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'There are risks that farmers have learned to respond to over the years — but climate change will bring a different kind of risk that they are probably not used to and therefore need assistance [to adapt] to,' says Timothy Olalekan Williams, International Water Management Institute 's Africa director...

A new International Water Management Institute study highlighted how several adaptation measures could help farmers protect themselves from less predictable rain patterns and ensure the water supply of the Volta River Basin can keep up with growing demands...

This sub-regional strategy provides an integrated approach to planning disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction activities for the relevant FAO country offices, while at the same time laying the foundation for the development of national Plans

'Pendant les pluies, des zones dangereuses se dégagent. Nous sommes en train de prendre des dispositions pour prévenir les inondations', a déclaré l'inspecteur général de l'Environnement et du développement durable Delphin Ochou...

Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get weather reports and interpret them, they might still have been able to boost their output, say agricultural specialists...

This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in West Africa. For the purpose of this review, West Africa is defined as including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia

This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications

'So you cannot even draw up an adaptation strategy, as we are not certain about what we need to adapt to…the goal post will keep changing.' A framework is needed to plan a strategy for the better management of water, and make countries and people more resilient...