Droughts

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From slow-onset sea-level rise to more frequent and severe floods and droughts, our changing climate is affecting agricultural productivity and outputs, and threatening livelihoods. A recent IIED project has been looking at how to adapt Malawi's agriculture to climate change. Lead country researcher, George Matiya, senior lecturer at Bunda College of Agriculture in Lilongwe, Milawi, tells us more about the project and its wider implications.

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The ancient tradition of pastoral nomadism in landlocked Niger in West Africa is a source of huge cultural wealth in one of the poorest countries on earth. But with Niger's eastern reaches suffering 35 years of drought – an entire generation's worth – local pastoralists have faced a massive challenge. Diffa, les premiers matins du monde is a video that tells the stories of many of these pastoralists and how they have coped with increasing drought.
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