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In a community where livelihood activities are characterized by agricultural farming, water remains a critical natural resource. It is important for the survival of people, plants, animals and the maintenance of the ecosystem.

• 06/20/2023
• USAID Resilient Waters

In Bangladesh’s Khulna District, Sahena Khatun, her husband and 15-year-old son had long survived on just her husband's farming income, the equivalent of $70 a month. Her own attempts to bolster her family’s income and nutrition through traditional farming had proved futile due to substandard inputs and lack of good agricultural practices.

• 06/05/2023
• Agrilinks

Climate change is devastating crops and livelihoods in Namibia's Kavango region. Conservation agriculture offers farmers hope and the ability to mitigate the impact of an uncertain, changing environment.

• 06/02/2023
• Chemonics International Inc., USAID Resilient Waters

Niger is highly vulnerable to climate change and regularly experiences extreme weather. Rainfall is unpredictable, as floods give way to extended droughts resulting in unproductive agricultural lands and leading to widespread food insecurity.

• 05/16/2023
• Nancy Kim

When the Climate Strategy launched, Climatelinks built a hub as an easy way for climate and development professionals to find Climate Strategy resources. In this blog you will find a compilation of some of the most popular resources on the Climatelinks Climate Strategy hub.

• 04/21/2023
• Climatelinks

Millions of people lack access to clean and safe water, especially in developing regions like the West Africa Sahel. The situation is even more dire for women and girls, who often bear the burden of fetching water, sometimes walking miles a day to bring fresh water back to their families. 

• 04/04/2023
• Ariel Schindler

With support from the USAID Climate Ready project, award-winning FDB was the first development bank in the South Pacific to be accredited to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest climate fund. In 2017, it became a Direct Access Entity, meaning it can submit funding proposals to the GCF and oversee the funded projects. Such accreditation is a pathway for countries to gain access to funds that can enable them to act on their own climate change priorities.

• 03/28/2023
• USAID Climate Ready

Published research on the intersection of gender, climate change and livestock production in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is scarce. Some studies may address two of these issues, but hardly any address all three.

• 03/14/2023
• Livestock Systems Innovation Lab

Feed the Future and Agrilinks are hosting a photo contest to help tell their story. Amidst devastating climate shocks, rising food prices and protracted conflict, partnering with and empowering communities to fight against hunger is more vital than ever. Submit your photos by March 3, 2023, to highlight the progress made in building a food-secure future for all and get a chance to win up to $250! 

• 03/01/2023
• Agrilinks Team

Farmers face more risk and uncertainty than nearly any other job on the planet. Weather is one of many unknowns, and the unpredictability of climate change is making it increasingly difficult for farmers to anticipate what will happen and make decisions accordingly.

• 02/16/2023
• Steve Amodio, Simon

In Zimbabwe, USAID Resilient Waters is working with the Dambari Wildlife Trust to conserve and rehabilitate wetlands—a natural source of water for humans and wildlife alike.

• 02/09/2023
• Christine Chumbler

Burkina Faso and Niger face twin humanitarian and climate crises. Policy makers, farmers and community leaders are collaborating to solve them, supported by a USAID activity implemented by Winrock.

• 02/06/2023
• Winrock International

Wanting to find solutions to protect her livelihood, increase her yields, and sustain crops through severe climate events, Aliu is one of 200 local farmers working with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish.

• 01/26/2023
• Feed the Future

The Increasing Fisheries Sustainability for Resilience activity is one of 20 activities doing just that by empowering Cambodians with the knowledge to assess changes in the existing fishery to make any needed alterations in the fishing effort.

• 01/24/2023
• Alaina Dismukes

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience (MRR Innovation Lab) researchers are returning to the sites of their prior program evaluations where people who took part in the studies have since then been struck by disaster.

• 01/18/2023
• MRR Innovation Lab