The purpose of this government project is to strengthen organization and capacities of local rural people to incorporate adaptation to climate change  in their socio-economic activities, within a land planning framework for the territory located in the central coastal plain of El Salvador.  It will accomplish this objective through 7 lines of action:  (1) diversification and incorporation of additional added value to agricultural activities to increase the capacity to cope with climate change; (2) promotion of non-agricultural economic initiatives to decrease impacts associated with agricu

El Salvador regularly suffers from droughts (particularly in the east) seriously damaging crops including maize, bean, rice, sorghum, and watermelon.  In 2002, the Red Cross implemented the Drought Response and Mitigation Project with one overall objective: to increase the capacity of subsistence farmers in the east of the country to better respond to and recuperate from future unfavourable climatic conditions.