• Differential household vulnerability to climatic and non-climatic stressors in semi-arid areas of Mali, West Africa 

  Segnon, Alcade C.; Totin, Edmond; Zougmoré, Robert B.; Lokossou, Jourdain C.; Thompson-Hall, Mary; Ofori, Benjamin O.; Achigan-Dako, Enoch G.; Gordon, Christopher (Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-12-10)

  This study adopted a ‘vulnerability patterns’ framework that included both climatic and non-climatic stressors to analyze differential household vulnerability in semi-arid regions (SARs) of Mali. Findings showed that while ...
• Role of farmers and organizational networks in climate information communication : the case of Ghana 

  Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; New, Mark (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020-10-27)

  Communication of climate information to farmers is influenced by collaborations between governmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations. However, information flow and exchange through organizational collaboration ...
• Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction : district-level collaboration for flood mitigation in Accra, Ghana 

  Gordon, Chris; Kwawu, Millicent (Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), 2020-06)

  The ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach is a means to finding solutions to recurring flooding problems in Accra. The increase in flooding events can partly be attributed to poor drainage caused by the lack of, or ...
• How can we better understand and manage the impacts of droughts? 

  Ziervogel, Gina; Few, Roger; Kunamwene, Irene; Omari, Kulthoum; Kunamwene, Irene (Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), 2016-08)

  The impact of drought on the lives of subsistence crop and livestock farmers in semi-arid northern Namibia extends beyond hunger and exacerbated poverty levels. Current development interventions often fail to address ...
• How can climate change adaptation in the semi-arid regions of West Africa be more effective and widespread? Evidence from Ghana and Mali 

  Unknown author (Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions, 2015-11)

  This briefing note summarizes the key findings from the Regional Diagnostic Study (RDS) recently conducted in Ghana and Mali, as part of the ASSAR project.
• Characteristics of snail farmers and constraints to increased production in West and Central Africa 

  Ngenwi, A.A.; Mafeni, J.M.; Etchu, K.A.; Oben, F.T. (Academic Journals, 2010)

  Snail gathering/rearing is an important source of livelihood for rural dwellers in the humid forest and derived savanna zones of West and Central Africa. Recently, declining populations of Archachatina archachatina and ...
• Climate forecasting to serve communities in West Africa 

  Tall, Arame (Elsevier, 2010)

  The recent Red Cross experience acting on forecasts in west Africa provides examples of how climate information can be linked to decisions and serve development in low-income regions, and how climate and weather forecasts ...
• Local climate forcing and eco-climatic complexes in the wooded savannah of Western Nigeria 

  Fasona, Mayowa; Tadross, Mark; Abiodun, Babatunde; Omojola, Ademola (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011)

  Local perturbations such as terrain, land cover, and land-water boundary often exert a strong influence on the local climate and create eco-climatic structures or complexes that can support the natural resource capita on ...
• Farmers’ perceptions of climate change and variability and existing opportunities for adaptation in Wenchi Area of Ghana 

  Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel; Issaka, R.N.; Fening, J.O.; Mapfumo, P.; Anchirina, V.; Giller, K. E. (Common Ground Publishing, Champaign, IL, US, 2010)

  This in-depth article for the Journal of Climate Change features a participatory research study initiated in 2007 in Wenchi, Ghana where farmers consider poor rainfall distribution and frequent droughts as the most commonly ...
• Lack of resilience in African smallholder farming : exploring measures to enhance the adaptive capacity of local communities to pressure climate change : final technical report - Zimbabwe (October 2010) 

  Mapfumo, Paul; Chikowo, Regis; Mtambanengwe, Florence (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Harare ZW, 2010)

  The project worked with smallholder farming communities to identify opportunities for enhancing the capacity of different households to meet their staple food requirements and livelihood options in the wake of climate ...
• Cadre de partage de connaissances d'ACCA 

  O'Neill, Mary (CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2007)
• CCAA knowledge sharing framework 

  O'Neill, Mary (IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2007)
• Formulation et rédaction d'une proposition de recherche : manuel de formation 

  Mmuya, Maximilian (OSSREA, Addis Abeba, ET, 2007)
• Developing and writing a research proposal : instruction manual 

  Mmuya, Maximilian (OSSREA, Addis Ababa, ET, 2007)
• Rapport de synthèse de sessions plenières de l'atelier de développement des capacités CRDI/ACCA en evaluation integrée des risques climatiques 

  Badiane, Daouda (AGRHYMET, Niamey, NE, 2007)
• IDRC/CCAA Capacity Building Workshop on "Integrated Climate Risk Assessment" : workshop report 

  IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC); University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) (ICPAC, Nairobi, KE, 2007)
• Manuel de formation aux changements climatiques 

  AGRHYMET (Centre Regional de Formation et d'Application en Agrométéorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle); University of Cheikh Anta Dio (UCAD) (AGRHYMET, Niamey, NE, 2007)
• IDRC/CCAA Capacity Building Workshop on "Integrated Climate Risk Assessment" : workshop training manual 

  Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC); University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) (ICPAC, Nairobi, KE, 2007)

  The Integrated Climate Risk Assessment workshop was held in Nairobi (2007). This manual is a compilation of materials that were used at the workshop. Topics covered in the Modules include: General Concepts of Climate Risk ...
• Institutional framework in relation to climate change in West and Central Africa : final report 

  Niang, Isabelle (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, SN, 2007)
• Cadre institutionnel en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre en matière de changement climatique : rapport final 

  Niang, Isabelle (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, SN, 2007)

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