Living With Water: Best practices report
This document aims to share lessons learnt beyond the "Living with Water" project, including around issues such as economic viability, participation and collaboration, women's empowerment, context sensitivity and the need for strong partnerships
Swap maize for millet? Zimbabwe's farmers just say no
The problem? If children don't like to eat it, parents won't grow it
Preparing for disaster pays by saving lives, cutting losses
Early warning systems can also act as a useful planning guide to boost long-term resilience to climate impacts
Ugandan farmers test big-data solution to climate challenges
Gathering information on farmers can help find answers to their problems - from extreme weather to lack of credit - but turning that data into a business is tricky
Dire la résilience
Au Vietnam dont l’histoire contemporaine est une illustration de l’idée de résilience, ce mot n’existe pas
New methods in resilience measurement: early insights from a mobile phone panel survey in Myanmar using subjective tools
Early insights from a mobile phone panel survey in Myanmar using subjective tools
Intersectional approaches to vulnerability reduction and resilience-building
This scoping paper explores intersectional approaches to vulnerability reduction and resilience-building, with the aim of informing institutional policy and operational practice.
Droughts wipe out enough to feed 81 mln people - World Bank
This is an example of a poverty trap.
Trainings, role play help Burkina Faso villagers prepare for disasters
“They teach me that when a disaster arrives, we have to first help those who are more vulnerable and affected.”
Expo Milan: The Sahel & West Africa Week
The week runs from 26 to 30 October. Organised with Expo Milano 2015, it will raise awareness of the Expo’s theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” from a West African perspective.