Savings, trainings help Burmese farmers survive extreme weather
Savings groups and training programmes could stop farmers hitting the road in Myanmar
Tackle floods to beat crime in Senegal
Improving drainage and cleaning up urban areas is reducing flood risk - and crime.
Testing the added value of market incentives on disaster risk reduction in Western Nepal
A monitoring study to explore whether combining community-based disaster risk reduction with market-based economic incentives improved disaster resilience
Sand dams quench the thirst of water-short Kenyans
Simple, inexpensive walls across rivers can trap water in sand, to be used in dry times
In southern Ethiopia, herders join forces to revive rangelands
Restoring grazing land and forest can help communities stand up to the more frequent droughts climate change is bringing, farmers say
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Approaches developed in Mali, Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania offer insights for building resilience in areas facing risks of climate change, disasters and conflict.
Sri Lankan investment in disaster risk insurance gives fast payoff
First national policy, bought 6 weeks ago, provides help to those flattened by flooding and a major landslide
Adapting farming techniques – and behaviours
Farmers in this drought-hit region of Burkina Faso learn to diversify their production, use drought-tolerant seeds and improve soil fertility.
Living with water in urban Senegal
In Dakar, the capital of Senegal, rain flood waters have been worsening, destroying property, spreading disease and damaging local economy. A new flood water capture programme is changing all of that. There are plans to expand the program, but in the meantime, there are some problems. The local community leader explains.
Household resilience to El Niño-driven drought
To cope with drought, communities in Kombolcha are switching to khat farming