Mobile schools acclimatise to educate girls in rural Kenya
Tent schools with classes that follow rainfall patterns enable girls in pastoralist communities to study
In India's dry regions, crowd-funding comes to a lake's rescue
Community campaign to de-silt lake has also helped farmer incomes in region hit by farmer suicides
It’s time to stop ignoring conflict in efforts to build resilience
Many climate change adaptation and development efforts work in unstable countries - and that reality needs to be taken into account
Desert-fringed Middle East, North Africa put on drought warning
The region must move away from simply responding to the effects of drought and prepare for the worst, the FAO said.
Weather information by phone in Mali life changing for farmers in Tèrèkungo and Parana
This year, farmers of Mali's Tèrèkungo, Parana and dozens more villages have had access to tailored weather information through a telephone messaging system dubbed "Sandji"
Unleash the entrepreneur in every small farmer - new UN agency chief
Gilbert Houngbo, who served as Prime Minister of Togo from 2008 to 2012, was appointed as president of IFAD on Tuesday evening
BRACED Resilience Exchange
The Resilience Exchange explores what the BRACED programme has learned so far.
Caribbean states and Branson launch green fund to fight disasters
The Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator marks the culmination of talks that began last year
Bangladeshi women to receive funding for climate protection
Much of Bangladesh is comprised of a low-lying river delta, making the country particularly vulnerable to storms
Burkina Faso's climate extremes
In the desert expanses of northern Burkina Faso, thigh-height flooding and dried-up wells are having a severe impact on the livelihoods of desert communities.