Fiji on community-based adaptation: P Dumaru / Wiley Online Library, 2010; This paper describes the process and outcomes of a pilot Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) project on Druadrua Island, Fiji. From the project’s achievements, the author asserts that CBA enhances ...
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...