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Implementing Agency: UNDP
LDCF Project Grant: 1.028,500 USD
Located in the tip of West Africa, the Gambia is one of Africa’s poorest countries – about 69% of the population lives below the poverty line. The country is heavily reliant on agriculture, which provides 75% of the population with employment and accounts for about 30% of GDP. The main problem facing the Gambia currently is a high vulnerability to climate change, exacerbated by a low capacity to address and adapt. A major barrier limiting the capacity to address climate change is the inability to effectively predict climate change events, assess potential impacts and deliver short-term alerts or long term warnings. This is due to a number of infrastructural constraints and human capacity limitations including inadequate tools and equipment for data processing and analysis and a shortage of qualified personnel who can process information into a suitable format for those who most need it. The LDCF project “Integrating Climate Resilience into Agricultural Production for Food Security in Rural Areas” aims to enhance adaptive capacity and reduce vulnerability to climate change through a strengthened early warning and information-sharing mechanism for better informed decision-making by government and affected populations. The following outcomes will be delivered through the project:
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Enhance capacity of hydro-meteorological services and networks to predict climate change events and risk factors.
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Develop more effective, efficient and targeted delivery of climate information including early warnings
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Improve preparedness and responses of various stakeholders to climate linked risks and vulnerability forecasts