The new finance solutions building Africa's farmers' and herders' resilience
New projects in Kenya show that we can test bold solutions to financing for farmers whose livelihood climate change puts at risk
Arid Niger a 'model for Africa' as desert blooms
Rainwater storage and smarter farming is making life easier for Niger's farmers
Forecasting trouble: How South Sudan's weather service is failing farmers
Decimated by civil war, South Sudan's met office is barely running, with inadequate funding, outdated equipment and untrained staff, experts say
Green gold': Kenyan farmers abandon food crops to grow herbal stimulant
Struggling to get decent maize harvests as drought bites, farmers are turning to fast-growing, less-thirsty muguka to make money
Damage to land feeds migration and conflict - UN official
As everything from climate change to deforestation leaves less usable land, threats - and opportunities - are growing, says the U.N.'s anti-desertification chief
Milking it? Ethiopian farmers fight drought with insured cows
A project that lends drought-hit farmers money to buy a dairy cow, then insures the animal in case it gets sick, aims to bring in extra income - but some have struggled to make it pay
Five key principles for Adaptive Social Protection programming
These can be used as a roadmap for implementers, or a checklist for holding programmes to account
In warming Mali, weather forecasts help cool flaring tempers
Raising a crop - or a cow - is getting harder in Africa's drought-hit Sahel, but knowing what's coming can help
Bugs and biogas: Kenyan farmers get creative to fight 'devil's' cactus
Farmers are fighting back against the prickly pear, a non-native, invasive plant which destroys the grass that feeds their animals
Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front
Money in advance of an expected disaster can give vulnerable people resources to avoid the worst losses, backers say