Category: <span>Project Stories</span>
[Project Story] Adaptation Fund in India: Floating Farms Turning the Tide in India
23 May 2023
Women beneficiaries of a Self-Help Group (SHG) nurturing the summer crops in a float-farm in Amtoli village in Sundarbans. 72 members in eight SHGs manage and maintain 60 float-far...
[Project Story] Adaptation Fund in Indonesia
15 May 2023
Marthen Duma, a beneficiary of the AF-funded project in Indonesia is checking his plants in the forest. The project is supporting the country’s social forestry scheme that al...
[International Women’s Day 2023] PROJECT SPOTLIGHT STORY- Costa Rican Women Farmers Find Empowering Touch
7 March 2023
[International Women’s Day 2023] PROJECT SPOTLIGHT STORY- Costa Rican Women Farmers Find Empowering Touch March 8, 2023 — In honor of International Women’s Day (IWD) today, t...
[Project Story] Floating farms are transforming life on India’s waterways
27 February 2023
Women beneficiaries of Self-Help Group (SHG) nurturing the summer crops in a float-farm in Amtoli village in the Sundarbans region of southern India and parts of Bangladesh. (Photo...
[Project Story] Innovative adaptation project pays off for Upper Egyptian farmers
18 November 2022
Anwar Ahmad cleans the solar power array that now fully powers the irrigation system used for his land (Photo: WFP Egypt) [Project Story] Innovative adaptation project pays off for...
Youth Engagement is pivotal to climate adaptation programmes
9 November 2022
Young farmers harvesting crops during a training exercise in the Cook Islands (Photo: UNDP) Youth Engagement is pivotal to climate adaptation programmes Young people can be builder...
Project Story- Adaptation Fund in Egypt
1 November 2022
Nobby Saad Ibrahim, a 54-year old farmer from Al-Baghdadi village and a direct beneficiary of the project. (WFP photo) Project Story- Adaptation Fund in Egypt Egypt is highly vulne...
Strengthening livelihoods of alpaca-producing communities in the region of Arequipa, Peru
29 August 2022
Strengthening Livelihoods of Alpaca-producing Communities in the Region of Arequipa, Peru A project in Peru funded by the Adaptation Fund and implemented by the Development Bank of...
Fog catchers: improving Mexico’s climate resilience using traditional knowledge
24 June 2022
Fog catchers: improving Mexico’s climate resilience using traditional knowledge The project is using locally-led solutions and ancestral practices to fight water insecurity A Mexic...
Mongolia flood defence project shows the way for urban adaptation
12 May 2022
UN-Habitat pictured with community members during winter in the Mongolia project area that includes tree planting activities (Photo: UN) Mongolia flood defence project shows the wa...