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53. Food and Water Security under Global Change

Full Title:

Food and water security under global change : developing adaptive capacity with a focus on rural Africa

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Goal : Development of capacity to adapt to global change for vulnerable rural areas in developing countries.

Purpose : The project will provide policymakers and stakeholders in Ethiopia and South Africa, particularly farmers and other rural stakeholders who face the largest impact from global change, with tools to better understand, analyze, and form policy decisions that will allow them to adapt to global change. 

Outputs :
1. Characterization of vulnerability and adaptive capacity with local partners and stakeholders (Ethiopia and South Africa)
2. Identification of determinants of adaptive capacity with partners and stakeholders
3. Development of integrated policy analysis tools with partners
4. Global change assessment and scenario analysis – assessment of the impacts of global change on rural Africa, in general, and on Ethiopia and South Africa, in particular, and analysis of response options developed in Ethiopian and South African study sites based on the integrated policy analysis tool
5. Development of general directions for adaptation and mitigation strategies for Rural Africa and the developing world; and specific strategies for Ethiopia and South Africa together with local partners and wide dissemination of research results
6. Enhanced national and international capacity