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South Asia: Floods from the Roof of the World: Protection Thanks to Applied Research

The project consists of working with participating countries to develop an inventory of glaciers and glacier lakes as well as a GLOF monitoring system.  The data gathered is used as the basis for early warning systems. The database is also used to determine the amount of total available water resources the region will have in the future.

West Africa: Agricultural Productivity Program

The objective of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) Support Project is to generate and disseminate improved technologies in the participating countries’ top priority areas that are aligned with the region’s top priorities, as identified by Central Africa Counsel for Agricultural Research (CORAF). These include roots and tubers in Ghana; rice in Mali; and cereals in Senegal. The project has four main components. The first component is enabling conditions for regional cooperation in technology generation and dissemination.

Central America: Increasing the Resilience of Tropical Hillside Communities through Forest Landscape Restoration

PASOLAC (Programa para la Agricultura Sostenible en las Laderas de América Central) offers technical, methodological, and financial support to more than 50 member organizations that work with local farmers and communities on the hillsides to implement sustainable agriculture practices, particularly Sustainable Soil and Water Management (SSWM) techniques. The program is characterized by a participatory and demand-driven approach, which aims to build capacities and cooperation among member organizations and encourage long-term adoption of SSWM practices by farmers.

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