This project aims to: (1) promote sustainable livelihoods for drylands (through irrigated crop production, crop diversification, small livestock production and marketing, grazing management, woodland management, wildlife management and ecotourism, production of small grains, improved post-harvest storage and processing facilities, water harvesting and management, community seed producers’ networks, community-based safety nets, training of communities in pasture management and establishment of fodder banks, training of communities in commercial seed production, and facilitation of community-based natural resource management to preserve wetlands and forests that provide important ecosystem services such as buffering); (2) enhance use of early warning systems (though establishment of drought information systems and awareness-raising education); and (3) integrate climate risk management across sectors, institutions and society (including preparation of a community-based drought mitigation and preparedness plan and a catchment management plan that will ensure sustained supply of water from the rivers that the community depends on).